PSYC 2120 Lecture 1: PSYCH2120SOCIALPSYCH LEC.1

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2120
• Professor: Kerry Kawakami

Document Summary

Always about the individual and psychological processes, studies people. Uses similar processes as cognitive psychologists but about people in general behave, psych. Processes that plp have in common with one another. Theory: an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. Testable predictions about the relationship between two or more variables. If-then statements about how variables are related. Test the hypotheses . theory refinement (mechanisms, boundary conditions, extensions) Theory: a system of logical principles that attempts to explain relations among observable phenomena . an explanation. Aims for parsimony--explains observations- explains a range of data with a few basic principles (simple theory) Solves problems--has practical value, want to improve our world/care about plp. Ego depletion: the active self is a limited resource. Theory:plp have a common sure of controlled resources/willpower from which they draw. Each time we try to control our will we reduce this pool of resources.