PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioral Economics, Dont, Fokker E.Ii
11 May 2016
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Social psychology: scientific study of the way people think, feel, and behave in social situations. a. b. It is a science: focus on how we view and affect each other a. i. Not just common sense or theory; based off of data that is collected and empirically analyzed. Of the way people feel, thing, and behave b. i. Yes, true of other sciences, but socially psychology takes on a broader approach/ context. Social psychology studies a wide range of things(e. g. behavior in different settings) b. ii. b. iii. b. iii. 1. However, focuses on the study of the individual; groups are also studied to see how groups affect individual and vice versa. Unique psychology because it focuses on social interactions c: studies non-social factors in order to see how they affect our social behaviors, examples: group processes, love, health. Etc: still a relatively new field: f. i. Emerged as vibrant field during ww2: major emphasis on: g. i. g. ii. g. iii. g. iv.
