PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psych
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The scienti c study of the ways in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are in uenced by the real or imagined presence of other people . Try to test ideas (with human participants) as to why people act the way they do to collect data to support these ideas. Behavior what we actually do with our interactions with others in social settings. In uence someone trying to try and change our minds or convince us of something (persuade, intentional attempts to convince us) We can be in uenced by people who may not be actually trying to in uence us but they still do. The in uence of if others were around us could change our behavior or make us question our behavior or actions. Traveled across the us with a chinese couple, to see if they would be served or denied service. 6 months later, sent surveys to the places they visited, asking: