PSYCH253 Final: PSYCH 235 Online. All Chapter Notes (Chapter 1 to Chapter 12 + Module A to Module D)
7 Dec 2017
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What is social psychology? social psychology: scienti c study of how people think about, in uence, and relate to one another. Focuses on how individuals, in general, view and affect one another. Our social behaviour varies based on both the objective situation and how we construe it. Developed from the general principle behaviour is a function of the person and the situation": we construct our social reality (social thinking) We try to make behaviour seem orderly, predictable, and controllable. Explain people"s behaviour based on our daily needs (how we"re feeling or thinking that day) If their behaviour is consistent and distinctive then we tend to attribute it to their personality: our social intuitions are often powerful but sometimes perilous (social thinking) Intuitions shape our fears, impressions, and relationship. Dual processing: thinking, memory, and attitudes operate on two levels (one conscious and deliberate and the other unconscious and automatic)
