PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hindsight Bias, Social Representation, Social Reality

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Tara Mac Donald

Document Summary

The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Social thinking: social reality is constructed by our beliefs and outlooks, social intuition as powerful, but sometimes perilous. Social influences: social influences/situations can shape behaviour, personal dispositions also shape behaviour. Social relations: the social affects the biological, and the biological affects the social. E. g. stress hormones: relating to others is a basic need. Socially shared beliefs; widely held ideas and values: e. g. assumptions and cultural ideologies. Science is affected by values when one is forming concepts, labelling, etc. The te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to e(cid:454)aggerate, after lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374) out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e, o(cid:374)e"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to have foresee(cid:374) it. An integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. A testable proposition that describes possible relationships between events. A measurement tool actually measures what it is meant to. The degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results.