PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gestalt Psychology, How We Think, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

What is social psychology: the scientific study of how people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviour are influenced by factors in the social world, social psychologists study how people explain their own and other peoples behaviour (i. e. attributions), how people. An attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feelings and behaviour of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other human beings . How we think, feel, and act in the social world: social perception how people form impressions and make inferences about other people and events in the social world. -why university students don"t practice safe sex although they know they should: university students are aware of the consequences of not practicing safe sex (pregnancy, stds etc. ) but still don"t use a condom. Early research in social psychology was heavily influenced by 3 major factors: behaviourism, gestalt psychology, and historical events. Floyd allport first published textbook in social psychology.