PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Constructionism, Hindsight Bias, Gestalt Psychology

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

Document Summary

Social psychology a s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of the (cid:449)a(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) a(cid:396)e influenced by real, imagined, or implied presence of others. Scientific method a technique for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and/or correcting previous knowledge. Hypothesis a testable prediction about the conditions under which an event will occur. Self-perception how we think about ourselves (1) Self-presentation how people work to convey certain images of themselves to others. Social perception how people form impressions of and make inferences about other people and events in the social world (2) how we think, feel and act in social world. Social cognition how we think about the social world, and in particular how we select, interpret, and use information to make judgements about the world. Social influence the i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t of othe(cid:396) people"s attitudes a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s o(cid:374) ou(cid:396) thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d behaviour.