PSYCH253 Chapter : Psych 253 Organized Lecture/Textbook Notes.docx
24 Apr 2013
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Definition: scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, desires and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people in social contexts: social perception (thinking, social influence, social interaction (relations) Social perception what affects the way we perceive ourselves and others: the self: do we really know why, who we are and why we feel the way we do, culture: western vs. asian world. Social influence how do we influence each other. Social interaction what causes us to like, love and hurt others. Central themes in psych: situationism: the power of the situation. Subjectivism: construals: psychological experience is subjective. Interpreting, making meaning, constructing reality: and demanding. Ambiguous stimuli, complex situations and people: and predictive. Construals are first step in predicting behaviour. Naiive realism: tendency to believe i see things as they really are . Rational others with same info will agree with me. All who disagree are uninformed, lazy, irrational, biased: ross and colleagues.
