Psychology 2070A/B Chapter 1-8: Social-Psychology-Textbook-Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

Document Summary

The causes and consequences of social interactions between individuals or groups. Social psychology )s the scientific study of how individuals" thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by other people. Other people can influence us without having to be physically present. As someone is being affected in any way by other people: thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Other people affect every aspect of individuals" lives, including thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Social constructs how individuals construe (perceive, interpret) the situation: scientific study. Experiments in which they constructed fake emergencies and observed how people responded who did not know that the situation was staged: bystander intervention. All of the individuals may be looking at one another for cues about how to respond, with the result that no one does anything. Other people affect how we feel about ourselves. We rely on other people to make judgments about ourselves.