Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: O. J. Simpson, Social Influence, Construals

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Social psychology is the phenomenon of social influence: we are all influenced by other people. When they are not physically present (in our heads) When we are in the mere presence of someone. Social psychologists are interested in studying how and why our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are shaped by the entire social environment. Social psychology: the scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagines presence of other people. Social psychology is concerned with how people are influenced by their interpretation, or construal, of their social environment. It is more important to understand how people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world that it is to understand the objective properties of the social world itself. Example: in a trial, no matter how powerful the evidence might be, the final verdict will always rely on how each member of the jury construes that evidence.