PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Relation, External Validity, Internal Validity
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Social psychology is a scientific study that is interested in social thinking, social influence and social relations. Social psychology is not interested in philosophical questions such as: what is the meaning of human life. What are the seven major themes of social psychology: construction of social. Reality: social intuition, social influence, attitudes and dispositions, biological roots, pro-social behaviour, application in everyday life. Social thinking represents our perception of self and others as well as our beliefs and judgments. Social influence would include groups or subgroups that we identify ourselves in and that shapes our attitudes. It could include a culture we live in and social networks. It also gives as a tool to help us understand how to influence others: correlational research is generally used in natural settings. Random assignment needs to be applied to eliminate any additional factors of causation of the study results.
