PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fundamental Attribution Error, Gestalt Psychology, Universal Property
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Social influence extends beyond behavior, it includes our. To understand social influence it is more important to. Social psychology is the phenomenon of social influence thoughts and feelings as well as our overt acts understand how people perceive and interpret the social world than it is to understand the world objectively. Social psychology is the study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Construal: the way in which people perceive, comprehend and interpret the social world need to feel good about ourselves. For the social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation. The goal of social psychology is to identify universal properties of human nature that makes everyone susceptible to social influence, regardless of social class or culture. Individual differences: the aspect of people"s personalities that make them different from other people.