Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fishing Reel, Deindividuation, Social Cognition

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: James M Olson

Document Summary

What is social psychology: our lives are social, involve other people. Influenced by other people: how other people affect us, other people can influence us without having to be physically present. Thinking about separatist movement in quebec: just the thought of a referendum on separation causes anxiety/distress in many canadians. We don"t actually have to be interacting with anyone to worry about implications of quebec leaving confederation. As long as someone is being affected by other people, including their imagined presence/actions, its social psychology. Although the persons intentions may have been good, whatever you believe is how you will act: social construals: how individuals personally interpret or perceive a social situation, group actions are made up of many actions by individuals. Scientific study: social psychology is a science, social psychologists rely on direct tests of their ideas, scientific evidence is necessary before a proposal is taken seriously. How would a social psychologists perspective on understanding romantic dating be.