PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2120
• Professor: Amy Muise

Document Summary

2 tests; 1st is oct. 11 (25% - ch. 1-5 + lecture), 2nd is nov. 8 (30% - ch. Final exam (mainly mc; some short answer) (40%) during exam period about all material in course) Last 5% = top hat (starts next week; do about 90% of questions to get full marks) Social psychology- the scientific studies of how people think, feel, and behave in response to other people. Situations matter more than we think they do; how we think about or construe/ interpret things matters a lot too (people have different lenses and people think differently about different situations)