PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 01: Gestalt Psychology, Psych, Social Influence
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Social psych is about understanding social connections with each other. How people"s thoughts, feelings, behavior is influenced by factors in social world. Woody allen examines interpersonal relationships but lacks scientific value and methods therefore only anecdotal. Michael moore lacks objectivity and systemic observation. Religious stuff explains stuff but expects people to simply believe. Commitment to collecting accurate error free data, objectivity and bias free. Research methods for investigating stuff, get info, evaluate. Hypothesis guess about relationship between events and examine accuracy about hypothesis with observation. Social psych self perception and how our view of our self depends on sociocultural environment. Ex students who come to uni feeling good about self b/c they"re smart or athletic but face the fact that everyone is like you so you end up feeling less good about your self. Social psych examines self-presentation how we present our ideas about self to others. The car we drive, clothes, casual references we make in convo.
