Psychology 231
Chapter 1
What is social psychology?
The scientific study of social influence: how people influence each other’s’ thoughts, feelings and actions.
What makes it a scientific approach?
Why do we want a scientific approach?
How is social psychology different than common sense, philosophy, poetry, sociology, economics, history, and personality psychology?
One big difference is in the level or unit of analysis. Social psychology focuses on the individual in interaction with others and in the social group. In contrast, economics and sociology focus on broad factors beyond the individual such as social economic class, economic theories, or social institutions.
What is one of the most common biases people make when interpreting the behavior of others? What is it?.
What is construal?
Social psychology focuses on the subjectivity of the social situation.
Who introduced the concept? How was it unique?
How do people try to make sense of the world around them? What is this called?
How does self-esteem enter the picture?
What is self-justification and who first introduced this to social psychology? What is another name for it?
Chapter 2
What does it mean to say that social psychology is the scientific study of social behavior?
What is the “Hindsight bias?
Where do ideas for social psychology experiments come from?
What are the types of methods that social psychologists use? Social psychologists What are the differences between these?
What is a positive or negative correlation? How can correlations be misinterpreted and confounded?
Why do we conduct psychology experiments and what are their main components? What are the variables that an experimental manipulates and what are the variables the variables the experimenter measures? What are some of the most components of experiments and what are possible problems that can invalidate psychology experiments?
What is the difference between mundane and psychological realism? What is the
What is social psychology?
The scientific study of social influence: how people influence each other’s’ thoughts, feelings and actions.
What makes it a scientific approach?
Why do we want a scientific approach?
How is social psychology different than common sense, philosophy, poetry, sociology, economics, history, and personality psychology?
One big difference is in the level or unit of analysis. Social psychology focuses on the individual in interaction with others and in the social group. In contrast, economics and sociology focus on broad factors beyond the individual such as social economic class, economic theories, or social institutions.
What is one of the most common biases people make when interpreting the behavior of others? What is it?.
What is construal?
Social psychology focuses on the subjectivity of the social situation.
Who introduced the concept? How was it unique?
How do people try to make sense of the world around them? What is this called?
How does self-esteem enter the picture?
What is self-justification and who first introduced this to social psychology? What is another name for it?
Chapter 2
What does it mean to say that social psychology is the scientific study of social behavior?
What is the “Hindsight bias?
Where do ideas for social psychology experiments come from?
What are the types of methods that social psychologists use? Social psychologists What are the differences between these?
What is a positive or negative correlation? How can correlations be misinterpreted and confounded?
Why do we conduct psychology experiments and what are their main components? What are the variables that an experimental manipulates and what are the variables the variables the experimenter measures? What are some of the most components of experiments and what are possible problems that can invalidate psychology experiments?
What is the difference between mundane and psychological realism? What is the