Social Psychology

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Social Psychology

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The scientific study of the way in which peoples thoughts, feelings and behaviors (Effects) are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people (Causes).

Focussed on the individual (versus groups of people like sociologists)

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Social Influence

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the effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes or behaviors

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Social Interpretations

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to understand social influence it is more important to understand how people perceive and interpret the social world that it is to understand that world objectively

Construal refers to the world as the individual interprets it

Social psychologists are interested in the origins of these construals

ex. watching football game with rival team friend, flags

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Naive Realism

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The belief that how we perceive the world is how it "really is": example, Children. All people demonstrate this construal.
-sense of self centeredness
-sports teams, political parties opinions, nationalism

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Intuitions/Common Sense are Often Faulty

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always exceptions to every rule, sayings that everyone knows, depends on the situation. ex. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. Out of sight, out of mind."

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Hindsight Bias

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Once we learn something to be true we say of course it's true, of course you knew that.