Chapter 1 Intro to Social Psychology Part 1 Wed Aug 24 2011 Basic Outline only What is Social Psychology The scientific study of how individuals think feel and behave in a social context 4 emphases this semester what are they Relatively young field Took hold in the 30 s Today emphasis in social psy is on what Importance of Context Influence of context on behavior Example 1984 Presidential Debate results How did perceptions differ Careers in Social Psych Majority of social psychologists hold PhDs but some masters programs Work settings Academic Most in psych dept but other options Applied settings Social Psych and Other Fields Little overlap with clinical psych Differences Personality Psych a good amount of overlap with social psy How do they differ Cognitive psych good amount of overlap Subfield of social cognition Sociology different level of analysis and research methods How do they differ Is this different from common sense Common sense relied on explanations after the fact hindsight Some social psych findings appear counterintuitive Examples Social psych uses theories to make predictions hypotheses What are theories
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