Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology
Chapter 1 Introducing Social Psychology
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09.02.2012Why People Study <strong>Social</strong><strong>Psychology</strong>• Curiosity About People• Experimental Philosophy• Making the World Better• Applied Research• <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> is FunHow Much of <strong>Social</strong><strong>Psychology</strong> Is True?• Self-Correcting Nature of Science• Replication• Reliance on Student Samples• Cultural Relativity• Western cultures dominate social psychologyresearch• Cultural differences may be substantial andimportantResources:• Scholarly Journals• Journal of Personality and <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> (JPSP)• Personality and <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> Bulletin (PSPB)• Journal of Experimental <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> (JESP)• Psych Bull, Psych Review, PSPR, AESP• Not google! / But googlescholar• Societies• Society for Personality and <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> (SPSP)• Society of Experimental <strong>Social</strong> Psychologists (SESP)• www.socialpsychology.org• In-mind.org8
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