chapter one

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what is social psychology and how do we define it?

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"the scientific study of the way in which people's feelings, behaviors, and thoughts are influenced by the real or imagines presence of others."

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why is it useful to study social psychology?

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human beings are social animals who rely on social interaction in order to survive and thrive

it helps us understand some crucial aspects of human behavior

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why is it tempting to say social psychology is a common sense and why shouldn't you do that?

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common sense is folk wisdom, and it can be very wrong about human behavior

social psychologists study these kinds of beliefs and gather evidence to test them

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what is hindsight bias?

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we often decide that something is common sense after we know all the facts

after learning something, we believe we "knew it all along"