Social psychology response

Social psychology response

Combine the phenomenon discussed in chapter 1 — We Construct Our Own Social Reality — with another notion introduced in chapter 1 which will, hopefully, end up being one of the major themes of this class: Social Psychology in Everyday Life. That is, pick some event or issue from the media (let’s say the last 4 months) and discuss how the person/people involved have clearly used their personal bias(es) to create their own social reality in — reporting, explaining, predicting or simply relating something that has happened.

Social Psychology (12th Ed.) David G. Myers, Jean Twenge (best to have the latest edition;it is not on reserve)

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“Social Construction of Reality”

Reality is an objective thing that we create. Reality exists within us on the bases of how each group or individual interprets it and is always changing. Grounded on this concept, philosophers regularly speak incorporate the concept of social construction of reality in their books. This concept is essential to understand when attempting to explain human social behaviors.

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