How does social psychology differ from personality psychology?
a. Social psychology focuses on individual differences, whereas personality psychology focuses on how people behave in different situations.
b. Social psychology focuses on the shared processes that make people susceptible to social influence, whereas personality psychology focuses on individual differences.
c. Social psychology provides general laws and theories about societies, whereas personality psychology studies the characteristics that make people unique.
d. Social psychology focuses on individual differences, whereas personality psychology provides general laws and theories about societies.
Question 2
In social psychology, why is construal so important?
a. People's behavior is affected by their interpretation of events, not only the events themselves.
b. People's behavior is primarily determined by the objective circumstances they are in.
c. People are aware of their biases in perceiving events.
d. People realize that other reasonable people see things they way they do.