Beruflich Dokumente
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Behavioural
Psychology
(Professional
Graduate Diploma in
Counter Terrorism
and Security)
Joanna Yeo
joanna.yeo@green.oxon.org
M.Sc. (Oxford University), M.Soc.Sc. & B.A. (National University of Singapore)
What is Psychology?
Affective
Behavioural
Cognitive
Warm up game
- understand how our mind works!
Social Psychology
INTRO TO SOC PSYCH
Behaviour Anger
Thoughts Power
Attitudes Rebellion
Social Psychologists study:
• Behaviour
• Subtle actions (e.g. facial expressions)
• Feelings
• Thoughts
• Beliefs, attitudes & values
Allport (1935)
How do we explain behavior?
• Social behavior represents a continual
interaction between the person and the
situation
• Explanations for behavior are known as
attributions.
– Internal explanations are referred to as dispositional
– External explanations are referred to
as situational.
Self-conception
• Definition: Regularized manner in which a
person acts with reference to himself.