Module 1: Introducing Social Psychology
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What is the primary focus of Social Psychology compared to Personality Psychology?

  • Focuses on how individuals relate to each other
  • Focuses on how people influence one another (correct)
  • Focuses on individual differences
  • Focuses on personality traits
  • What aspects of social behavior does Social Psychology study?

  • How we perceive ourselves and others
  • Judgments we make
  • Our attitudes
  • All of the above (correct)
  • In what ways does social behavior in a situation depend according to the text?

  • On cultural factors
  • Primarily on objective situations
  • On both objective situations and individual interpretations (correct)
  • Primarily on how individuals construe the situations
  • What is an example of how interpretations influence behavior according to the text?

    <p>Observing someone making repeated snide comments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a major focus of Social Psychology with regard to social influence?

    <p>Culture pressures to conform</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best reflects the relationship between social thinking and social behavior?

    <p>We react differently because we think differently</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the concept of 'natural selection' propose?

    <p>Members of the species with adaptive characteristics survived.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does evolutionary psychology explain anxiety as a product of natural selection?

    <p>Anxious individuals perceived threats and avoided danger successfully.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main emphasis of social neuroscience?

    <p>The interaction of biology, mind, and behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to study social psychology’s principles?

    <p>To apply concepts to everyday social interactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do social influences shape behavior according to the text?

    <p>By being influenced by various factors like culture and ethnicity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does social behavior being 'biologically rooted' imply?

    <p>'Biologically rooted' means that social behaviors have biological influences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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