Social Psychology Overview

<p>A student who fails an exam blames the teacher for being a bad instructor. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overreliance on experimental methods. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gestalt psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To maintain a positive image of oneself. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Big 5 personality traits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The biological basis of social behavior. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, meaning perceived experiences can be more significant than individual elements. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To understand and accurately represent the world around them. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's past predictions once the outcome is known. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A specific description of how a variable is measured or manipulated. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Observational Method (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It cannot establish a causal relationship between variables. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can establish a causal link between variables through random selection. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Independent Variable (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The probability of obtaining the observed results if there is no real effect. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It involves manipulating variables in real-world settings. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experimental Method (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Right to compensation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meta-analysis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is often influenced by schemas and prior experiences. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A phenomenon where one's expectations about another person influence their behavior towards that person, leading to a confirmation of those expectations. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Schemas are mental shortcuts that help us quickly organize and interpret information about the social world. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Temporarily accessible due to prior experiences (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to make judgments based on vivid, easily recalled examples. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Imagining what might have been if you had done something differently in the past. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Controlled thinking can help us to overcome biases and make more accurate judgments. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assuming someone is a librarian because they wear glasses and read a lot. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By observing their behaviour (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encoding is expressing, while decoding is interpreting (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A thumbs up (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal attributions focus on the person's disposition, while external attributions focus on the situation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overestimating the influence of personal factors on behavior (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We are more likely to attribute our own behavior to situational factors, while attributing others' behavior to dispositional factors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taking credit for successes and blaming others for failures (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that the world is a fair place (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to underestimate our own biases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal attribution (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The study of thoughts, feelings, and actions influenced by others.

Effects of others on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors.

How a person interprets a situation or information.

Variations in personality traits among individuals.

Tendency to overestimate internal factors and underestimate situational factors in behavior.

Focus on understanding human behavior through environmental factors and reinforcements.

A study demonstrating classical conditioning in humans through fear responses.

Emphasizes perception of the whole as more than its parts.

Belief that one's perception of reality is objective and unbiased.

Evaluation of one's self-worth; desire for a positive self-view.

The study of how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information.

The tendency to overestimate one's ability to predict an event after it has occurred.

An organized set of principles used to explain observed phenomena.

A testable statement about the relationship between variables.

Precise specification of how variables are manipulated or measured.

A research method involving systematic observation and recording of behavior.

A method that measures the relationship between two or more variables.

The variable presumed to cause change in another variable.

The variable measured to see if it changes due to the IV.

Ensuring that nothing other than the independent variable affects the dependent variable.

The study of how we form impressions of others and infer their traits.

Communication without words, through gestures, facial expressions, etc.

Expressing our emotions, attitudes, and personality through behavior.

Interpreting others' emotions, attitudes, and personality through observation.

Study of how we infer causes of others’ behavior, internal vs external.

Making an internal attribution first, then adjusting for context if needed.

Taking credit for successes (internal) and blaming external factors for failures.

The assumption that people get what they deserve, leading to victim blaming.

Believing others are more biased than we are in attributions.

A statistical technique averaging results from multiple studies to assess reliability.

Research aimed at understanding behavior purely out of intellectual curiosity.

Research that aims to solve specific social problems.

Participants agree to research, respecting their dignity and rights.

Mental structures that organize knowledge about the social world.

The process by which recent experiences increase schema accessibility.

Expectations alter behavior, influencing others to conform to those expectations.

Judging by the ease of recalling examples from memory.

Conscious, intentional thinking requiring mental effort.

Mentally changing aspects of the past to imagine different outcomes.