30 Questions
Social Psychology is the scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people.
True
Construal refers to the objective features of the social situation.
False
Social Psychology is not considered a scientific discipline.
False
Construal is the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world.
True
Construals in social psychology are always obvious and easily recognizable.
False
Social psychology does not study the influence of the social situation on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
False
Social psychology is not concerned with social problems.
False
True or false: Scientific skepticism involves accepting inadequately supported claims as true without persuasive evidence?
False
True or false: Skepticism is synonymous with cynicism?
False
True or false: Scientific thinking involves a willingness to change one's mind when confronted with evidence that challenges existing beliefs?
True
True or false: Correlation implies causation in scientific thinking?
False
True or false: Operational definitions are not important in scientific thinking?
False
True or false: Replication is not necessary in scientific research?
False
True or false: Social psychology focuses on broad societal factors, while sociology focuses on the individual in the context of a social situation?
False
Behaviorism focused exclusively on environmental factors and reinforcement principles.
True
The Construal Principle suggests that to understand and predict human behavior, we must focus on people's current interpretation of themselves and their environment.
True
Construals can be experimentally manipulated.
True
The Construal Principle accounts for the power of the situation and is attuned to social norms.
True
Construal refers to the way individuals perceive and interpret a situation.
True
Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to seek out evidence that contradicts our beliefs.
False
Naïve realism is the belief that we see the world precisely as it is.
True
Kurt Lewin is known as the 'Founding Father' of Experimental Social Psychology.
True
Construals are conscious and deliberate interpretations of social situations.
False
The need to feel good is one of the basic motives for construals.
True
Accuracy is not important when it comes to human motives.
False
Justifying past behavior is a way to maintain self-esteem.
True
Hockey hazing is an example of suffering and self-justification.
True
Humans have an unconscious need to be accurate.
True
Construals are shaped by culture but are not universal.
False
Social Psychology can contribute to the solution of social problems by understanding social influence, the power of the situation, and construals.
True
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