Understanding Social Psychology
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What is the main focus of social psychology?

  • Examining the impact of personal experiences on behavior
  • Investigating the genetic basis of human behavior
  • Studying the influence of real or imagined presence of other people on behavior (correct)
  • Analyzing individual thoughts and feelings without considering social factors

    • How does social psychology relate to cognition?

  • It has no relation to the study of cognition
  • It primarily investigates physical reactions to social interactions
  • It helps in understanding how people process information from their environment (correct)
  • It focuses solely on emotional responses to social situations

    • What aspect of human behavior does social psychology study?

  • The structure of human DNA
  • The distribution of wealth in society
  • The development of personal interests
  • The formation and maintenance of relationships (correct)

    • What does the first principle of social psychology emphasize?

    <p>The importance of social influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the best strategy in a typical prisoner's dilemma?

    <p>Being cooperative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines whether a person cooperates or defects in a typical prisoner's dilemma?

    <p>Social situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Ross & Samuels' Wall Street Game v. Community Game, what influenced the students' choice to cooperate?

    <p>Game instructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to contemporary social psychology, why do social situations matter?

    <p>To shape behaviors and thoughts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates personality psychology from social psychology?

    <p>Emphasis on social influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the overall finding regarding cooperation rates in Ross & Samuels' study?

    <p>Cooperation rates were influenced by the game's name</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What allows the social environment to influence behavior?

    <p>&quot;Importance of cognition and construal&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "The power of the person" differentiates which field from social psychology?

    <p>&quot;Personality psychology&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is avoided by using experimental methods in social psychology?

    <p>Fundamental attribution error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to principles of contemporary social psychology, what influences how people act more extroverted in a lab setting?

    <p>Social norms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does contemporary social psychology emphasize the importance of?

    <p>Cognitive processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Social psychology is the scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. It is interested in understanding relationships, how they are formed and maintained, and the study of attitudes- why people do the things they do. Social psychology is always around us even if we are by ourselves, and is interested in cognition- we have brains that allow us to process information from our environment. It helps us understand why people make certain judgements, how that judgements makes us interact with other people, and will tell us what to do about it--> helps explain social behaviour. It is also interested in social influence- social conformity--> people follow along to fit in. Our behaviour alone can be very different from our behaviour in a group- also studies group processes.

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    Social psychology is always around us even if we are by ourselves. It is interested in cognition- we have brains that allow us to process information from our environment. It helps us understand why people make certain judgements, how that judgements makes us interact with other people, and will tell us what to do about it--> helps explain social behaviour. It is also interested in social influence- social conformity--> people follow along to fit in. Our behaviour alone can be very different from our behaviour in a group- also studies group processes.

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    Social psychology is interested in relationships- how they are formed and maintained and the study of attitudes- why people do the things they do. Social psychology is always around us even if we are by ourselves, and is interested in cognition- we have brains that allow us to process information from our environment. It helps us understand why people make certain judgements, how that judgements makes us interact with other people, and will tell us what to do about it--> helps explain social behaviour. It is also interested in social influence- social conformity--> people follow along to fit in. Our behaviour alone can be very different from our behaviour in a group- also studies group processes.

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    Interested in ______- it is all around us

    <p>persuasion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Interested in ______, intimacy, and attraction

    <p>relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Interested in ______- sometimes we do not like certain people not because of who they are but because of what group they are classified as or apart of

    <p>prejudice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    TYPICAL PRISONER'S DILEMMA: - Best strategy is to be ______- increases likelihood of you getting money

    <p>cooperative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines whether you cooperate or defect in this type of game? Is it ______?

    <p>personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Competitive undergrads and cooperative undergrads invited to play a game in which they took turns allocating money between themselves and others § [gathered these 2 types of people to see if it is a person's ______ that affects the person's choice]

    <p>personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The game of the name mattered more than the person's identity and influenced their choice to ______

    <p>cooperate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Community game had higher ______ rates than the wall street game

    <p>cooperative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    It is not personality that causes the people to play the game the way they do- it is the ______ situation

    <p>social</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Principles of contemporary social psychology emphasize: a.The power of the ______

    <p>situation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The importance of ______ and construal

    <p>cognition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates personality psychology from social psychology? a) The role of the situation/______ influence

    <p>social</p> Signup and view all the answers

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