30 Questions
What is the main focus of social psychology?
Studying the influence of real or imagined presence of other people on behavior
How does social psychology relate to cognition?
It helps in understanding how people process information from their environment
What aspect of human behavior does social psychology study?
The formation and maintenance of relationships
What does the first principle of social psychology emphasize?
The importance of social influence
What is the best strategy in a typical prisoner's dilemma?
Being cooperative
What determines whether a person cooperates or defects in a typical prisoner's dilemma?
Social situation
In Ross & Samuels' Wall Street Game v. Community Game, what influenced the students' choice to cooperate?
Game instructions
According to contemporary social psychology, why do social situations matter?
To shape behaviors and thoughts
What differentiates personality psychology from social psychology?
Emphasis on social influence
What is the overall finding regarding cooperation rates in Ross & Samuels' study?
Cooperation rates were influenced by the game's name
What allows the social environment to influence behavior?
"Importance of cognition and construal"
"The power of the person" differentiates which field from social psychology?
"Personality psychology"
What is avoided by using experimental methods in social psychology?
Fundamental attribution error
According to principles of contemporary social psychology, what influences how people act more extroverted in a lab setting?
Social norms
What does contemporary social psychology emphasize the importance of?
Cognitive processing
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.
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.
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.
Interested in ______- it is all around us
persuasion
Interested in ______, intimacy, and attraction
relationships
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
prejudice
TYPICAL PRISONER'S DILEMMA: - Best strategy is to be ______- increases likelihood of you getting money
cooperative
What determines whether you cooperate or defect in this type of game? Is it ______?
personality
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]
personality
The game of the name mattered more than the person's identity and influenced their choice to ______
cooperate
Community game had higher ______ rates than the wall street game
cooperative
It is not personality that causes the people to play the game the way they do- it is the ______ situation
social
Principles of contemporary social psychology emphasize: a.The power of the ______
situation
The importance of ______ and construal
cognition
What differentiates personality psychology from social psychology? a) The role of the situation/______ influence
social
Learn the fundamental concepts of social psychology including the influence of others on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the formation and maintenance of relationships, and the role of cognition. Explore how social psychology impacts our lives even when we are alone.
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