Advances in social cognition

Question 1

Dunbar (2003)

Answer 1

Social differences between humans and animals is animals cannot convey

Question 2

Allport (1924)

Answer 2

Social psych should focus on individual not group

Question 3

Festinger (1954)

Answer 3

social comparison theory

Question 4

Baumeister (1999)

Answer 4

self concept is beliefs about self

Question 5

Bem (1972)

Answer 5

Self-perception theory- make attributions about own behaviour

Question 6

Weiner (1988)

Answer 6

3 dimensions of causality influencing attribution;
1, locus
2, stability
3, controlability

Question 7

Jones and Harris (1967)

Answer 7

Castro essays

Attribute despite good evidence of having no choice

Question 8

McGarty (1999)

Answer 8

definition of categorisation

Question 9

Fiske and Neuberg (1990)

Answer 9

Impressions whether categorisation or individuation along a continuum

Question 10

Crisp (2003)

Answer 10

perceiving people can involve several categorisations

Question 11

Cohen (1981)

Answer 11

Video of either waitress or librarian
Waitress remembered beer
Librarian remembered glasses

Question 12

Howard and Rothbart (1980)

Answer 12

Recalled more positive info of in groups and negative of outgroups

Question 13

Maccrae (1994)

Answer 13

Stereotyping allows more resources for other tasks

Question 14

Jost and Banali (1994)

Answer 14

System justification theory - believe stereotypes fair

Question 15

Hamilton and Gifford (1976)

Answer 15

When 2 distinctive groups paired overestimate the degree they are related

Question 16

Gilbert and Hixon (1981)

Answer 16

Stereotype of Asian assistant only if under cognitive load

Question 17

Epleg and Kruger (2005)

Answer 17

more likely to stereotype with contact over email rather than phone (more cues)

Question 18

Bargh (1994)

Answer 18

4 criteria of automacy

Question 19

Bargh (1996)

Answer 19

Less likely to interupt when politeness over rudeness primed