Chapter 1

Question 1

define

social psychology

Answer 1

scientific study of feelings, thoughts and behaviors of individuals in social situations

Question 1

answer

who is kurt lewin

Answer 1

professor at university of iowa and then MIT studied physics

“behavior of people,like objects, is always a function of surrounding forces”

Question 2

list

main situational factors

3 points

Answer 2

• actions
• words
• emotions
  of other people

Question 3

define

dispositions

Answer 3

internal factors
beliefs,values & personality traits & abilities that guide behavior

Question 4

define

fundamental attribution error

Answer 4

failure to recognize the importance of situational influences on behavior along w the corresponding tendency to overempasize the importance of dispositions on behavior

Question 5

define

nudges

Answer 5

small innocous-seeming prompts that have big effects on behavior
Ex: opting in vs opting out

Question 6

define

gestalt psychology

Answer 6

based on the german word “gestalt” meaning “form” or “figure”, an approach that stresses the fact that peoples perception of objects involves active, usually nonconscious interpretation of what the object represents as a whole

Question 7

define

construal

Answer 7

how we interpret situations & behavior & how we make inferences, often non conscious, about the contexta and the people we are encountering

Question 8

define

schemas

Answer 8

a knowledge structure consisting of any organized body of stored information that is used to helo the understanding of events

Question 9

define:

stereotypes

Answer 9

a belief that a certain attitudes are attributes are characteristic of members of a particular group

Question 10

define

Automatic processing

Answer 10

results in implicit attitudes & beleifs that cant be readily controlled bu the conscious mind

AHHH the airplane is going to fall out of the sky

Question 11

define

controlled processing

Answer 11

results in explicit attitudes and beliefs that we are aware of

logically the plane won’t fall out of the sky

Question 12

define

ideomotor mimicry

Answer 12

subconsciously imitating other peoples body language

Question 13

define

theory of mind

Answer 13

ability to recognize that other people have beliefs and desires and that understanding others beluefs and desires allows us to understand and predict their behavior

Question 14

define

naturalistic fallacy

Answer 14

the way things are is the way things should be

Question 15

answer

what is the amygdala responsible for

Answer 15

fearful gut feelings

Question 16

answer

what is important about the nucleus accombens relating to social psychology

Answer 16

they are rich with receptors for dopamine.

reward circuit

Question 17

Answer

what is the neocortex responsible for

Answer 17

self awareness and moral judgment

Question 18

list

components of independent cultures

5 points

Answer 18

• conception of the self as distinct from others with constant attributes
• insistence on ability to act on one’s own
• need for individual instinctiveness
• preference for achieved status based on accomplishments
• conviction that rules governing behavior should apply to everyone

Us, Australia

Question 19

list

components of collectivitst/interdependent cultures

Answer 19

• conception of self as inextricably linked to others, with attributes depending on the situation
• preference for collective action
• desire for harmonious relations
• acceptance of heirarchy
• preference for rules that take context and particular relationship into account

Question 20

WEIRD

Answer 20

• western
• educated
• individualistic
• rich
• democratic