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Chapter 1-3 Flashcards

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The process by which people transition between different culturally appropriate behaviors depending on the context is

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cultural frame switching

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True or False Single-process theories of thinking dominate the social cognition field

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False

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True or False: Whether or not we engage in social reflection or social comparison depends on the task’s relevance to us

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True

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True or False: A difference between self-awareness and self-consciousness is that self-awareness is a trait and self-consciousness is a state.

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False

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A current crisis in the field of social psychological research is

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the number of false positives when replication studies were conducted

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The process by which organisms with inherited traits best suited to the environment reproduce more successfully than less well-adapted organisms over generations is

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natural selection

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Drinking the night before taking the SATs is an example of _____________________. One reason for doing this is _________

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Self-handicapping – protection of self-esteem

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Dr. Chen studied testosterone levels in female athletes and number of fouls/penalties in formal games. He found a correlation of +.65. This is a

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strong positive correlation

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True or False: A sample is all members of an identifiable group while a population is a group of people selected to participate in a research study.

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False

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True or False: Sex refers to biological status while gender refers to social meaning.

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true

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One reason for the self-serving bias is

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it protects our self-worth

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True or False: Two problems with observational research are lack of control and observer bias.

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True

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True or False: Triplett conducted the first social psychology experiment.

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true

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The self-fulfilling prophecy and observer bias are

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related in that the experimenter influences the participants who in turn act in a way that supports the hypothesis

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T or F: Researchers must provide information about the research to potential participants, so they can freely decide if they want to take part. This is known as informed consent.

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True

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explain the different between the independt and dependent variable in a study

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The independent variable is what you’re controlling or changing, and the dependent variable is what your measuring.

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T or F: Individualism shows a preference for loosely knit social relationships, while collectivism shows a desire to be autonomous of others’ influence.

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false

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Edmund talks incessantly of his money problems in the hopes that his friends will pay for his dinner/coffee/movie tickets. Which self-presentation strategy best applies to Edmund?

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supplification

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A(n) _________ is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain who two or more events are related.

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theory

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When asked who she is, Alana quickly and confidently states that she is hard-working and funny. She can easily recall instances when she has been hard-working and funny. What concept from chapter 3 (the self) best applies to Alana?

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self-schema

21
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A disadvantage of the case study approach is

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the case may not be generalizable

22
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what two research methods investigate specific variables

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Experimental and correlational research

23
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What research method gathers information and gives detailed descriptions

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Descriptive research

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Sampling Bias

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When the sample obtained is not representative of the population form which its drawn

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Correlational vs experimental studies

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Correlational happens naturally and we’re looking at the correlation of two things, and experimental is when you change things

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Private self awareness

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being aware of moods, thoughts and feelings. This is a state

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Public self awareness

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being aware of appearance, voice, and social standards. this is a state.

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Private self consciousness

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being conscious of mood, feelings, and thoughts. this is a personality trait.

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Public self consciousness

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being conscious of outward expression of self. this is a personality trait.

30
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Self-Concept

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persons thoughts and feelings that defines ones self.

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Self-schema

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organized information about the self and memory

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Self-enhancement

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Seeking out and interpreting situations to get a positive view on ones self.

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self verification

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the process of seeking out to confirm ones own self concept for confirmation

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Social Reflection

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likely to feel pride in reaction to success of others

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Social comparision

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Likely to express jealousy in reaction to success of others

36
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upwards Vs Downward social comparison

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comparing yourself to someone who is capable(upward) VS uncapable(downward)

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Self promotion

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promoting ones good qualities

38
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exemplification

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doing things in order to get people to think youre highly moral

39
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modesty

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downplaying accomplishments

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intimidations

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convincing others you are powerful

41
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supplication

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expressing weaknesses in order to get other people to sympathise

42
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sandbagging

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falsey claiming to have poorer skills than you have

43
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ingratiation

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flattering others to get something

44
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Self monitering

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the likeliness that you’ll adjust behavior according to external situations

45
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self-handicapping

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sometimes people create obstacles to their performance to decrease chances for success
-this results in protecting ones self esteem against failure.

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