Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
The process by which people transition between different culturally appropriate behaviors depending on the context is
cultural frame switching
True or False Single-process theories of thinking dominate the social cognition field
False
True or False: Whether or not we engage in social reflection or social comparison depends on the task’s relevance to us
True
True or False: A difference between self-awareness and self-consciousness is that self-awareness is a trait and self-consciousness is a state.
False
A current crisis in the field of social psychological research is
the number of false positives when replication studies were conducted
The process by which organisms with inherited traits best suited to the environment reproduce more successfully than less well-adapted organisms over generations is
natural selection
Drinking the night before taking the SATs is an example of _____________________. One reason for doing this is _________
Self-handicapping – protection of self-esteem
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
strong positive correlation
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.
False
True or False: Sex refers to biological status while gender refers to social meaning.
true
One reason for the self-serving bias is
it protects our self-worth
True or False: Two problems with observational research are lack of control and observer bias.
True
True or False: Triplett conducted the first social psychology experiment.
true
The self-fulfilling prophecy and observer bias are
related in that the experimenter influences the participants who in turn act in a way that supports the hypothesis
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.
True
explain the different between the independt and dependent variable in a study
The independent variable is what you’re controlling or changing, and the dependent variable is what your measuring.
T or F: Individualism shows a preference for loosely knit social relationships, while collectivism shows a desire to be autonomous of others’ influence.
false
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?
supplification
A(n) _________ is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain who two or more events are related.
theory
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?
self-schema
A disadvantage of the case study approach is
the case may not be generalizable
what two research methods investigate specific variables
Experimental and correlational research
What research method gathers information and gives detailed descriptions
Descriptive research
Sampling Bias
When the sample obtained is not representative of the population form which its drawn
