CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question 1

hindsight bias

Answer 1

the tendency to exaggerate, after learning about an outcome, one’s ability to have foreseen it
(i knew it all along phenomenon)

Question 2

mundane realism

Answer 2

the degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations

Question 3

experimental realism

Answer 3

the degree to which an experiment involves its participants

Question 4

demand characteristics

Answer 4

cues that tell participants what behaviour is expected

Question 5

informed consent

Answer 5

ethical principle requiring researchers to tell participants enough to be able to give informed consent