chp13

Question 1

what is social psychology?

Answer 1

The scientific study of how the presence of others (real or imaginary) is going to influence and affect how we think, feel, and behave.

Question 2

Attributions?

Answer 2

The explanation we offer as to why a behaviour occurred.

Question 3

Situational Attributions?

Answer 3

When behaviour is caused by something outside the person we observe, i.e. their situation

Question 4

Dispositional/internal attributions?

Answer 4

When It is something within the person we observe,
i.e. their personality

Question 5

Interaction Attributions?

Answer 5

Personality and situation can interact with one another. We can use that interaction as an explanation.

Question 6

The fundamental attribution error?

Answer 6

When we are explaining the behaviours of other people, particularly the people we do not know, we tend to disregard the situation and make dispositional
internal attributions.

Question 7

Actor-observer bias?

Answer 7

we are more likely to assign internal attributions to others and external attributions when explaining our own behavior.

Question 8

Self-serving bias?

Answer 8

occurs when individuals credit their successes to internal/dispositional causes and their failures to external/situational causes. and also preserve self esteem.

Question 9

False consensus effect?

Answer 9

This is our tendency to believe that most people share our opinions, preferences, etc.

Question 10

Effects of attributions?

Answer 10

It influences how we think, feel, and behave.

Question 11

Impression formation?

Answer 11

The process by which a person formulates either positive or negative opinions and feelings about another person or group.

Question 12

Self-fulfilling prophecies

Answer 12

Our own beliefs, expectations and assumptions may become a reality.
Three steps:
1) We believe something.
2) We behave in line with that belief
3) Because of our behaviour, our belief may become a reality