Exam 1

Question 1

Organizational Psychology

Answer 1

a

Question 2

Person Perception and Bias

Answer 2

a

Question 3

Pygmalion effect

Answer 3

a

Question 4

Kelly’s covariation theory

Answer 4

a

Question 5

internal/dispositional and external/situational

Answer 5

a

Question 6

Consensus

Answer 6

a

Question 7

Consistency

Answer 7

a

Question 8

Distinctiveness

Answer 8

a

Question 9

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 9

a

Question 10

Information Processing

Answer 10

a

Question 11

Schemas (Bruner)

Answer 11

Set of expectations and beliefs about person.

Question 12

Processing of consistent and inconsistent information in relation to schema reinforcement

Answer 12

• consistent information incorporated and reinforces schema

- inconsistent information is discounted or ignored

Question 13

Processing of consistent and inconsistent information in relation to Schemas and memory

Answer 13

• consistent information is efficiently stored and easily recalled
• inconsistent information is not well stored into memory

Question 14

Stereotyping is

Answer 14

ascribing characteristics to a person based on the fact they are a member of a certain grouping

Question 15

Are stereotypes useful, if no, why not?

Answer 15

Even stereotypes with some truth can be misleading, they lead to formation of schemas which become self-fulfilling prophecies, leading us to believe we are more accurate in our impression of others than we actually are.

Question 16

Fundamental Attribution error

Answer 16

a

Question 17

Perceptual Salience (Taylor and Fiske)

Answer 17

a

Question 18

Classical Conditioning

Answer 18

a

Question 19

what is a Construal

Answer 19

In social psychology, construals are how individuals perceive, comprehend, and interpret the world around them, particularly the behavior or action of others towards themselves.