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Final Exam LECTURE Flashcards

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Aristotle

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man by nature is a social animal; people want to interact with people to some extend

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Sigmund Freud

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focus on the individual- theory was very influential in the formation of psychology and focused almost entirely on the individual and their internal personality
-> founder of psychoanalysis

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B.F. Skinner

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focus on the environment- learning theory- operant conditioning- everything you do is a product of your learning history and environment - father of behaviorism

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Kurt Lewin

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Kurt Lewin: B=f(P,E); formative basis for social psychology; behavior is a function of a person AND their environment

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Social Psychology

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The scientific study of how thoughts, behavior, and emotions are influenced by the presence of other people (real or imagined)

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Social Influence

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The effect of words, actions, etc have on our moods, feelings, attitudes, etc

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Construal

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One’s interpretation, perception, or comprehension of the social situation; we encounter social situations bringing our whole learning history with us

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Gestalt Roots

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-The subjective experience of a phenomenon is more important than the objective reality of the phenomenon
-Studying how it actually appears rather than taking it into your own hands and deciding what it is

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Naive Realism (Ross)

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-The belief that one’s construal reflects objective reality
-We see our construals as reality

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Vallone, Ross, and Lepper study on the hostile media

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the hostile media phenomenon: biased perception and perceptions of media bias in coverage of the Beirut massacre: tendency for individuals with a strong pre existing attitude on an issue to perceive media coverage as biased against their side

Naive Realism

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Liberman, Samuels, and Ross (2004) “wall st vs. comm”

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The name of the game experiment
“Wall Street Game” or “Community Game”
2/3 played competitively when it was called Wall Street Game
1/3 played competitively when it was called Community Game

Construal

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Confirmation Bias

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already know what we think about a certain something; searching for information in ways consistent with pre-existing beliefs

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Archival analysis

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a form of the observational method in which the researcher examines the accumulated documents or archives of a culture

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Psychology is a scientific endeavor….

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generate theories & hypotheses
devise tests
analyze test results
publish/present
replicate

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Limits of the Observational Method

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Restricted to the observable
- may be rare
- may be subtle

Also does not say WHY

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The Correlational Method

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Correlation is a statistical estimate of the relationship between two variables

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A + correlation

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In/Decreases in one variable are associated with in/decreases on other

0 < r < 1

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A - correlation

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Increases in one variable are associated with decreases on other

0 > r > -1

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Limitations of Correlational Method

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Correlation does NOT equal Causation

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Extraneous (Third) Variables

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A variable that accounts for the correlation between variables of interest

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Experiments

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A way to try and establish a cause

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Independent variable vs. Dependent variable

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The variable you manipulate vs. the variable you measure

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Internal validity, what can be used?

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The ONLY thing affecting the DV is the IV

experimental control
random assignment to conditions

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External validity, what can be used?

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How well do results generalize to other situations / people

psychological realism

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Field experiment

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experiment conducted in a natural setting as opposed to a laboratory

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Replication

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Repeat the study …

in a different setting

with a different population

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Ethics with psych experiments

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APA, Consent, beneficial not harmful, respect for people’s rights and dignity, explain deception early

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Deceive? YES if..

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justified by significant, scientific, educational, or applied value AND there’s no other way

explain as early as feasible AND allow for withdrawal of data

29
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Automatic thinking is:

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nonconscious

effortless

unintentional / involuntary

30
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people are cognitive _____

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misers

31
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schema

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a mental structure that organizes ones knowledge about the world

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Schema functions

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organize info
direct attention
influence memory

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Accessible, what leads to accessibility?

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Expertise

Goal State

Very recent experience(s)

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Priming

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Process by which recent experience increases accessibility of schemas, traits, and concepts

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Higgins, Rholes, & Jones (1977)

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  1. “Memory task” - shown lists of words to
    memorize for later recall test
  2. Adventurous list (brave, bold); reckless list (foolish, careless)
  3. In “second experiment,” read paragraph about “Donald” and rate Donald on positive characteristics

Results: adventurous (positive applicable memory words) prime condition rated Donald more positively than reckless condition

Accessibility influenced impression formation

Priming

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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1) expectations (schemas) affect our behavior towards another in consistent ways

2) The other person responds to our action…

3) … in a way that confirms our initial expectation (schema)

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Rosenthal + Jacobson (1968) - Bloomer Study

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  • teachers given files indicating some students were bloomers, list was random
  • IQ tests given at end of year

teachers

  • treated bloomers more warmly, taught them more, gave them more + varied feedback, gave them more chances to respond and shape responses

self-fulfilling prophecy

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Heuristics / Judgmental Heuristics

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A mental “shortcut” that allows judgments to be made quickly

N.B - trades speed for accuracy

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The availability heuristic

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Making a judgement based on how accessible (available) information is in memory

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The Representativeness Heuristic

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Judging an attribute, event, or outcome based on how well it matches one’s schema/expectations

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