General

Question 1

Define social psychology

Answer 1

The scientific study

— investigating the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought in social situations

Question 2

Explain the difference between sociology and social psychology.

Answer 2

SOCIOLOGY
— provides general laws and Theorie about societies, not individuals

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
— studies the psychological processes people have in common with one another that explains their social behavior

Question 3

What is personality psychology?

Answer 3

— studies the characteristics that make individuals unique

Question 4

Name the 4 levels psychology can be examined.

Answer 4

Intrapersonal
Interpersonal

Intragroup
Intergroup

Question 5

Summarise the causes of social behavior

Answer 5

— actions of others (prosocial models)
— cognitive processes (memories)
— environmental variables (weather)
— cultural context (social norms)
— biological factors (hormones)

Question 6

Nennen Sie zwei geschichtliche Vorläufer heutiger sozialpsychologische Fordschung

Answer 6

Wilhelm Wundt (Völkerpsychologie)
Gustave le Bon (Massenpsychologie)

Question 7

Solomon Asch

Answer 7

Conformity: person perception

Question 8

Stanley Milgram

Answer 8

Obedience

Question 9

Leon Festinger

Answer 9

Cognitive dissonance

Social comparison

Question 10

Fritz Heider

Answer 10

Balance Theory

Attribution Theory

Question 11

Define social perception

Answer 11

The process through which we attempt to understand other people

Question 12

Define interpersonal attraction

Answer 12

The basis for our liking/disliking of others

Question 13

Prosocial behavior

Answer 13

Tendency to offer help to others

Question 14

Contemporary social issues

Answer 14

AIDS
Energy Shortage
Prejudice
Unhealthy habits
Violence in schools

Question 15

Research in the 1960s

Answer 15

— social perception
— interpersonal attraction
— prosocial behaviour
— Group-decision making