Intro to Social Psych

Question 1

Social Psychology

Answer 1

The scientific study of the way in which people thoughts/feelings/behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people.

Question 2

Social Influence

Answer 2

Change to an individuals thoughts/feelings/behaviors caused by other people

Question 3

Personality Psychology

Answer 3

The study of characteristics that make individuals unique from one another

Question 4

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 4

The tendency to explain our/other people’s behavior entirely in terms of personality traits

Question 5

Biology and Neuroscience

Answer 5

The study of genes, hormones, or other physiological processes in the brain

Question 6

Sociology

Answer 6

The study of groups, organizations, and societies

Question 7

Evolutionary Psychology

Answer 7

The attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that have evolved over time according to the principles of natural selection

Question 8

Behaviorism

Answer 8

a school of psychology maintaining that to understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the environment: When behavior is followed by a reward (such as money, attention, praise, or other benefits), it is likely to continue; when behavior is followed by a punishment (such as pain, loss, or angry shouts), it is likely to stop, or become extinguished.

Question 9

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 9

A school of psychology stressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which an object appears in people’s mind

Question 10

self-esteem

Answer 10

people’s evaluations of their own self-worth, the extent to which they view themselves as good, competent and decent

Question 11

social cognition

Answer 11

how people think about themselves and the social world: how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgements and decisions