Intro to social psych (LO)

Question 1

Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines

Question 2

Summarize why and how people explain and interpret events, as well as their own and others’ behavior

Question 3

Explain what happens when people’s need to feel good about themselves conflicts with their need to be accurate.

Question 4

Explain why the study of social psychology is critical.

Question 5

Describe how researches develop hypotheses and theories.

Question 6

Compare the strengths and weaknesses of various research designs that social psychologists use.

Question 7

Compare and contrast the different approaches to social psychological research

Question 8

Summarize how social psychologists ensure participant safety, while at the same time testing hypotheses about the cause of social behavior.

Question 9

Compare and contrast automatic vs. controlled thinking

Question 10

Describe the different types of schemas and explain the advantages and disadvantages of schemas

Question 11

Explain the ways in which automatic thinking influences our social judgment and behaviors

Question 12

Describe the different types of automatic thinking and how they influence our judgment and behavior.

Question 13

Describe the different types of automatic thinking and how they influence our judgement and behavior

Question 14

Define the different heuristics we use and identify their advantages and disadvantages

Question 15

Explain when we might use controlled thinking and describe its consequences.

Question 16

What info do we use to make inferences about other people?

Question 17

How do we make attributions about the cause of people’s behavior (including our own)

Question 18

Explain how people use nonverbal cues to understand others.

Question 19

Analyze how first impressions form quickly and persist.

Question 20

Explain how we determine why other people do what they do (how we make attributions)

Question 21

Describe the circumstances under which people are likely to make an external/internal attribution.

Question 22

Describe the other types of attributions we make and explain their advantages and disadvantages.