Introduction

Question 1

Social Psychology

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Social influence

Answer 2

the effect that the words, actions or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior

Question 3

what do personality psychologists do?

Answer 3

study the individual qualities of an individual that might make them, shy, conventional, rebellious,

Question 4

What do social psychologists study

Answer 4

the powerful role of social influence on how all of us behave

Question 5

What is the goal of social psychology?

Answer 5

identify properties of human nature that make almost everyone susceptible to social influence, regardless of social class or culture.

Question 6

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 6

The tendency to overestimate the extent to which peoples behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of situational cues.

Question 7

Behaviorism

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School of psychology maintaining that to understand human behavior, one only need to consider the reinforcing properties of the environment

Question 8

Construal

Answer 8

the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world.

Question 9

Gestalt Psychology

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A school of psychology stressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather than the objective, physical attributes of the object.

Question 10

naive realism

Answer 10

conviction that we perceive things as they really are.

Question 11

self esteem

Answer 11

peoples evaluations of their own self-worth- that is, the extent to which they view themselves as good, competent and decent.

Question 12

Social cognition

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How people think about themselves and the social world, more specifically, how people select, interpret, remember and use social information to make judgments and decisions.

Question 13

How do social psychologists develop explanations of social influence

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Through empirical methods, such as experiments in which the variables being studies are carefully controlled.

Question 14

the power of the situation

Answer 14

Individual behavior is powerfully influenced by the social environment, but many people don’t want to believe this.

Question 15

self esteem the need to feel good

Answer 15

people often distort their perception of the world to preserve their self esteem.