mid term 1

Question 1

social cognition

Answer 1

how we understand and interpret ourselves and others

Question 2

construal

Answer 2

social interpretation, how I see the world

Question 3

schema

Answer 3

organized clusters of knowledge

Question 4

types of schema

Answer 4

self schema
role schema
event schema

Question 5

pros of schemas

Answer 5

attend to what fits/shortcut

Question 6

cons of schemas

Answer 6

distortion
over reliance
persist after proven wrong

Question 7

self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 7

ie kids with high iq

Question 8

example of a self schema

Answer 8

I’m a jock

Question 9

heuristic types

Answer 9

availability
representativeness
anchoring adjustment

Question 10

conjunction fallacy

Answer 10

representativeness heuristic

Question 11

availability heuristic

Answer 11

most available information is used in making judgements

Question 12

representativeness heuristic

Answer 12

ignore base rates because of beliefs

Question 13

anchoring adjustment

Answer 13

affect further decision based on starting point

Question 14

schema consistent recall

Answer 14

remember things consistent with your schema

Question 15

priming

Answer 15

better recognition of stimulus after previous experience

Question 16

perception priming

Answer 16

primed with judgement words

ie Donald reckless/adventure

Question 17

spreading activation pattern

Answer 17

nodes of semantics, beliefs

Question 18

behaviour priming

Answer 18

spreading activation ie beer commercial/sexism

Question 19

where do construals come from?

Answer 19

basic human motivation for self esteem, social cognition

Question 20

embodied cognition

Answer 20

physical priming

Question 21

encoding

Answer 21

express non verbal

Question 22

decoding

Answer 22

interpret non verbal

Question 23

thin slice

Answer 23

glance to make assessment ie gaydar

Question 24

universal emotions

Answer 24

happy, sad, angry, disgust, fear, surprise

Question 25

how are universal emotions different in different cultures?

Answer 25

social v reflex

Question 26

when is decoding wrong

Answer 26

affect blend downplaying cultural diff

Question 27

method of study

Answer 27

observational correlational experimental

Question 28

ethics

Answer 28

respect, concern, justice

Question 29

Lewin situation equation

Answer 29

behaviour(person, social situation)

Question 30

fundamental attribution error

Answer 30

overestimate others internal disposition AND underestimate situational impact

Question 31

correspondence bias/gilbert

Answer 31

behaviour/motivation - disposition (stop here and over attribute)-situational correction

Question 32

perceptual saliance

Answer 32

pay more attention to people than situation

Question 33

attribution

Answer 33

explanation for behaviour

Question 34

internal/external attribution

Answer 34

person/situation

Question 35

covariation model/kelley

Answer 35

consider multiple instances of persons behaviour to come to conclusion.

Question 36

covariation model tools

Answer 36

consensus - how are other people in situation distinctiveness - how does actor respond to other things consistency - is behaviour unusual for experience

Question 37

attribution errors

Answer 37

Belief in a just world victim blaming actor/observer - personal for others, situation for me

Question 38

self concept

Answer 38

physical/social/holistic/physiological

Question 39

spontaneous self concept

Answer 39

priming + traits/situation

Question 40

social comparison

Answer 40

how we compare to others

Question 41

gender differences

Answer 41

men: membership; women: relational

Question 42

self perception theory

Answer 42

learn about self by analyzing our behaviour, ascribing internal/external motivation

Question 43

over just$f$cation effect

Answer 43

can decrease internal motivation

Question 44

self esteem comes from

Answer 44

personal experience reflected appraisal relationships social/group comparison

Question 45

self serving bias

Answer 45

situation for fail; disposition for success

Question 46

unrealistic optimism

Answer 46

better than average effect

Question 47

self handicapping

Answer 47

preblame to save self esteem

Question 48

downward social comparison

Answer 48

to someone worse off

Question 49

BIRGing

Answer 49

self inclusion to team/celebrity

Question 50

Self verification

Answer 50

want to know truth about self, mature

Question 51

self control

Answer 51

executive function of self

Question 52

sociometer theory

Answer 52

self esteem is a gauge of how accepted/reject in your group

Question 53

gestalt psych

Answer 53

subjective reality vs physical, the whole

Question 54

behaviourism

Answer 54

to understand behaviour, consider environment

Question 55

counterfactual reasoning

Answer 55

controlled thinking method - change aspects of past to imagine a different outcome

Question 56

overconfidence barrier

Answer 56

too confident

Question 57

implicit personal theory

Answer 57

using schema to fill in blanks of other people

Question 58

looking glass self

Answer 58

see ourselves thru other people, incorporate ideas into self