Seven Big Ideas

Question 1

1. We construct our own ____ ____.
   A. We desire to explain behaviour and attitude ____.
   B. We view reality through our ____ and ____
   C. We explain behaviour with ____ and ____

Answer 1

social reality
causes
beliefs and values
speed and accuracy

Question 2

1. There is an objective reality out there; but we always view it through the lens of our ____ and ____.

Answer 2

beliefs and values

Question 3

1. We are all intuitive ____.

Answer 3

scientists

Question 4

1. We explain people’s behaviour, usually with enough speed and accuracy to suit our ____ ____.

Answer 4

daily needs

Question 5

1. When someone’s behaviour is consistent and distinctive, we attribute that behaviour to his or her ____.

Answer 5

personality

Question 6

2. Our ____ ____ are often powerful but sometimes perilous.
   A. Intuitions shape ____, ____ and ____
   B. Thinking, memory and attitudes operate on ___ levels.
   C. Most times this ____, others not so much.

Answer 6

social intuitions
fears, impressions and relationships
two levels.
works

Question 7

2. Our instant intuitions shape our ____ (is flying dangerous?), ____ (can I trust him?), and ____ (does she like me?).

Answer 7

fears, impressions, and relationships

Question 8

2. Thinking, memory, and attitudes all operate on two levels – one ____ and deliberate, the other ____ and automatic.

Answer 8

conscious : unconscious

Question 9

2. Even our intuitions about ____ often err. We intuitively trust our memories more than we should.

Answer 9

ourselves

Question 10

2. By reminding us of intuitions gifts and alerting us to its pitfalls, social psychologists aim to ____ our thinking.

Answer 10

fortify

Question 11

2. In most situations, fast and frugal snap judgements serve us well enough. But in others where accuracy matters we had best restrain our impulsive intuitions with ____ ____.

Answer 11

critical thinking

Question 12

3. Attitudes shape, and are shaped by, ____.
   A. We are not ____ but are ____ in our social interactions
   B. Our inner attitudes affect our ____

Answer 12

behaviour
passive : active
behaviour

Question 13

3. Our inner ____ affect our behaviour.

Answer 13

attitudes

Question 14

4. Social \_\_\_\_ shape our behaviour.
A. We are \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_
B. \_\_\_\_ are a large part of being human.
C. We respond to our immediate \_\_\_\_
D. Social context can cause us to behave \_\_\_\_

Answer 14

influences
social animals
Relationships
contexts
differently

Question 15

4. We are ____ ____. We speak and think words we learned from others. We long to connect, to belong, and to be well thought of.

Answer 15

social animals

Question 16

4. ____ are a large part of being human.

Answer 16

Relationships

Question 17

4. As social creatures, we responded to immediate ____.

Answer 17

contexts

Question 18

4. Sometimes the power of a social situation leads us to act in ways that depart from ____ ____.

Answer 18

expressed attitudes

Question 19

4. Our ____ help define our situations. Our standards regarding promptness, frankness, and clothing vary with our culture.

Answer 19

cultures

Question 20

4. Our attitudes and behaviour shaped by ____ social forces.

Answer 20

external

Question 21

5. Personality ____ shape our behaviour.

A. Facing the same situation people behave ____

Answer 21

dispositions

differently

Question 22

5. Facing the same situation, different people may react ____.

Answer 22

differently

Question 23

6. Social behaviour is ____ rooted.
   A. ____ and ____ form who we are
   B. We are sensitive and responsive to ____ ____
   C. Every psychological event is a ____ event
   D. We reflect ____, ____ and ____ influences

Answer 23

biologically
Nature and nurture
social context
biological
biological, psychological and social

Question 24

6. ____ and ____ together form who we are. Biology and experience together create us.

Answer 24

Nature and nurture

Question 25

6. Nature endows us with an enormous capacity to learn and to adapt to varied ____.

Answer 25

environments

Question 26

6. We are sensitive and responsive to our ____ ____.

Answer 26

social context

Question 27

6. Every psychological event is simultaneously a biological event, therefore we can also examine the ____ that underlies social behaviour.

Answer 27

neurobiology

Question 28

6. To understand social behaviour, we must consider both ____-___-____ (biological) and ____-____ (social) influences. Mind and body of one grand system.

Answer 28

under-the-skin : between-skins

Question 29

6. We are bio-psycho-social organisms. We reflect the interplay of our ____, ____, and ____ influences.

Answer 29

biological : psychological : social

Question 30

7. Feelings and actions toward people are sometimes ____ and sometimes ____.

Answer 30

negative : positive

Question 31

Conclusion: social psychology principles applicable in ____ life.

Answer 31

everyday

Question 32

Conclusion: social psychology is all about life – your life: your ____, your ____, your ____.

Answer 32

beliefs : attitudes : relationships