Social Cog

Question 1

concept of attribution

Answer 1

=an explanation why we or others engage in certain behavior

Question 2

Actor/Observer Bias

Answer 2

tendency to make intervals attributions for others negative behaviors

Question 3

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 3

Tendency to make dispositional attributions for others behavior

Question 4

Self-Serving Bias

Answer 4

Taking credit for successes/blaming other people for failures

Question 5

Automatic and Deliberate Thinking section

Answer 5

=Some thinking is automatic and some you need conscious control
=Distinguish automatic from deliberate- awareness, intention, control, effort, efficiency

Question 6

Heuristic

Answer 6

quick ways of making judgments or estimates.

Question 7

Availability heuristic-

Answer 7

how likely an event is by how easily it comes to the mind

Question 8

Simulation Heuristic-

Answer 8

how you are to react to an event by how close you were. Happier in 3rd place than in 2cd place because the person in second place could have been first place.

Question 9

Anchoring and Adjustment-

Answer 9

able to judge something by having a starting point(anchor) then adjusting it up or down

Question 10

Conjunction Fallacy-

Answer 10

believing that 2 events is more likely to happen than one event by itself

Question 11

Representative Heuristic-

Answer 11

estimate the likeliness of an event by what you expect to be true or the typical case scenario

Question 12

False Consensus Effect-

Answer 12

over estimating the number of ppl that share a belief “Everyone loves ”
REASON- Anchor & adjustment, Self-Esteem and Availability

Question 13

False Uniqueness Effect-

Answer 13

Underestimating the # of ppl that share a positive trait “Not many ppl can play like me” REASON- Self-Esteem

Question 14

Gamblers Fallacy-

Answer 14

a chance event is affected by pervious events. Things will “even out” in the end. Example: Roulette.

Question 15

Confirmation bias-

Answer 15

notice info that’s confirms your beliefs and ignore what disconfirms beliefs

Question 16

Schwarz, Bless, Strack (1991) study

Answer 16

Had ppl write down 6 or 12 examples of how assertive they are and those who wrote 6 showed that they were more assertive

Question 17

Priming and Embodied Social Cognition

Answer 17

Ppl can have idea or concepts put into their head without even being aware of it and it can effect their behavior and attitude

Question 18

Holland et al. (2005) study

Answer 18

go in a clean scented room vs a neutral conditioned room with no scent. Then given something to eat that produced crumbs and observed how the scent affected ppls behavior on cleaning after themselves

Question 19

Bargh et al. (1996) study

Answer 19

Had the elderly unscramble words related to being old and then they noticed the speed they walked down the hall and it was particularly slower than before

Question 20

Brinol & Petty (2003) study

Answer 20

Had ppl walk around campus with headphones with instructions to nod up or down or shake their head side to side. The argument they listened to was about carrying ID cards and those who listened to a strong argument and agreed did it more strongly then those who listened to a weak argument when shaking their head. The strong argument is going to make you more confident in whether you agree or not.