Social Psychology

Question 1

What is Social Psychology?

Answer 1

The study of how the real or imagined influence of other people, or other presence, affects human behavior.

Question 2

What is the fundamental attribution error?

Answer 2

The tendency to falsely assign reason to another’s action, usually in a negative way.

Question 3

What are the four types of internal characterization?

Answer 3

Social, Psychological, Physical, Holistic

Question 4

What is a disadvantage of correlational studies?

Answer 4

They do not imply causation.

Question 5

What is prosociation?

Answer 5

The occurrence when people want to help others (usually by some circumstance)

Question 6

How can you tell if a study is experimental?

Answer 6

There will be a variable that changes

Question 7

How can you tell if a study is correlational?

Answer 7

There will usually be a survey of some kind

Question 8

How can you tell if a study is archival?

Answer 8

Researchers will be looking at past events.

Question 9

How are archival studies different than observational studies?

Answer 9

Archival studies look at things in the past, observational studies observe people in real time.

Question 10

What is the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset?

Answer 10

Fixed mindsets think that performance will stay the same, growth mindsets think that there is room for improvement

Question 11

What research method offers the best answers as far as linking a cause with an effect?

Answer 11

Experimental Studies

Question 12

What does a correlational experiment mean if it’s positively correlated?

Answer 12

Both variables go up

Question 13

What is the range of correlational coefficients?

Answer 13

-1 to 0 and 0 to 1, positive correlations are positive numbers and negative correlations are negative.

Question 14

Why is common sense dangerous?

Answer 14

Our intuitions are sometimes incorrect, and we need to differentiate science from common sense

Question 15

True or False: People are more likely to spend money on someone else if that money came from an unexpected source?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What is the bystander effect?

Answer 16

The bystander effect explains why it is less beneficial to be in need with more people around where you are.

Question 17

Why is the bystander effect so prevalent?

Answer 17

Diffusion of responsibility

Question 18

Why is it possible to predict the outcome of last elections based on only pictures of the candidates faces alone about 77% of the time?

Answer 18

People subconsciously evaluate trust in facial expressions

Question 19

What did the “Scary Bridges” study show?

Answer 19

That fear can be misattributed to attraction subconsciously

Question 20

What is one tool you can use to portray confidence?

Answer 20

Good posture

Question 21

True or False: People will follow the commands of a perceived authority figure even if told to hurt another person up to 66% of the time.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What survey system do we use for this class?

Answer 22

Qualtrics

Question 23

How many people will you survey for the campus research project?

Answer 23

10

Question 24

What types of questions should you ask on the survey?

Answer 24

Demographic info, and questions that will answer your hypothesis

Question 25

What type of study is the campus research project?

Answer 25

Correlational

Question 26

How do you interpret data for correlational studies?

Answer 26

You see if both the independent or dependent variables go up or down, and assign a correlation coefficient based on what the variables are doing?

Question 27

What are some confounding variables in this campus project?

Answer 27

Some people might put the answer that they think is “correct”

Question 28

What is confirmation bias in the scientific method?

Answer 28

Formulating a hypothesis after you have seen the results

Question 29

How do you format a research poster?

Answer 29

Title at the top with an abstract, then summarize the purpose of the study and the results at the bottom.

Question 30

What is comparison level for alternatives?

Answer 30

It is the unconscious cost/benefit analysis that evaluates the state of a relationship and wether we should stay in a relationship.

Question 31

Who is more likely to leave a relationship? A person with a high comparison level for alternatives or someone with a lower comparison for alternatives?

Answer 31

Someone with a higher comparison level for alternatives is more likely to end a relationship.

Question 32

Why do authors such as J.K Rowling and C.S Lewis abbreviate their first initials?

Answer 32

To avoid judgement of their work based on gender stereotypes.

Question 33

How would a true optimist answer the glass half full/empty question?

Answer 33

They would say it is completely full, half with water and half with air.

Question 34

True or False: Mental attitudes about a task often affect performance on that task.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

What words should you avoid when choosing a title for your study?

Answer 35

Causes, impacts, directly related to

Question 36

What words should you use when choosing a title for a study.

Answer 36

Suggests, claims, theorizes

Question 37

How is social psychology different from other sciences?

Answer 37

It is constantly changing, and theories get revised or disproved at a much higher rate than other sciences