Social Psychology

Question 1

social psychology

Answer 1

study of the causes and consequences of sociality

Question 2

social norm

Answer 2

group expectations regarding what is appropriate for the thoughts and behavior of its members

Question 3

social role

Answer 3

socially defined pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

Question 4

script

Answer 4

person’s knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

Question 5

confirmation bias

Answer 5

our attention, interpretation, and memory are biased toward things that confirm what we believe or want to believe

Question 6

actor-observer bias

Answer 6

explaining other people’s behaviors are due to internal factors and our own behavior are due to situational forces

Question 7

self-serving bias

Answer 7

tendency for individuals to take credit by making dispositional or internal attributions for positive outcomes and situational or external attributions for negative outcomes

Question 8

What does the self-serving bias emphasize?

Answer 8

internal, stable, and controllable explanations for our success

Question 9

just world hypothesis

Answer 9

people get the outcome they deserve

Question 10

attitude

Answer 10

evaluations of or feelings of a person, idea, or object that are typically positive or negative

Question 11

cognitive dissonance

Answer 11

psychological discomfort that arises from a conflict in a person’s behavior, attitudes, or beliefs that runs counter to one’s positive self-perception

Question 12

cooperation

Answer 12

behavior by 2 or more individuals that lead to mutual benefits

Question 13

_________ is the key to cooperation.

Answer 13

trustworthiness

Question 14

group

Answer 14

collection of people who have something in common that distinguishes them from others

Question 15

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 15

prejudice: thoughts or feelings about groups or people in groups
discrimination: prejudice + behavior