Social Psychology and Self Presentation

Question 1

phenomenon of explaining other people’s behaviors are due to the internal factors and our own behaviors are due to situational forces.

Answer 1

actor-observer bias

Question 2

our explanation for the source of our own or others’ behaviors and outcomes

Answer 2

attribution

Question 3

describes a perspective common to personality psychologists, which asserts that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as personality traits and temperament.

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dispositionism

Question 4

tendency to overemphasize internal factors as attributions for behavior and underestimate the power of the situation.

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fundamental attribution error

Question 5

internal attribute of a person, such as personality traits or temperament

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internal factor

Question 6

ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

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just-world hypothesis

Question 7

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

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self-serving bias

Question 8

describes a perspective that behavior and actions are determined by the immediate environment and surroundings; a view promoted by social psychologists.

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situationism

Question 9

field of psychology that examines how people impact or affect each other, with particular focus on the power of the situation.

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social psychology

Question 10

groups expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for the thoughts and behaviors of its memebers

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social norm

Question 11

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

Answer 11

social role