Social Psychology Chapter 1

Question 1

behavioral economics

Answer 1

studies how psychology relates to economic decision-making

Question 2

behavioral genetics

Answer 2

examines the effects of genes on behavior

Question 3

cross-cultural research

Answer 3

research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures

Question 4

culture

Answer 4

a system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

Question 5

embodied cognition

Answer 5

an inter-disciplinary subfield that examines the close links between our minds and the positioning, experiences and actions of our bodies

Question 6

evolutionary psychology

Answer 6

applies the principles of evolution to understand contemporary human behavior

Question 7

interactionist perspective

Answer 7

an emphasis on how both an individual’s personality and environment characteristics influence behavior

Question 8

multicultural research

Answer 8

research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures

Question 9

social cognition

Answer 9

the study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others

Question 10

social neuroscience

Answer 10

involves the study of the relationship between neural and social processes

Question 11

social psychology

Answer 11

the scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social context