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Social Psychology Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1
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What is the definition of social psychology?

A

How we view and affect one another.

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Social psychology lies at psychology’s boundary with which other science?

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Sociology

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Social psychology focuses more/less on individuals than sociology.

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More

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Social psychology focuses more/less on individuals’ differences.

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Less

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Social psychology focuses more/less on how individuals, in general, view and affect one another.

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More

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What three components make up social psychology?

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Social Thinking, Social Influence, Social Relations

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What four components make up ‘Social thinking’?

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Perception, Belief, Judgement, Attitude

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What four components make up ‘Social influence’?

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Culture, Pressure to conform, Persuasion, Groups of people

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What four components make up ‘Social relations’?

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Prejudice, Aggression, Attraction and intimacy, Helping

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10
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Social psychology’s 8 big ideas:

We construct…

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Our social reality

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Social psychology’s 8 big ideas:

Our social intuitions are…

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Powerful, sometimes perilous

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12
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Social psychology’s 8 big ideas:

What shapes behavior?

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Attitudes, Social influence, Dispositions

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How we do social psychology

What is step 1 in research?

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Psychologists propose theories

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How we do social psychology

What is step 2 in research?

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Imply testable hypotheses and practical predictions

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How we do social psychology

What is step 3 in research?

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Correlational research

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How we do social psychology

What is step 4 in research?

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Conduct experiments

17
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How we do social psychology

What is step 5 in research?

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Practical applications

18
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What is a theory?

A

Explanations and predictions of observed events

19
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What is an hypothesis?

A

A testable prediction

20
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What is correlational research?

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Observation of events and their correlation

21
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What type of survey sample best fits research on an entire population?

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A random sample

22
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What are the pitfalls of survey research?

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  1. Samples can be unrepresentative
  2. The order of questions
  3. Response options
  4. Wording of questions
23
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What is the independent variable?

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The factor which is manipulated

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What is the dependent variable?

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The result of the independent variable

25
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What is random assignment?

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People are randomly assigned either to a experimental or a controlled condition

26
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What is mundane realism?

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How similar an experiment is to everyday life

27
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What is experimental realism?

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How much an experiment involves the participants

28
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What is deception?

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Misleading participants about the purpose of the study

29
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What are demand characteristics?

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Cues in an experiment that makes participants behave as they believe they should

30
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Why should laboratory research be treated with caution?

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It is hard to generalize from the experiment to real life

31
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What is the advantage of correlational research?

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It uses real world settings

32
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What is the advantage of experimental research?

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Can control variables and use random assignment

33
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What is the disadvantage of correlational research?

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Causation is often ambiguous

34
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What is the disadvantage of experimental research?

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Some variables cannot be studied

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