Test 1 Additional Study Guide

Question 1

Which of the following allows a researcher to make a cause effect conclusion?

Answer 1

experiment

Question 2

According to lecture, what is a micro aggression?

Answer 2

a subtle insult against you based on your group membership.

Question 3

Can race or gender be a true independent variable?

Answer 3

No.

Question 4

How does our self-concept (how we see ourselves) relate to our self-esteem (how we feel about ourselves)?

Answer 4

self-concept influences self-esteem and self-esteem influences self-concept.

Question 5

What’s the difference between social comparison and reverse comparison?

Answer 5

in social comparison, one judges oneself; in reverse comparison, one judges another.

Question 6

Suppose that Linus places Beyonce in a personal top-ten list of female performers. Suppose that Linus estimates that 40% of teens would agree with him, bit its actually only 30%. Which of the following best applies to this scenario?

Answer 6

false-conscensus affect

Question 7

suppose Leena scored the winning basket for her high school team one night. on the ride home, Leena explained her performance to herself by thinking she was a great athlete who worked hard. Which of the following best applies to this scenario?

Answer 7

attributional self-serving bias

Question 8

Ch. 2 had a section titled, “Development of the Social Self,” with four subheadings indicating four influences on ones self-concept. Which of the following is NOT one of the four subheadings?

Answer 8

conditioning principles

Question 9

According to research on the impact bias, people tend to ______ the enduring impact of emotion-causing events.

Answer 9

Overestimate

Question 10

According to Ch.2, we typically show immune neglect, which means we tend to neglect or underestimate which of the following?

Answer 10

our ability to rationalize and emotionally recover from bad things.

Question 11

According to WIAW, there are four main factors that can cause someone to use a particular label. List three of those factors.

Answer 11

Peer pressure, pleasing the audience, and lack of information, and anti-political correctness.

Question 12

Based on “I’m a Parb and so are you,” are social psychology instructors at risk of committing bias?

Answer 12

yes.

Question 13

Based on “The Big One,” what is the other name for the fundamental attribution error?

Answer 13

correspondence bias

Question 14

Near the end of “The Big One,” an example was discussed for how we think someone is happy if they are smiling. Although happiness is one possible reason for smiling, what was another possible reason mentioned.

Answer 14

because we smiled at them first.

Question 15

In “The Big One,” there was a story about a woman named J who tailgated another driver. J admitted to driving recklessly, but what was another reason for her driving behavior?

Answer 15

she was trying to reach her family quickly because someone there had a medical emergency.

Question 16

To belong to PARBS anonymous, one must take 6 pledges. Which of the following is NOT one of those pledges?

Answer 16

I accept that I have many biases in how i see others and the world.

Question 17

According to lecture, the naturalistic fallacy refers to which of the following tendencies? (everyone else so me too)

Answer 17

believing something because most everyone else does.

Question 18

According to the media-violence article, there is high agreement among multiple groups of experts…

Answer 18

that on-screen media violence has harmful effects on children and adolescents.

Question 19

According to the media-violence article, there is scientific consensus that watching media violence causes aggression. Did the others believe that this consensus should directly translate into public policy that restricts the production of such media?

Answer 19

No - they said it should NOT translate in that way.

Question 20

According to the common-sense worksheet, a person with low self-esteem would prefer to hang out with people who dislike him/her. What was the theory to explain this finding?

Answer 20

self-verification theory.

Question 21

Cognitive dissonance is a state of discomfort caused by…

Answer 21

inconsistency of incoming information and established beliefs.

Question 22

According to lecture, there are three main areas covered in our social psychology textbook. Name all three.

Answer 22

social thinking, social relations, and social influence.

Question 23

______ can help in treatment of depression.

Answer 23

attribution theory.

Question 24

Lecture discussed the person-situation debate. What question was being debated and what were the two sides?

Answer 24

Question: Is personality stable and enduring over time?
Side 1: personality psychologists say yes. The “person” is responsible for the behaviors.
Side 2: social psychologists say no. The “situation” is responsible for the behaviors.

Answer: a little…

Question 25

Suppose Linus has always been prejudiced against women. In college, Lines has access to library resources, and he decides to research gender differences. According to Ch.3, which of the following represents a “confirmation bias” in Linus’ behavior?

Answer 25

If Linus avoids articles contrary to his views but eagerly reads articles that support his views.

Question 26

Sometimes, after we think about a friend, the friend calls us. Some of us might think there is something more than random coincidence here. However, it is likely that we just don’t remember all the times that we thought of the friend and the friend DID NOT call. According to Ch.3, this example falls under…

Answer 26

illusory correlation.

Question 27

According to the happiness blog article, happiness reduces which of the following?

Answer 27

victim blaming

Question 28

In the happiness-FAE journal article, the researchers used a new paradigm to measure the FAE. Why?

Answer 28

Because the old paradigm might have experimental demand.

Question 29

In the logic-FAE article, how did experiment 2 differ from experiment 1?

Answer 29

Experiment 2 used undergraduates and measured their logical reasoning ability.

Question 30

How did the logic-FAE article conclude (in the general discussion section)?

Answer 30

that reducing the FAE and other biases can have “far-reaching” benefits.