Test #5

Question 1

What is social psychology concerned with

Answer 1

how individual or group behavior is influenced by the presence and behavior of others.

Question 2

Social influence

Answer 2

attitudes/beliefs/behavior modified by presence of others

Question 3

Self presentation

Answer 3

behavior that seeks to convey some image of self or information about self to others

Question 4

the abc triad

Answer 4

affect ( how people feel ) behavior ( what people do ) cognition ( what people think about )

Question 5

duplex mind

Answer 5

idea that the mind has two different processing systems (deliberate automatic)

Question 6

3 main parts of the self

Answer 6

self knowledge, interpersonal self, agent self

Question 7

Ralph turner

Question 8

self in a public role

Answer 8

thought of how others perceive

Question 9

In social psychology what is the difference between eastern and western cultures

Answer 9

group oriented, individual centered

Question 10

What does the self in a social context do about our individual perception

Answer 10

t the social situation defines our self-concept and our self-esteem

Question 11

People with high public self awareness

Answer 11

will notice

Question 12

People with low public self awareness

Answer 12

wont notice how they look to others

Question 13

Max Ringelmann

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his effect, group size = effort

Question 14

50s/60’s what were the two schools of though of psychology

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structuralism/functionalism

Question 15

Experiment

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study in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable and randomly assigns people to groups

Question 16

Construct validity

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extent to where dependent variable is valid representation of stimulus/response (cause/effect)

Question 17

Correlation

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relationship between 2 variables

Question 18

Social interaction

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communication in social manners

Question 19

What decade did social cognition begin

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1970s of people and social relationships

Question 20

What do we think about more than anything else

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other people

Question 21

Self serving bias

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credit for success but not for failures

Question 22

Upstream reciprocity

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where all are paying for peoples meals in drive thru

Question 23

Charles Darwin

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natural selection

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Confirmation bias

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tendency to notice stuff that confirms beliefs but not what disproves beliefs

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Trust

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confidence thatr others will provide benefits/not harm you

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Self censorship

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choosing not to express doubts that go against peoples beliefs

Question 27

Social constructionist theory

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theories asserting that attitudes n behaviors (sexual desire) are shaped by culture/socialization

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Evolutionary theory

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sex drive formed by natural selection and that its forms tend to be innate

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Social exchange theory

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cost/benefits of interacting with each other. assumes sex is a resource women have and men want

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The Coolidge effect

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thrill of new sexual partner over old one

Question 31

Discrimination

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unequal treatment of group based on belonging to a group

Question 32

Prejudice

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evaluation of person based on their belonging to a group

Question 33

Outgroup members

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others

Question 34

In-group members

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your group

Question 35

Outgroup homogeneity bias

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other groups are all similar but in groups are different

Question 36

Realistic conflict theory

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competition over scarce resources leads to hostility and conflict

Question 37

Discontinuity effect

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groups are worse than indivduals