Attribution Theory, Person Perception, and Attitudes
What is it called when you attribute someone's behavior to underlying personality traits?
Dispositional attribution
Six-year-old Tucker believes that boys are better than girls, while 5-year-old Rachel believes that girls are better than boys. Their beliefs most clearly illustrate...
ingroup bias
What is your characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, acting?
Personality
If I take AP Psych notes because I like learning about it, this is an example of...
Intrinsic motivation
List all the ethical guidelines possible (5)
- institutional review board
- confidentiality
- debrief
- no greater than usual harm
- informed consent
This theory explains the mental tension we feel when our behaviors don't match our attitudes, leading us to change one to match the other
Cognitive Dissonance
Mary is in her AP Psychology group, working on a project. She doesn't participate and expects the other group members to complete the work for her. What is this called?
Social Loafing
Which theory of personality would include concern for the "Big 5"
Trait Theory
What is the idea that different cultures and genders have prescribed norms for how to show emotions?
Display rules
List all the research methods possible (5)
Experiment, correlation, case study, naturalistic observation, meta-analysis.
This phenomenon explains why we tend to develop a preference for things or people simply because we see them frequently.
Mere exposure effect
If I give someone a birthday gift, they then feel obligated to give one to you on your birthday. What is this called?
Social Reciprocity Norm
Overestimating how much people judge/notice our appearance
Spotlight effect
Which theory of emotion states the body's physiological response precedes the actual emotion?
James-Lange
What is the only type of study that can prove causation?
Experiment
This strategy involves getting someone to agree to a large request by first having them agree to a much smaller, modest one.
Foot-in-the-Door-Phenomenon
If I convince you to participate because I'm super cool and you want to do what I say because I'm super cool, what is that?
Which theory of personality is criticized for emphasizing environmental factors & ignoring internal traits?
social-cognitive
Which theory of emotion says that we experience emotion by cognitively appraising our situation and a body response?
2 factor Schachter Singer
Explain all the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures that you can think of
answers may vary
What is the belief that everyone gets what they deserve called?
Just-world phenomenon
Emma is in a rally for protecting cat rights. Since she and everyone around her are wearing cat masks, she feels that it is okay to steal all of the tuna at a local grocery store.
deindividuation
Which personality assessment is empirically derived? (must say the FULL name)
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Ghrelin is produced by the __________ and sends a signal that you are ___________.
stomach;hungry
What does a standard deviation mean?
the average distance from the mean for a set of scores. Low standard deviation- closely related to the average, very reliable and not likely due to chance. High standard deviation- large variance between the data and the statistical average, not as reliable and could be due to chance.