Basic Social Psych Topics
Name a field that overlaps slightly with social psychology.
Anthropology, sociology, history, economics/business/finance, etc.
Describe the self-serving bias.
Giving ourselves credit for wins and blaming outside factors for failures.
What bias involves only seeing "evidence" that matches someone's already held belief/idea and ignoring conflicting information.
Confirmation bias
What term refers to the ability to identify, understand, manage, and use emotions positively to reduce stress, communicate effectively, and empathize with others
Emotional intelligence
Giving a small freebie (like a free trial) before asking a customer to pay (Apple TV recently gave 3 month free trials)
Foot-in-the-door
What does the "ABC triad" stand for
Affect, behavior, cognition
The looking glass self argues our perception of ourselves is dependent on _____.
Our perception of how others perceive us
What error involves overemphasizing personal traits and underestimating situational factors when judging others' behavior.
Fundamental attribution error
What is the difference between guilt and shame?
Guilt= feeling bad about something you did
Shame= feeling bad about who you are
Air-bnb fees at checkout often go up due to cleaning fees, "host fee" and other fees that make it so the original price on the website is not what you pay at the end.
Bait and switch
Define social psychology
How people affect and are affected by others.
Which of the following would reputation fall under (public self, self-knowledge, agent self)?
Public self
What heuristic involves judgements/decisions based on how easy it is to think of an example?
Availability heuristic
Facial feedback hypothesis/theory argues...
Creating an emotion (physically) can then create the emotion mentally.
A charity organization sends a mass email to previous donors that starts with "Dear generous friend..."
Labeling
What topics of social psychology did the Stanford Prison study, study?
Obedience, roles, authority
Which of the following is self esteem under (public self, self-knowledge, agent self)?
Self-knowledge
What bias involves assuming a relationship between variables that may not exist?
Illusory correlation
The hedonic treadmill argues happiness...
Levels out eventually
On Amazon, buyers sometimes see (usually red) a "only 2 left in stock" tag on items.
Limited number (also reactance theory)
Asch's study was on what social psychology topic?
Conformity, social influence
What is the name for a cognitive strategy where individuals create obstacles to their own success—such as procrastination or reduced effort—to protect their self-esteem.
Self-handicapping
What error/bias involves overestimating how many hold the same ideas/beliefs?
False consensus
Affective forecasting is how we...
Guess how we will feel (emotionally) in the future (with a bias towards more extremes positive and negative)
Instead of saying "how are you" some asks bizarre questions (is a hot dog a sandwich? Crocs with socks or no?) of others in social settings and receives more/deeper interaction.
Pique