Attitudes & Social Cognition
These are known to help us predict what others are like on the basis of relatively little information. They are bodies of information stored in memory that bias the way new information is interpreted, stored, and recalled.
Schemas
This is a change in behaviors in response to the commands of others.
Obedience
This test measures prejudice that permits a more accurate assessment of people's discrimination between members of different groups
Implicit Association Test
These are small, daily slights, put-downs, and insults often perpetrated against members of a marginalized group.
Microaggressions
These are the major traits considered in forming impressions you have about others.
Central traits
Which social psychologist is best known for the experiment in which participants were asked to shock another person?
Stanley Milgram
This structure of the brain relates to emotion-evoking stimuli and situations
amygdala
Psychologist Robert Sternberg says love consists of three parts. In this part, you have feelings of closeness and connectedness.
Intimacy component
You have a classmate who always storms into class like it's the end of the world, makes rude commentary under their breath about the professor, and complains that there is too much homework and the exams are too hard. You assume your classmate is lazy and doesn't have many friends based on their behaviors during class. What kind of attribution bias are you making about your classmate?
Halo effect
The consensus among media experts that Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in the 2016 election was an example of...?
Groupthink
You're a college athlete and you happen to sit with other college athletes in your biology class. You overheard your professor's TA making an off-handed comment that college athletes are not smart and they are known for cheating on exams. You notice that when this TA is present during exams, she watches you (and the other athletes you sit with) more closely than other students. What is this called?
Discrimination
You're running late for your next class, so you hurry to get to the other side of campus. On your way, you notice an older person bent over on the ground trying to pick up a stack of loose papers as the wind carries them away. Even though you will be late to class, you stop to help the person. What behavior would this be considered?
Altruistic
As a college student, you often feel like your education is taking you nowhere and it what you are learning won't help you in "real life." At the same time, you were asked to mentor at-risk youth and be a positive example of why kiddos should stay in school and work toward a higher education even though you often feel it's a waste. These contradictory thoughts are called...
Cognitive dissonance
Young girls all over Western culture view ads and media that emphasize the "importance" of having a thin body. Many of these girls will go to drastic measures to alter their bodies so that they appear to look like the other young girls they see in media. This change in behavior due to social pressure is considered...
Conformity
According to this type of approach, the behavior of parents, other adults, and peers shapes children's feelings about members of various groups.
Observational learning approaches
You were watching the news about an accident that happened in your hometown. There were a lot of bystanders who saw what happened, but you were shocked to discover that none of the bystanders helped the person who ended up dying in an accident. This phenomenon is often referred to as the bystander effect and is due to this belief people have about helping
Diffusion of responsibility
In the upcoming presidential election, you will be sure to find campaigns that are highly persuasive based on emotional appeal and who delivers the message. These kind of campaigns rely on what kind of processing to persuade you?
Peripheral route processing
As you were leaving campus yesterday, a nicely dressed person approached you to ask if you could sponsor a Spokane child in need for a sum of $30 per month (all they would need if your bank account info). You tell them you'd like to be able to help but there is no way you can afford that as a college student. They understand and say, "I get it. It's difficult making ends meet while in school. If you still want to help, you could make a smaller, one-time donation of just $5 to provide a meal to a kid today." You think this is more reasonable and hand over $5. What technique was used to gain your compliance?
Door-in-the-face technique
You're a first generation college student. Because you are new to the whole college thing, you often feel imposter syndrome like you don't belong here, and that you aren't smart and capable enough to succeed. You've had several people tell you that you'll end up just like both of your parents and siblings who are all high school dropouts, but you broke the cycle. The people who doubted you stereotyped you, and expected that you would become a high school drop out too. What is this phenomenon best known as?
self-fulfilling prophecy
You have a close friend who lived in a domestic violence situation in which they regularly witnessed their mother emotionally and physically assaulting their father. Whenever your friend sees a female hit a male (even in jest), it sets your friend off and your friend becomes visibly angry. The female hitting the male is an example of what?
Aggressive cue