Week 2:
Social Cognition
Social Cognition
When your friend spills her coffee on you, you think, "Gosh, why are you such a clumsy klutz?" You just made a __________ attribution.
Dispositional
While Stereotype is a form of Cognition and Discrimination is a form of Behavior, Prejudice is a form of __________.
Feeling
Which is NOT a secondary reinforcer:
a) Money
B) Praise
C) Food
d) Grades
C) Food
_____ _______ created the Psychosocial stages of development, which was one of the first psychological development stage theory that spanned the entire lifespan.
Erik Erikson
Who is the father of Psychoanalytic Theory?
Sigmund Freud
Your friend yells at you for being five minutes late for lunch. Rather than believe your friend is a rude jerk, you decide that she may be having difficulties with her partner. Her behavior then is the result of:
Situational Attribution
In 2020, the Pew Research Center found that 52% of young adults live with their parents. Some boomers say, "Young people don't have enough drive or work hard, which is why they're still living with mom and dad." What phenomena does this exhibit?
Just-World Phenomena
Who discovered "Classical Conditioning," by studying dogs?
Ivan Pavlov
Erik Erikson proposed that at each stage of life, we face a psychosocial task that needs resolution. The first task, the one infants wrestle with, is:
Trust v. Mistrust
When Damien was rejected from his dream school, Harvard, he said, "I don't care, I didn't really want to go there anyway." What defense mechanism does this best display?
Reaction Formation
The fundamental attribution error is more apparent in ___________ than it is in ___________.
(In terms of parts of the world)
Individualistic Western Countries; Collectivist East Asian Countries
Marge is against Asian Hate and advocates about the issue on social media. However, when her Chinese friend's offered her some dim sum, Marge was hesitant to eat it, believing the food could be dirty. This shows:
Implicit Prejudice
Toddler Diamond watches her parents cook in the kitchen. In the backyard, she mixes mud with a stick and pretends she's cooking. This is an example of:
Observational Learning or Modelling
What are the three factors Erikson believe helped propel one from one stage to the next?
1. Biological Maturation
2. Societal Expectation
3. Life Crises
Kathy often overwhelms her partners by being too clingy and moving the relationship too fast. Some of her partner's also dislike her frequent smoking. What stage did Kathy not successfully pass?
Oral Stage
In the study, "Woman Acts Warm or Aloof," when rating the woman's character, did the participants who knew she was acting make more situational attributions or dispositional attributions?
Dispositional
Hostilities between a riverfront community’s two racial subgroups were dramatically reduced when the threat that the river would flood its banks required them to work together to save their town. This BEST illustrates the impact of:
Superordinate Goal
In the study, "Mother's read to Children," how does the mother's reaction to the child asking questions differ between a girl and a boy?
Girl: Mother would tell them the answer
Boy: Mother would ask them follow-up questions to encourage them to come up with the answers themselves.
Wilbur, who is 68 years old, is sitting in his recliner reflecting on the mistakes he has made in his life as well as the dreams that went unfulfilled. Wilbur is in the stage of development called:
Ego Integrity v. Despair
During the Phallic Stage, the boy realizes that he cannot win against his Dad for mom's love, and goes through __________. This creates the Superego and the boy becomes more aware of gender norms and other social norms.
Identification
What is the Actor-Observer difference?
Actor: Situational
Observer: Dispositional
List the four rules of Social Identity Theory.
1. Self Esteem is important. People have a need to be respected.
2. Self Esteem is based on group.
3. In almost all societies groups are treated unequally. Certain groups are given more respect and are treated more nicely.
4. Comparison is important. It helps to look at groups lower than you to feel better about yourself.
When Jane had leukemia as a child, she had to undergo numerous rounds of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy always made her nauseous. As she went through a year of treatment, the waiting room started to make her nauseous. The nausea from the waiting room is:
The conditioned response.
When Peter celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary at the company, he felt that the gold watch he was given was just a meaningless trinket, and he was glad that he had balanced his work with family life. Peter is in the stage of development called:
Generativity v. Stagnation
Identify what Structure of Personality is affecting each of Dawn's thoughts and actions: (1) When Dawn saw her sister eating her cake, she wanted to scream and pull her hair. However, (2) fearing her parent's reaction, (3) she went to her room to sulk.
1. ID
2. Superego
3. Ego