Definitions/Scenarios
The study of how people influence others’ thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is social psychology?
Portion of thought, emotion, behavior relatively consistent over time and across situations
What is personality?
At first, Mamadee did not like his teacher, but after sitting in this teacher's class for several weeks, Mamadee started to like him. This new perspective would be an example of:
What is mere-exposure effect?
Thomas is very quiet at school, but later that night at a party, Thomas gets 'crazy' and starts to cut the rug on the dance floor. Thomas's classmates are stunned at this displayed behavior. Thomas is experiencing:
What is deindividuation?
Prejudice is about __________ while discrimination is about __________.
What is Attitudes; behavior
Explaining a person's actions based on his traits or personality
What is personal attribution?
Following the orders of a person in authority
What is obedience?
Because the most popular students in the high school tend to wear a particular brand of athletic shoe, a new student buys a pair of shoes of the same brand. Such behavior demonstrates which of the following social psychological concepts?
What is conformity?
Name three ways to access personality.
What are behavioral data, self-reports, and descriptions from others?
8-year-old Anika used to think she was the best at playing kickball. However, now she notices that a few other kids can kick the ball further and harder than she can. She also notes that she can throw the ball better than lots of kids in her class. Anika is engaging in
What is social comparison?
Darian sees his psychology professor arguing angrily with a worker at the local post office. From this, he assumes that his professor is a hostile person. What does his assumption illustrate?
What is the fundamental attribution error?
Professor Zambrano knows that soda is bad for her, so she makes up a reason to justify buying it.
What is cognitive dissonance?
Yesenia almost always shows up late for work. Her friends attribute this to Yesenia's laziness. This is an example of a __________ cause.
What is personal attributions?
You're walking around the mall when a sales associate stops you. She tells you about their latest perfume collection and has you smell each sample. She encourages you to buy one of the perfumes and succeeds. What did the salesperson succeed in?
What is compliance?
You are at a party, and it's loud and overcrowded. You can barely hear yourself when you speak, but when someone across the room says your name, you hear it very clearly above the noise.
What is self-schema?
The idea is that personality can be described using: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
What is five-factor theory?
Approaches to studying personality emphasize how people seek to fulfill their potential through greater self-understanding.
What is humanistic approaches?
If you have a friend who is reluctant to help you clean your entire room, you may be successful by asking him to simply help you move one item in your room. this approach is referred to as:
What is foot-in-the-door?
Victoria needs just $20 more to go out with her friends. She asks her mother for $50 but she tells her she can have $30 instead. In the end, Victoria ended up with $10 more than she originally planned. What technique did Victoria use?
What is door-in-the-face?
Johnny believes he is the best at writing essays. He has confidence that he is the best student in his AP English class. What is Johnny experiencing?
What is a positive illusion?
Natalie asks people to watch a 5-minute recording of a play in which two characters find themselves in a dangerous situation. Then she asks her research participants to write an ending to the story, which she codes to reveal features of each participant’s personality. This proposed measure of personality can best be described as __________ and __________.
What is idiographic; projective
Maria appreciates compliments about her new photography business but really values constructive criticism, as she can then address particular issues. Maria has a(n)?
What is the internal locus of control?
When Alden experiences guilt or discomfort because he realizes that he is not being truthful with his friends, then Alden may be experiencing:
What is cognitive dissonance?
One of your friends tells you, “I didn’t like the environmental-awareness presentation today. First of all it was too long, not to mention the person that gave it was drinking out of a polystyrene cup and drove away in a huge SUV.” What kind of processing might your friend be using?
What is peripheral-route
Emily is a toddler that exhibits a high amount of energy. What temperament characteristic is Emily displaying?
What is activity level?