Chapter 1 Social Psych Terms & more
Kurt Lewin once said "There is no _ without _, and no _ without _."
Research, action, action, research (respectively)
According to the false consensus effect, people often make the assumption that everyone _ opinions and beliefs.
Shares the same
A correlational study will study the statistical _ between two or more variables
Relationship
Random Assignment ensures that all participants have a(n) _ chance of being assigned to either group.
Equal
Increase, Increase, Decrease, Decrease
What is social facilitation?
Once people learn the outcome of something, they tend to believe that said outcome was obvious. This is an example of _
What is Hindsight Bias?
A type of measure that is not directly under a person's control/does not let them know what is being measured.
What is Covert measures
The variable that is hypothesized to cause the other and is systematically manipulated.
What is Independent variable?
Overestimating the relationship between variables is an example of a _
What is Spurious/Illusory Correlation?
What term refers to when the presence of others decreases performance?
What is Social Inhibition?
The tendency to seek out, notice, and remember information that aligns with our expectations is _
What is confirmation bias?
What type of descriptive study describes and measures people's behavior in everyday situations?
What is naturalistic observation?
The variable that is affected by the independent variable and is measured is _
What is Dependent Variable?
In correlational research, there may be another factor that affects the other two variables. This is called the _
What is Third Variable Problem
When entering the room, Ghaleb holds the door for the people behind him. This is an example of _
What is Social Norms?
When Edgar was walking home from school, he noticed that it was starting to rain. He remarked "I knew it was gonna rain today!" Yet he hadn't bring an umbrella. This is an example of which cognitive bias?
What is Hindsight Bias?
When taking a survey, Lorenzo was asked about his weekly screen time. In order to seem more likeable, he answered untruthfully. In survey research, this represents _
In our in-class demonstration, our two basket-ball teams were randomized so that individuals had equal chance of being chosen. Why was this so important?
So that individual differences (like height) would not bias the results.
There is a positive correlation between amount of exercise and amount of sleep. However, we cannot determine if more exercise causes more sleep, or more sleep causes one to exercise more. This is called the _
Social inhibition posits that the presence of others decreases performance. Conversely, Social facilitation posits that the presence of others increases performance. What factors could explain such a discrepancy?
Obscured individual contributions = trying less
Expertise at tasks = trying harder
Shared responsibility = Social loafing
*any answer = full points*
Leon loves research and wrongly assumes that everyone in his class thinks and feels the same way he does. This is an example of _
What is False Consensus Effect?
We can learn a lot from graveyards. In particular, we can observe past lifespans, mortality rates, etc. What type of descriptive research is this?
What is Archival Research?
In an experiment that tests the efficacy of a new medication, both the participant and the experimenter are unaware of which pill is the placebo (control group) and which is the real medication (experimental group). This is an example of which type of experiment?
What is double-blind experiment
There is a negative correlation between exercise and stress level. Explain the problem of direction and/or third variable problem for this correlation.
Problem of direction = we can't tell if exercise reduces stress or if lower stress levels make people more likely to exercise.
Third variable problem = overall health or time availability, could influence both exercise and stress levels.