Social Psychology 1
Social Psychology 2
Motivation & Emotion
Stress
Personality
100

This researcher conducted the famous "line" experiment to illustrate conformity.

Solomon Asch

100

In committing this, we underestimate the influence of a situation on other's actions.

Fundamental attribution error

100

This theory suggests that behavior is motivated by the desire to reduce physiological drives.

Drive-reduction theory

100

An event that threatens or challenges us.

Stressor

100

What are the stable, enduring characteristics that influence behavior and which make up personality?

Traits

200

Proximity breeds liking; repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases our liking for them.

Mere exposure effect

200

Following 9/11, some outraged people lashed out at innocent Arab-Americans. This is the notion of when things go wrong, we find someone else to blame for our anger.

Scapegoat theory

200

This law explains the relationship between arousal levels and performance, stating that too little or too much arousal can decrease performance. What is this law called?

Yerkes-Dodson Law

200

A chemical released during the fight or flight stage of stress.

Epinephrine

200

This defense mechanism involves redirecting emotions or impulses to an easier substitute target. What is it called?

Displacement

300

The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

300

We conform to avoid rejection, or to gain social approval.

Normative social influence

300

This hypothesis suggests that facial expressions can influence emotional experience.

Facial feedback

300

The long term chemical adrenal glands send out when stress doesn't stop.

Cortisol

300

What are the five major traits in the Big Five personality model?

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

400

When are we more likely to conform? List three.

When we are incompetent/insecure, in a group of at least 3 people, a group where everyone else agrees, admire the group's status/attractiveness, have not made a prior commitment to any response, are from a culture that strongly encourages respect for social standards.

400

Tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.

Social loafing

400

What is the term for emotions that are believed to be experienced across cultures?

Universal emotions

400

The third stage in the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).

Exhaustion

400

Which personality assessment tool is known for measuring traits through factor analysis?

Personality inventories like MMPI and MBTI

500

An example of this is environmental advocates showing us evidence of rising temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas and shifts in animal life. This is more thoughtful and less superficial.

Central route persuasion

500

A generalized belief about a group of people is _________________, which leads us to categorize these people in the _______________, meaning it is us vs. them.

Stereotype; out-group

500

Who proposed the theory that emphasizes the resolution of conflicts between competing choices, such as approach-approach and avoidance-avoidance.

Kurt Lewin

500

A famous Harvard University public health study identified this unfortunate personality trait as a factor that doubles the risk of heart disease.

Pessimism

500

Which test uses ambiguous images to assess personality and emotional functioning?

Projective tests (inkblot, thematic apperception)