Research This or That
Random Sampling
This type of social comparison might be a little humbling or even depressing but may help us improve.
Upward Social Comparison
This is the intuitive, automatic, unconscious, and fast way of thinking.
System 1 Processing
What are the two primary types of military working dogs used in the Army?
Patrol Explosive Detection Dogs (PEDDs)
Patrol Drug Detection Dogs (PDDDs)
Proximity, Mere-Exposure Effect, Cooperation
Cooperation (Peacemaking)
Proximity & Mere-Exposure Effect (Attraction)
What are the key elements that make a study an experimental design?
The tendency to underestimate how long it will take to complete a task is _____
Planning Fallacy
This term is defined as the result of bribing people to do what they already like doing. For example, giving away time off for picking up trash on the weekends, when you and your family already do that.
Overjustification Effect
Name the three pillars of positive psychology.
Positive Subjective Experience, Positive Individual Traits, Positive Institutions
Competition, Equal Status Contact, Perceived Injustice
Equal Status Contact (Peacemaking)
Competition & Perceived Injustice (Conflict)
This term is described as repeating a research study, often with different participants in different setting, to determine whether a finding could be reproduced.
Replication
When we observe our own behavior because we are unsure of our attitudes, we are practicing this theory.
Self-perception Theory
Describe the differences between acceptance and compliance.
Acceptance = conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure.
Compliance = conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request, while privately disagreeing.
What are the three methods to reduce error in eyewitness testimony?
1. Training police interviewers
2. Minimizing false lineup identifications
3. Educating jurors
Altruistic motivation, Pluralistic ignorance, Bystander effect
Altruistic motivation (Positive impact on helping)
Pluralistic ignorance & Bystander effect (Negative impacts on helping)
What is a "study of studies" called?
A Meta-analysis
Someone who score high on a scale of _______ act like social chameleons, able to adjust their performance to create the desired impression in social situations.
Self-monitoring
The Stanford Prison Study created the opportunity for students to have their self-awareness disappear into some alternative social role. Putting on those glasses created anonymity and this course concept.
Deindividuation
What is a superordinate goal? Give an example.
Displacement, Relative deprivation, Distinctiveness
Distinctiveness (Source of prejudice)
Displacement & Relative deprivation (Aggression)
Debriefing
Define self-presentation theory and provide an example.
The act of expressing oneself and behaving in ways designed to create a favorable impression or an impression that corresponds to one's ideals.
What are the four elements of persuasion as explored by social psychologists?
1. The communicator
2. The message
3. How the message is communicated
4. The audience
Name the two theories that provided the foundation for identity theory (hint: this was from last lesson).
Symbolic interactionism & Perceptual control theory
Cognition, Subjective norms, Perceived control
Cognition (Component of Attitude)
Subjective norms & Perceived control (Components of the Theory of Planned Behavior)