Schema Time
What is our cognitive framework of ideas, information, knowledge, and memories?
schema
Our memories are reconstructions of the past. Often we may "rebuild" them incorrectly. What is this mistake called?
distortion
Which famous case sparked psychologist interest into why people don't help others?
Kitty Genovese
What is any behavior undertaken for the betterment of society?
pro-social behavior
Which psychologist demonstrated that authority can convince normally law abiding citizens to kill?
Milgrim
Which study showed that we are more likely to remember schema-consistent information about people? - such as Ms. Grace likes apples and she is a teacher
Cohen (2008)
Loftus & Palmer demonstrated that our memories can be guided based on phrasing in interviews. What is this called?
When we have no clue about how to behave in a novel situation, we may look at how other behave. What is this called?
informational social influence
high economic productivity
If you do something for others with no benefit to yourself, how can you describe your behavior
altruism
When you enter a doctor's office, you register and then sit and wait for your name to be called without being told. Why do you do this?
script schema
What was the dependent variable in Loftus & Palmer (1974)
the perceived speed of the cars
What two circumstances did Darley & Latane manipulate in order to test if people will be influenced by informational social influence. You need to provide both.
the "smokey room" & "seizure emergency"
Batson believed that we are more likely to help others if we identify ourselves with them. What is this idea called?
empathy altruism hypothesis
The good Samaritan experiment (Darley & Batson) determined that this often influences whether people will help a victim.
Lateness
Which study examine how our confirmation bias on race may influence our encoding of relevant information?
Stone (2010)
Loftus and Pickerell demonstrated that it was relatively easy to create new memories, going on mere misinformation/distortion. What are these new memories called?
confabulations
Which psychologist evaluated when people intervene in real life and determined that people use a pro and con method as well as determining if the victim deserves their help - as in the case with alcoholics
Piliavin
Bickman and Bushman both found in separate studies that individuals were more likely to act prosocial when someone was wearing this item of clothing.
Uniform (indicating authority)
What type of experiment was Bartlett?
Trick Question, this was not an experiment. Bartlett did use repeated reproduction to compare results but he did not have a standardized procedure or environment needed for proper psychology experiments. Therefore, his study is of limited use.
This showed the importance of context and schema activation before processing new information. A very vague script was read and some had the title and others did not. "Doing Laundry" was what was occuring.
Bransford & Johnson
Which study provided ecologically valid evidence that people are not always influenced by leading questions, perhaps due to stress heightening their focus.
Yuille and Cutshall
Which city of Indonesia would most likely have the highest diffusion of responsibility
Jakarta - due to it having the highest population density (Steblay)
Cialdini found that people will act in a prosocial manner if you convince them of this idea....
Everyone else is also doing it (consensus)
How many students participated in Loftus & Palmer?
150