Social Cognition
Self Perception
Attitude & Attitude Formation
Conformity
Prejudice
100
Two kinds of social cognition
What is automatic thinking & controlled thinking?
100
The study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people
What is social perception?
100
Evaluation of people, objects, and ideas
What is attitudes?
100
The definition of conformity
What is the phenomenon whereby an individual alters his or her beliefs, attitudes, or behavior to bring them in accordance with those of a majority?
100
The definition of prejudice
What is a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership in that group?
200
Explain self-fulfilling prophecy
What is an expectation about what another person is like which; influences how they act toward that person, which; causes that person to behave consistently with people's original expectations, making the expectations come true.
200
How people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words
What is nonverbal communication? 
200
The three components attitudes are made up of
What is affective, behavioral, and cognitive?
200
Conforming by altering private beliefs as well as public behavior
What is private acceptance?
200
The three components of prejudice

What is ... 

Cognitive: Stereotypes

Affective: Emotions

Behavioral: Discrimination


300
Mental shortcuts people use to make judgments quickly and efficiently
What is judgmental heuristics?
300
The six major emotional expressions
What is anger, happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, and sadness? 
300
Attitudes that we consciously endorse and can easily report
What is explicit attitudes?
300
Occurs when others are used as a source of information about the world
What is informational influence?
300
More likely to behave more aggressively toward stereotyped target 
What is stressed, angry, suffered blow to self-esteem, and not in control of conscious intentions? 
400
TaAhree reasons that something can be accessible
What is ... 

1) Chronically accessible due to past experience

2) Accessible because it is related to a current goal

3) Temporarily accessible because of our recent experience

400
The way in which people explain the causes of their own and other people's behavior
What is attribution theory?
400
The definition of implicit attitudes
What is attitudes that are involuntary, uncontrollable, and at times unconscious?
400
Normative influence definition
What is occurs when we use others to know how to fit in?
400
The two reasons to suppress prejudices 
What is sincere motivation to become less prejudiced & avoid being labeled sexist, racist, etc?
500
List 3 of the five ways the unconscious is smart
What is...

1) The motives that guide thinking often operate unconsciously.

2) Memory consolidation occurs during sleep.

3) Unconscious mind wandering can help generate creative ideas.

4) Intuition can facilitate sound decisions.

5) Unconscious emotions associations can promote beneficial decisions (somatic marker hypothesis). 

500
Nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture
What is emblems?
500
The definition of communicator attractiveness

What is the most obvious way that a communicator gains in attractiveness is by presenting an attractive physical appearance? 

500
Three reasons why we obey authority
What is...

1) Innate predisposition to obey authority

2) Learning experiences: We are socialized to obey authority

3) Difficulty in defying a legitimate authority

500
Two ways the effects of stereotype threats are reversed
What is alternative mindset & self-affirmation?