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Get faster at matching terms Terms in this set (69)What would a social psychologist be most likely to study? Personal attitudes and the perception of others Which of the following are situational causes of behavior? You trip and fall because the curb is uneven and not marked well, you did well on a test because the test was easy When someone says we are intelligent and attractive, we are more likely to like them due to the reciprocity-of-liking effect ____ can be positive or negative, and grow out of our tendency to categorize and organize information we encounter in our every day lives. Stereotypes ____ is a change in behavior in response to the commands of others. Obedience The central question in making an attribution is whether the cause of behavior is due to ___ or ___ factors. situational; dispositional
What is the definition of an attitude? An evaluation of a person, behavior, or concept What is the process by which an individual organizes information about another person to form an overall idea of that person? impression formation ___ is behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure. Compliance ____ are sets of cognitions about people and social experiences. schemas Prejudice is: A negative evaluation of an individual based on his or her group membership Social psychologists typically refer to helping others as ____ behavior. prosocial Which of the following are dispositional causes of behavior? You trip and fall because you are clumsy, you did well on test because you studied very hard ___ is a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people. Conformity What social psychological concept is Stanley Milgram most associated with? Obedience ___ is a type of thinking in which group members share such a strong motivation to achieve consensus that they lose the ability to critically evaluate alternate points of view. Groupthink ___ is a social rank held within a group. Status What do social psychologists call positive feelings or others, such as liking or loving? interpersonal attraction ___ is helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires self-sacrifice. altruism What is the term for the intentional injury of, or harm to, another person? aggression What is the term for a cause of behavior that is brought about by a person's internal traits or personality characteristics? Dispositional cause Need for ____ is a person's habitual level of thoughtfulness and cognitive activity. cognition Which of the following affect the ease with which we change our attitudes? The source of the message, the characteristics of the target and of the message What is the term for the conflict that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes? cognitive dissonance Fundamental Attribution Error is: the tendency to over attribute others' behavior to dispositional factors Using group membership as a source of pride and self-worth explains prejudice and discrimination through social identity theory Which of the following are ways to reduce cognitive dissonance? modify one or both cognitions, change the perceived importance of one cognition, deny that the two cognitions are related to one another List the steps in determining why people behave the way they do. Noticing an event, interpreting the event, forming an initial explanation, determining if time or cognitive resources are available, formulate and resolve the problem, determining if the explanation is satisfactory The presence of a(n) ___ trait, a certain unusually important trait, can alter the meaning of other traits. central Peripheral route processing occurs when people are persuaded on the basis of factors unrelated to the nature or quality of the content of a persuasive message The ___ may be explained by the fact that, when making attributions about someone, the immediate environment is more stable and less attention grabbing than the observed person's behavior. fundamental attribution error How did Solomon Asch test his hypotheses regarding conformity? By presenting a group of people with a series of lines and asking which was the longest ___ route processing occurs when the recipient thoughtfully considers the issues and arguments involved in persuasion. Central ___ theory seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual's behavior, what the specific causes of that person's behavior are. Attribution ___ neuroscience seeks to identify the neural basis of social behavior and looks at how we can illuminate our understanding of groups, interpersonal relations, and emotions by understanding their cognitive underpinnings. Social ___ learning theory of aggression is well supported by psychological research. observational If people think that members of a specific group lack ambition, they may treat them in a way that actually brings about a lack of ambition. This illustrates self-fulfilling prophecy ___ is the process of discharging built-up aggressive energy. Catharsis In Milgram's classic obedience study, what percent of participants eventually used the highest setting on the shock generator - 450 volts - to shock the learner? 65% We ___ the positive aspects of our ungroup, and at the same time ___ out groups. inflate; devalue What concept of social psychology is at work if someone is robbed in the middle of an intersection but nobody calls the police or offers assistance? Diffusion of responsibility The acronym IAT stands for ___ association test. implicit What is the name of the phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics? Halo Effect What psychologist is associate with research on aggression and catharsis? Konrad Lorenz Information-processing approaches have developed a ___ oriented model of how individual personality traits combine to create an overall impression. mathematically What is the name of the phenomenon in which we tend to think of people as being similar to ourselves, even when meeting them for the first time? Assumed-similarity bias If you ever receive a free sample, keep in mind that is comes with a psychological cost. Salespeople who provide samples to potential customers do so to instigate the norm of ____. reciprocity In which of the following situations is groupthink most likely to occur? A powerful leader surrounded by people of lower status If you ask a person to agree to a small request and later ask that person to comply with a more important one, you have used which complicate technique? foot-in-the-door technique What is the difference between complicate and conformity? The social influence in conformity is subtle, whereas it's more direct in compliance What type of love is the strong affection we have for those whom our lives are deeply involved? companionate Which of the following is an example of mere exposure? Finding a person attractive because you bump into him or her frequently What approach to understanding aggression proposes that aggression is primarily the outcome of innate - or inborn - urges? instinct A ___ ___ is a group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier. social supporter The halo bias, self-serving bias, and assumed similarity are examples of biases in making ____. attribution Self Serving bias: The tendency to attribute personal success to dispositional factors and failure to situational factors What type of love is a state of intense absorption in someone that includes intense physiological arousal? passionate As we gain more experience with people our impressions of them become more ____. complex Milgram's experiment was criticized for creating an unethical circumstance for the participants The frustration-aggression theory suggests that ____ (the reaction to the thwarting or blocking of goals) produces anger, leading to a readiness to display ____. frustration, aggression What is the name of the phenomenon in which we tend to over attribute others' behavior to dispositional cues? Fundamental attribution error The ___ effect leads to misperceptions of others. halo What is the minimum number of people you need to agree with you to reduce the effect of conformity? one How are conformity and ambiguity of task/situation related? The more ambiguous the task/situation, the greater the level of conformity What type of consequences are most likely to increase aggressive behavior according to the observational learning theory? Positive reinforcement such as getting what one wants The fact that bigoted parents may commend their children for expressing prejudiced attitudes illustrates which approach to stereotypes and prejudice? observational learning Which of the following was the result of Festinger's classic experiment on cognitive dissonance? More participants who were paid $1 changed their attitudes than did participants who were paid $20 Based on the findings of Kelley's classic experiment, who is likely to be perceived more positively? 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PSYCHOLOGY Match the term below with its correct definition. Gestalt psychology A. school of psychology concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to environments B. the study of behavior and mental processes C. school of psychology based on the idea that our perceptions of objects are more than the sums of their parts D. mental processes E. school of psychology concerned with discovering the basic elements of consciousness F. the theory that people can change their environments or create new ones G. a group of people who share a common culture race, or national origin H. school of psychology concerned with the scientific study of obseivable actions I. the theory that experiences often remind us of similar experiences in the past J. school of psychology that emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives in human behavior Verified answer
PSYCHOLOGY Do the five factors of personality in the five robust factors describe you? If not, what other characteristics would you want to add? Verified answer QUESTION After two nights without sleep, which of the following can be expected? a. An increase in night terrors. b. Sleep apnea. c. Manifest content dreams. d. Narcolepsy. e. REM rebound. Verified answer Other Quizlet setsSurveying (Modules 1 & 2 )71 terms Diyeymilin Global Logistics Final Exam89 terms BriannaBasford11 Chapter 14 - Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia55 terms MadelineSuk Related questionsQUESTION what is true regarding cross cultural studies on attributional tendencies? 10 answers QUESTION What are the risks for Stimulants? 15 answers QUESTION what happens when your Cerebellum is damaged 14 answers QUESTION Grouping pieces of information together to expand the effective capacity of short-term memory is termed: 13 answers What term refers to the process of trying to determine the cause of a person's behavior?In social psychology, attribution is the process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors. In real life, attribution is something we all do every day, usually without any awareness of the underlying processes and biases that lead to our inferences.
Is a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people?conformity, the process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire. Conformity has important social implications and continues to be actively researched.
What is the general term for the cognitive processes by which people make sense of others and themselves?Most generally, social cognition is defined as any cognitive process that involves other people. These processes can be involved in social interactions at a group level or on a one-to-one basis.
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