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What is the definition of social psychology?

the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to other people.

Social cognition is which of the following?

The way in which individuals think in social situations

Person perception is which of the following?

The processes by which we use social stimuli to form impressions of others.

How long did it take participants in one research study to form an impression of an unfamiliar face?

less than a second

Which of the following features were participants accurate at detecting or determining, based on viewing a photograph, having a brief interaction, or only watching brief video clips?

A person's romantic interest in the participant

A person's propensity for violence

A person's sexual orientation

True or false: Infants as young as 3 to 6 months old showed a preference for looking at faces that were rated as attractive by adults.

true

____ ____ is the area of social psychology that explores how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information.

social cognition

____ ____ refers to the processes by which we use social stimuli to form impressions of others.

person perception

In one study, just a 100-millisecond exposure was long enough for participants to form a(n) ____ of the unfamiliar individual.

impression

Which of the following features was not one that participants were accurate at detecting or determining, based on viewing a photograph, having a brief interaction, or only watching brief video clips?

a person's artistic ability

Person perception is which of the following?

The processes by which we use social stimuli to form impressions of others.

A ____ is a generalization about a group's characteristics that does not consider any differences.

stereotype

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. What does this illustrate?

self-fulfilling prophecy

Which of the following faces did participants rate as most attractive?

Faces that were an "average" (composite) of several other faces

____ threat is one's fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype about his or her group.

stereotype

Pam's new friend is a librarian, so Pam assumes that she is intellectual, politically liberal, shy, not very social, and probably a vegetarian. What does Pam's thinking on this describe?

stereotyping

Attribution theory is which of the following?

The view that people are motivated to discover the underlying causes of behavior, theirs as well as others

Matt sees a painting that Ben painted and says that the painting is good because Ben is a talented artist. Matt is attributing Ben's work on the painting.to a(n) _____ cause.

internal

What is the term for expectations about a future event or behavior that act to increase the likelihood that the event or behavior will occur?

self-fulfilling prophecies

____ 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

Noah sees a man in a store yelling at the cashier and thinks, "That guy is a mean jerk." Noah is attributing the man's behavior to a(n) _____ cause.

stable

Elaina complained to her best friend that she lost the spelling bee because the judges were unfair and gave her all of the harder words to spell. Elaina is attributing her performance in the spelling bee to a(n) _____ cause.

external

Shelby's friends congratulate her on the beautiful cake she baked for an upcoming party. Shelby says that the cake was easy to make because she read the recipe carefully and allowed herself plenty of time to get it made. Shelby is attributing her success at baking the cake to a(n) _____ cause.

controllable

The tendency for observers to overestimate the importance of internal traits and underestimate the importance of external situations when they seek explanations is referred to as ______.

fundamental attribution error

Bill pays for Madeline's lunch and seems very happy. Madeline thinks to herself, "Bill must be in an unusually good mood today." Madeline is attributing Bill's behavior to a(n) _____ cause.

unstable

Sierra arrives at work late but states that it isn't her fault because there was a car accident on the highway. Sierra is attributing her lateness to a(n) _____ cause.

uncontrollable

The _____ refers to the tendency to take credit for one's own successes and to deny responsibility for one's own failures.

self-serving bias

____ are cognitive shortcuts that enable us to make decisions rapidly.

Heuristics

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

Which of the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error?

Antonio almost hit you with his car in the parking lot because he's a jerk, not because he couldn't see around a blind corner.

_____ is the degree to which we have positive or negative feelings about ourselves.

self-esteem

____ threat is one's fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype about his or her group.

stereotype

____ comparison is the process by which we compare ourselves to other people.

social

____ are evaluations of people behaviors, beliefs, and concepts.

attitudes

When are attitudes more likely to guide behavior?

When a person rehearses and practices his or her strong attitudes

When a person has strong attitudes

When a person is very aware of his or her own attitudes

What is the term for the conflict that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes?

cognitive dissonance

Jon got a B on his psychology exam. He isn't sure if this is good, so he asks Kate how well she did. Jon is using _____ to evaluate his performance.

social comparison

In the field of social psychology, the term ____ describes an opinion or perspective that someone has towards a person, a behavior, a belief or a concept.

attitude

Modifying attitudes, rationalizing attitudes, and/or changing behavior are all ways to reduce what?

cognitive dissonance

____ involves trying to change someone's attitudes and/or behavior.

persuasion

Which of the following are ways to reduce cognitive dissonance?

Change the attitude causing the dissonance.

Change the behavior causing the dissonance.

According to self-perception theory, individuals often make inferences about their attitudes by perceiving their own _____.

behavior

The _____ likelihood model theory identifies two ways by which a message can be persuasive.

elaboration

True or false: The physical attractiveness of an individual delivering a message can affect how persuasive the message is.

true

A persuasion tool that involves making a big pitch at the beginning of a sale is called the ____ -in-the-face technique.

door

Altruism is which of the following?

Giving aid to another person, even if it incurs a cost to oneself

____ involves giving to another person to ensure reciprocity, to gain self-esteem, or to present oneself as powerful or caring,

Egoism

A persuasion tool that involves making a small request at the beginning of a sale is called the ____-in-the-door technique.

foot

The ____ perspective of reciprocity is to secure the survival of the family's genes, even if the helped individual isn't actually family.

evolutionary

the expectation of reciprocity ____.

can encourage altruism.

Which of the following summarizes the evolutionary psychology explanation of altruistic behavior?

Altruism is more likely to occur among family members, so helping a relative also means promoting the survival of the family's genes.

High levels of the neurotransmitter ____ are associated with prosocial behavior.

serotonin

When we feel compassion for another person's suffering, areas of the midbrain associated with the perception of _____ are activated.

pain

What is a key emotion involved in altruism and happens when we feel a oneness with the emotional state of another?

empathy

____, which is a personality trait, is most strongly associated with prosocial behaviors.

agreeableness

Which of the following neurotransmitters and/or neurohormones are associated with prosocial behavior?

oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin

Greater volume in the ____ ____ cortex is positively associated with agreeableness.

posterior cingulate

In the context of gender and helping behavior, ____ are more likely to help in the context of interpersonal relationships or nurturing, whereas ____ are more likely to help in the context of perceived danger.

women
men

The ____ learning approach to aggression emphasizes that social and environmental conditions can teach individuals to be aggressive.

social

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