Social Psychology Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

Social Psychology Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers


Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The scientific study of how
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people think about, influence, and relate it to one another.
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Social Thinking is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how we perceive others,
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what we believe, judgements we make, our attitudes
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Big Ideas in Social Psychology... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2)Our social
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intuitions are powerful, sometimes perilous
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3) Attitudes and Dispositions shape our behavior
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4)Social influence shape behavior
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6) Social behavior is also biological behavior
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+ Social psychology's principles are applicable to everyday life.
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Correlational Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of the
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naturally occurring relationships among variables
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Experimental Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Studies that seek clues
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to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one of more factors
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, (independent variables) while controlling others (holding them
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constant)


Mundane Realism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Degree to which an
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experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations
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Deception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Occurs in research when
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participants are misinformed or misled about the study's methods and
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purpose.


Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An ethical principle
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requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to
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choose whether they wish to participate; to protect them from harm
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and significant discomfort and treat participants confidentially
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Debriefing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In social psychology, the post-
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experimental explanation of study to its participants; usually discloses
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any deception and often queries participants regarding their
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understandings and feelings. | |




Spotlight Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that others are
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paying more attention to one's appearance and behavior than they
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really are.
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