SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 5TH CANADIAN EDITION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ social cognition
Answer: the study of how we perceive, remember, and interpret information about ourselves and
others
◉ Behavioral genetics
Answer: a subfield of psychology that examines the role of genes on behavior
◉ evolutionary psychology
Answer: Subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to understand human behavior
,◉ cross-cultural research
Answer: research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures
◉ multicultural research
Answer: research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures
◉ Culture
Answer: A system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices
shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
◉ interactionist perspective
Answer: an emphasis on how both an individual's personality and environmental characteristics
influence behavior
◉ open science
, Answer: a movement to make research materials, methods, hypotheses, and data more transparent,
accessible, and easily shared with researchers from other labs
◉ social cognition
Answer: the study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and
others
◉ social neuroscience
Answer: the study of the relationship between neural and social processes
◉ applied research
Answer: research whose goal is to make applications to the world and contribute to the solution of
social problems
◉ basic research
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ social cognition
Answer: the study of how we perceive, remember, and interpret information about ourselves and
others
◉ Behavioral genetics
Answer: a subfield of psychology that examines the role of genes on behavior
◉ evolutionary psychology
Answer: Subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to understand human behavior
,◉ cross-cultural research
Answer: research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures
◉ multicultural research
Answer: research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures
◉ Culture
Answer: A system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices
shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
◉ interactionist perspective
Answer: an emphasis on how both an individual's personality and environmental characteristics
influence behavior
◉ open science
, Answer: a movement to make research materials, methods, hypotheses, and data more transparent,
accessible, and easily shared with researchers from other labs
◉ social cognition
Answer: the study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and
others
◉ social neuroscience
Answer: the study of the relationship between neural and social processes
◉ applied research
Answer: research whose goal is to make applications to the world and contribute to the solution of
social problems
◉ basic research
