EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology) Questions And Answers With Verified Study Solutions

_____________are organised, interconnected mental networks of info that are based on our previous personal and social exps and help us process and organize info a) prototypes b) schemas c) scripts - Answer-schemas _______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific social situations a) prototypes b) schemas c) scripts - Answer-scripts The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-what did he find? - Answer-8 pseudopatients admitted themselves to an inpatient ward. Although they acted normally, all but one were diagnosed by staff as having Sx-- the behavs of others tend to be perceived in a manner consistent with the social environ in which they occur Which of these is NOT a type of attribution of behaviour? a) dispositional vs situational b) internal vs external c) stable vs unstable d) specific vs global - Answer-internal vs external The _____________ occurs when we overestimate the role of dispositional factors and underestimate the rolw of situational factors in another person's behaviour a) fundamental attribution bias b) actor-observer effect c) self-serving bias - Answer-fundamental attribution biasThe _______________ describes our tendency to make situational attributions to our own behaviours but dispositional attributions to the behaviour of others a) fundamental attribution bias b) actor-observer effect c) self-serving bias - Answer-actor-observer effect The _____________ describes our tendency to attribute our behaviours to situational factors when the consequences are negative and to attribute them to dispositional factors when the conseqs are positive (except in depressed people) a) fundamental attribution bias b) actor-observer effect c) self-serving bias d) learned helplessness - Answer-self-serving bias _________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making attributions/social judgments - Answer-mental heuristics The ____________ heuristic involves basing your judgement about whether someone belongs to a particular category on how similar they are to that category whilst ignorning populaton probability data a) representativeness b) availability c) simulation d) anchoring and adjustment - Answer-representativeness heuristic The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how easily you can imagine it happening a) representativeness b) availability c) simulation d) anchoring and adjustment - Answer-simulationThe _______ heuristic involves using an initial value as the basis for making a judgement or estimate (ie. starting price for negotiation at a flea market) a) representativeness b) availability c) simulation d) anchoring and adjustment - Answer-anchoring heuristic The _______________ heuristic involves judging the likelihood or frequency of an event basked on how easy it is to recall many examples of that event occuring a) representativeness b) availability c) simulation d) anchoring and adjustment - Answer-availability