EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
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_____________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 - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by
Rosenhan-what did he find? - 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?
,EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
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a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - 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 - fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ 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 - actor-observer effect
, EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
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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 - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - 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 - representativeness heuristic
rated A
_____________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 - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by
Rosenhan-what did he find? - 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?
,EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
rated A
a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - 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 - fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ 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 - actor-observer effect
, EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
rated A
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 - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - 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 - representativeness heuristic
