EXPERIENCE PSYCHOLOGY "SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY" CHAPTER 11,
LAURA KING ALL REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(GRADED 100%) (2024 UPDATE)
Social psychology - ANSWER- The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to
other people
Person perception - ANSWER- Refers to the process by which we use social stimuli to form
impressions of others
Social cognition - ANSWER- The area of social psychology that explores how people select,
interpret, remember, and use social information
Stereotype - ANSWER- a generalization about a group characteristics that does not consider
any variations from one individual to another
Self fulfilling prophecy - ANSWER- Phenomenon where Expectations cause individuals to act
in ways that serve to make the expectations come true
Attribution theory - ANSWER- Theory that views people as motivated to discover the
underlying causes of behavior as part of their effort to make sense of the behavior
Actor ( attribution theory) - ANSWER- The person in the attribution theory view who produces
the behavior to be explained
Observer ( attribution theory) - ANSWER- The person who offered a causal explanation of the
actors behavior in attribution theory
, False consensus effect - ANSWER- Observers overestimation of the degree to which
everybody else thinks or acts the way they do
Positive illusions - ANSWER- Favorable views of the self that are not necessarily rooted in
reality
Self serving bias - ANSWER- Refers to the tendency to take credit for one's own successes and
to deny responsibility for one's own failures
Stereotype threat - ANSWER- An individual fast acting, self fulfilling fear of being judged
based on a negative stereotype about his or her group
Social comparison - ANSWER- The process by which individuals evaluate their thoughts,
feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others
Attitudes - ANSWER- An individual's opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas;
how the person feels about the world
Cognitive dissonance - ANSWER- An individuals psychological discomfort caused by two
inconsistent thoughts
self perception theory - ANSWER- Bem's theory on how behavior influence attitudes, stating
that individuals make inferences about their attitudes by perceiving their behavior
Effort justification - ANSWER- One type of dissonance reduction, means rationalizing the
amount of effort you put into something . It explains strong feelings of loyalty towards a group
based on the effort it takes to gain admission into that group
LAURA KING ALL REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(GRADED 100%) (2024 UPDATE)
Social psychology - ANSWER- The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to
other people
Person perception - ANSWER- Refers to the process by which we use social stimuli to form
impressions of others
Social cognition - ANSWER- The area of social psychology that explores how people select,
interpret, remember, and use social information
Stereotype - ANSWER- a generalization about a group characteristics that does not consider
any variations from one individual to another
Self fulfilling prophecy - ANSWER- Phenomenon where Expectations cause individuals to act
in ways that serve to make the expectations come true
Attribution theory - ANSWER- Theory that views people as motivated to discover the
underlying causes of behavior as part of their effort to make sense of the behavior
Actor ( attribution theory) - ANSWER- The person in the attribution theory view who produces
the behavior to be explained
Observer ( attribution theory) - ANSWER- The person who offered a causal explanation of the
actors behavior in attribution theory
, False consensus effect - ANSWER- Observers overestimation of the degree to which
everybody else thinks or acts the way they do
Positive illusions - ANSWER- Favorable views of the self that are not necessarily rooted in
reality
Self serving bias - ANSWER- Refers to the tendency to take credit for one's own successes and
to deny responsibility for one's own failures
Stereotype threat - ANSWER- An individual fast acting, self fulfilling fear of being judged
based on a negative stereotype about his or her group
Social comparison - ANSWER- The process by which individuals evaluate their thoughts,
feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others
Attitudes - ANSWER- An individual's opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas;
how the person feels about the world
Cognitive dissonance - ANSWER- An individuals psychological discomfort caused by two
inconsistent thoughts
self perception theory - ANSWER- Bem's theory on how behavior influence attitudes, stating
that individuals make inferences about their attitudes by perceiving their behavior
Effort justification - ANSWER- One type of dissonance reduction, means rationalizing the
amount of effort you put into something . It explains strong feelings of loyalty towards a group
based on the effort it takes to gain admission into that group
