Psych 1004 VT Exam 4 Key Terms
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What is social cognition? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Perceiving others based on
schemas
What is attribution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Assumption of why someone acts a
certain way, often based on personal experience
What are social cognitive biases? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reliance on schemas
to make assumptions about social situations
What is the fundamental attribution error? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tendency to
attribute behaviors to persons character, nature, personality traits; normally
wrong so its an error
What is self-serving bias? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An attribute process reflecting
a tendency to over-attribute internal factors when succeeding, but over-
attribute external factors when failing
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, What is in-group bias and favoritism? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Favoritism within
our personal group, our group is better
What is group-serving bias? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintaining positive
evaluations of our group despite evidence that shows otherwise
What is social comparison? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Evaluating ourselves by
comparing to others
What is proximity and similarity? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Being attracted to
similar individuals and groups
What is ABC in attribution and attitude? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Affective,
behavioral, cognitive components
What is the peripheral route? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attempts to intervene on
weak beliefs
What is the central route? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attempts to intervene on core
beliefs
What is the consistency principle? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Doing something
because we said we would
We resist change
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2024/2025 Exam Questions Marking
Scheme New Update | A+ Rated
What is social cognition? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Perceiving others based on
schemas
What is attribution? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Assumption of why someone acts a
certain way, often based on personal experience
What are social cognitive biases? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reliance on schemas
to make assumptions about social situations
What is the fundamental attribution error? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tendency to
attribute behaviors to persons character, nature, personality traits; normally
wrong so its an error
What is self-serving bias? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An attribute process reflecting
a tendency to over-attribute internal factors when succeeding, but over-
attribute external factors when failing
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What is in-group bias and favoritism? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Favoritism within
our personal group, our group is better
What is group-serving bias? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintaining positive
evaluations of our group despite evidence that shows otherwise
What is social comparison? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Evaluating ourselves by
comparing to others
What is proximity and similarity? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Being attracted to
similar individuals and groups
What is ABC in attribution and attitude? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Affective,
behavioral, cognitive components
What is the peripheral route? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attempts to intervene on
weak beliefs
What is the central route? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attempts to intervene on core
beliefs
What is the consistency principle? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Doing something
because we said we would
We resist change
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