Psychology 1000 Exam test
questions and answers graded A+
synchrony - ANS✅✅occurs when two individuals engage in social interactions, and their speech,
language, and even physiological activity become more alike
Mimicy - ANS✅✅taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions
of others
social norms - ANS✅✅expected standards of conduct, which influence behavior
Ostracism - ANS✅✅being ignored or excluded from social contact
social rules - ANS✅✅guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - ANS✅✅the tendency for people to put less effort into a simple task when working
with others on that task
social loafing + low efficacy beliefs - ANS✅✅tasks are too difficult, and people don't know where
to start, to fix this provide clear instructions and help so people know
social loafing + partner's not important to group - ANS✅✅believe only their input matters, you can
assign tasks to which people are string in, to fix this
social loafing + not caring about group's outcome - ANS✅✅person is not identified with the group,
form relationships so that it can be socially awarding
social loafing + feeling others aren't trying hard - ANS✅✅people not putting in effort, provide
feedback and discuss what is needed
social facilitation - ANS✅✅occurs when one's performance is affected by the presence of others
example of social facilitation - ANS✅✅people ride bikes faster while racing someone
,Is social facilitation always accurate? - ANS✅✅no, not everyone does better under pressure,
"choke"
What are the 2 reasons why we conform? - ANS✅✅normative and informational influence
normative influence - ANS✅✅the result of social pressure to adopt a group's perspective in order
to be accepted, rather than rejected, by the group
informational influence - ANS✅✅occurs when people feel the group is giving them useful
information
Groupthink - ANS✅✅a decision-making problem in which group members avoid arguments and
strive for agreement
What did Stanley Milgram create? - ANS✅✅The Milgrim Obedience Experiments
Milgrim Obedience - ANS✅✅- person had to recite words, if wrong the were "shocked"
- teacher showing words had to increase the voltage of the shock and "shock" them of they were
wrong
- sounds began to start (ex.scream), the teacher would want to stop but not allowed
- the observer would promote continuation
bystander effect - ANS✅✅The observation that an individual is less likely to help when they
perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - ANS✅✅reduction in feelings of personal responsibility in the presence
of others
altrusim - ANS✅✅helping others in need, without expecting anything back
what are the 2 major types of processes in our consciousness? - ANS✅✅explicit and implicit
responses
, explicit processes - ANS✅✅correspond roughly to "conscious" thought, are deliberative, effortful,
relatively slow, and generally under our intentional control
implicit processes - ANS✅✅correspond to "unconscious" thought: intuitive, automatic, effortless,
very fast, and operate largely outside of our intentional control
dual-process models - ANS✅✅models of behaviour that account for both implicit and explicit
processes
person perception - ANS✅✅the process of forming impressions of others
thin slices of behavior - ANS✅✅Very small samples of a persons behaviour. (implicit)
self-fufilling prophecy - ANS✅✅occur when a first impression affects one's behaviour and then
that affects other people's behaviour, leading one to "confirm" the initial impression or expectation
false consensus effect - ANS✅✅tendency to project the self-concept onto the social world
naive realism - ANS✅✅our perceptions of reality are accurate, that we see things the way they are
self-serving bias - ANS✅✅based ways of processing self-relevant information to enhance our
positive self-evaluation
internal attribution (dispositional) - ANS✅✅Explaining behavior as due to the individual's internal
personality characteristics
external attribution (situational) - ANS✅✅Explaining behavior as due to situational reasons
fundamental attribution error - ANS✅✅tendency to over-emphasize internal attributions and
under-emphasize external factors when explaining other people's behaviour
Ingroups - ANS✅✅groups to which we belong
questions and answers graded A+
synchrony - ANS✅✅occurs when two individuals engage in social interactions, and their speech,
language, and even physiological activity become more alike
Mimicy - ANS✅✅taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial expressions
of others
social norms - ANS✅✅expected standards of conduct, which influence behavior
Ostracism - ANS✅✅being ignored or excluded from social contact
social rules - ANS✅✅guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - ANS✅✅the tendency for people to put less effort into a simple task when working
with others on that task
social loafing + low efficacy beliefs - ANS✅✅tasks are too difficult, and people don't know where
to start, to fix this provide clear instructions and help so people know
social loafing + partner's not important to group - ANS✅✅believe only their input matters, you can
assign tasks to which people are string in, to fix this
social loafing + not caring about group's outcome - ANS✅✅person is not identified with the group,
form relationships so that it can be socially awarding
social loafing + feeling others aren't trying hard - ANS✅✅people not putting in effort, provide
feedback and discuss what is needed
social facilitation - ANS✅✅occurs when one's performance is affected by the presence of others
example of social facilitation - ANS✅✅people ride bikes faster while racing someone
,Is social facilitation always accurate? - ANS✅✅no, not everyone does better under pressure,
"choke"
What are the 2 reasons why we conform? - ANS✅✅normative and informational influence
normative influence - ANS✅✅the result of social pressure to adopt a group's perspective in order
to be accepted, rather than rejected, by the group
informational influence - ANS✅✅occurs when people feel the group is giving them useful
information
Groupthink - ANS✅✅a decision-making problem in which group members avoid arguments and
strive for agreement
What did Stanley Milgram create? - ANS✅✅The Milgrim Obedience Experiments
Milgrim Obedience - ANS✅✅- person had to recite words, if wrong the were "shocked"
- teacher showing words had to increase the voltage of the shock and "shock" them of they were
wrong
- sounds began to start (ex.scream), the teacher would want to stop but not allowed
- the observer would promote continuation
bystander effect - ANS✅✅The observation that an individual is less likely to help when they
perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - ANS✅✅reduction in feelings of personal responsibility in the presence
of others
altrusim - ANS✅✅helping others in need, without expecting anything back
what are the 2 major types of processes in our consciousness? - ANS✅✅explicit and implicit
responses
, explicit processes - ANS✅✅correspond roughly to "conscious" thought, are deliberative, effortful,
relatively slow, and generally under our intentional control
implicit processes - ANS✅✅correspond to "unconscious" thought: intuitive, automatic, effortless,
very fast, and operate largely outside of our intentional control
dual-process models - ANS✅✅models of behaviour that account for both implicit and explicit
processes
person perception - ANS✅✅the process of forming impressions of others
thin slices of behavior - ANS✅✅Very small samples of a persons behaviour. (implicit)
self-fufilling prophecy - ANS✅✅occur when a first impression affects one's behaviour and then
that affects other people's behaviour, leading one to "confirm" the initial impression or expectation
false consensus effect - ANS✅✅tendency to project the self-concept onto the social world
naive realism - ANS✅✅our perceptions of reality are accurate, that we see things the way they are
self-serving bias - ANS✅✅based ways of processing self-relevant information to enhance our
positive self-evaluation
internal attribution (dispositional) - ANS✅✅Explaining behavior as due to the individual's internal
personality characteristics
external attribution (situational) - ANS✅✅Explaining behavior as due to situational reasons
fundamental attribution error - ANS✅✅tendency to over-emphasize internal attributions and
under-emphasize external factors when explaining other people's behaviour
Ingroups - ANS✅✅groups to which we belong
