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Soc 132 Final Questions with Correct Answers
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social perception Answer: constructing an understanding of the
social world from the data we get through our senses
the process by which we form impressions of other people's traits
and personalities
social attribution Answer: in forming impressions we try to
understand the causes of people's behavior
observe behavior and infer causes
categorization Answer: mental process
tendency to perceive stimuli as members of groups or classes
prototypes Answer: an abstraction that represents the typical or
quintessential instance of a class or group
set of common attributes among members of a category
ex: bluejay for bird
schemas Answer: basic forms or sketches
usually include info about an entity's attributes and its relations with
others entities
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types of schemas Answer: person
self
group
role
event
person schemas Answer: cognitive structures that describe the
personalities of others
enable us to develop expectations about others' behavior
self-schemas Answer: structures that organize our conception of
our own characteristics
group schemas Answer: stereotypes
schemas regarding the members of a particular social group or
social category
role schemas Answer: attributes and behaviors that are typical of
persons occupying a particular role in a group
event schemas Answer: schemas regarding important, recurring
social events
ex: wedding, funeral, job interview
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Why do we use schemas? Answer: way to efficiently organize,
understand, and react to the complex world around us
way to focus on what is most important in defining a situation
Schematic processing Answer: 1. they influence recall by making
certain kinds of facts more salient and easier to remember
2. help us process information faster
3. guide our inferences and judgements
4. allow us to reduce ambiguity
schematic memory Answer: schemas organize info in memory
people remember facts that are consistent with their schemas
schematic inference Answer: schemas affect conclusions we make
about persons and social entities
supply missing facts when gaps exist in our knowledge
schematic judgement Answer: schemas influence judgements or
feeling about persons or entities
complexity of schemas Answer: variety of attributes included
directly tied to diversity of experience
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less experience--> less schematic complexity
complexity-extremity effect Answer: less complex schemas--> more
extreme judgements and evaluations
in group schemas more complex
confirmation bias Answer: tendency to focus of information
consistent with schema and ignore inconsistent info
drawbacks to schematic processing Answer: 1. confirmation bias
2. people fill in gaps in knowledge with schema consistent
information (can be incorrect)
3. reluctant to discard schemas, apply them even when they do not
fit
implicit personality theory Answer: sets of assumptions about how
different types of people, personality traits, and actions are related
to each other
person schema
- mental maps
certain traits associated or disassociated from others
--> judge people with several good traits to be good
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Soc 132 Final Questions with Correct Answers
| Updated (100% Correct Answers)
social perception Answer: constructing an understanding of the
social world from the data we get through our senses
the process by which we form impressions of other people's traits
and personalities
social attribution Answer: in forming impressions we try to
understand the causes of people's behavior
observe behavior and infer causes
categorization Answer: mental process
tendency to perceive stimuli as members of groups or classes
prototypes Answer: an abstraction that represents the typical or
quintessential instance of a class or group
set of common attributes among members of a category
ex: bluejay for bird
schemas Answer: basic forms or sketches
usually include info about an entity's attributes and its relations with
others entities
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types of schemas Answer: person
self
group
role
event
person schemas Answer: cognitive structures that describe the
personalities of others
enable us to develop expectations about others' behavior
self-schemas Answer: structures that organize our conception of
our own characteristics
group schemas Answer: stereotypes
schemas regarding the members of a particular social group or
social category
role schemas Answer: attributes and behaviors that are typical of
persons occupying a particular role in a group
event schemas Answer: schemas regarding important, recurring
social events
ex: wedding, funeral, job interview
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Why do we use schemas? Answer: way to efficiently organize,
understand, and react to the complex world around us
way to focus on what is most important in defining a situation
Schematic processing Answer: 1. they influence recall by making
certain kinds of facts more salient and easier to remember
2. help us process information faster
3. guide our inferences and judgements
4. allow us to reduce ambiguity
schematic memory Answer: schemas organize info in memory
people remember facts that are consistent with their schemas
schematic inference Answer: schemas affect conclusions we make
about persons and social entities
supply missing facts when gaps exist in our knowledge
schematic judgement Answer: schemas influence judgements or
feeling about persons or entities
complexity of schemas Answer: variety of attributes included
directly tied to diversity of experience
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less experience--> less schematic complexity
complexity-extremity effect Answer: less complex schemas--> more
extreme judgements and evaluations
in group schemas more complex
confirmation bias Answer: tendency to focus of information
consistent with schema and ignore inconsistent info
drawbacks to schematic processing Answer: 1. confirmation bias
2. people fill in gaps in knowledge with schema consistent
information (can be incorrect)
3. reluctant to discard schemas, apply them even when they do not
fit
implicit personality theory Answer: sets of assumptions about how
different types of people, personality traits, and actions are related
to each other
person schema
- mental maps
certain traits associated or disassociated from others
--> judge people with several good traits to be good
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