Psych 270 Chapters 1-4 Exam 1 Questions
With Correct Answers
What is social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of how we
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think about, influence, and relate to one another
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What are some examples/evidence that "social" is important - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Others are important, no man is an island, we are social creatures
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by nature, we need others
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What did Milgram's "small" world study demonstrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Human society is a small world
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Who is Ross? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sociologist who believed indv behavior
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reflects larger culture and groups have norms imparted to individuals
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Who is McDougall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Psychologist who believed behavior
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reflects instincts and natural selection=traits
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Who is the "founder" of modern social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kurt
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Lewin
What is Lewin's famous formula? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B=F(P,E)
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Behavior=Function(Person,Environment)
, What is action research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intervention in real world
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systems followed by close scrutiny of the effects
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What are the 3 categories of research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descriptive,
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Correlational, and Experimental | |
What does "R" represent? What values can it take? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-R= -
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1, 0, +1
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What is an independent variable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Controlled by
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experimenter
What is a dependent variable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Outcome/effect
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What is a confederate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Seems like a subject but is part
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of experiment
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What is the phenomenon Triplett observed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Presence of
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other people make us do stuff faster
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What is self-concept? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything we know and believe
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about each other
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What are self-schemas? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Refers to impressions you have
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of yourself and how they influence your behavior
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With Correct Answers
What is social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of how we
| | | | | | | | | | |
think about, influence, and relate to one another
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What are some examples/evidence that "social" is important - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Others are important, no man is an island, we are social creatures
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by nature, we need others
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What did Milgram's "small" world study demonstrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Human society is a small world
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Who is Ross? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sociologist who believed indv behavior
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reflects larger culture and groups have norms imparted to individuals
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Who is McDougall? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Psychologist who believed behavior
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reflects instincts and natural selection=traits
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Who is the "founder" of modern social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kurt
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Lewin
What is Lewin's famous formula? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B=F(P,E)
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Behavior=Function(Person,Environment)
, What is action research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-intervention in real world
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systems followed by close scrutiny of the effects
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What are the 3 categories of research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descriptive,
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Correlational, and Experimental | |
What does "R" represent? What values can it take? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-R= -
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1, 0, +1
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What is an independent variable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Controlled by
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experimenter
What is a dependent variable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Outcome/effect
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What is a confederate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Seems like a subject but is part
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of experiment
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What is the phenomenon Triplett observed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Presence of
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other people make us do stuff faster
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What is self-concept? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything we know and believe
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about each other
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What are self-schemas? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Refers to impressions you have
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of yourself and how they influence your behavior
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