PSYC 2210 EXAM 1 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Social perception - Answers - the process through which individuals form impressions of
others and interpret information about them
Social influence - Answers - the process through which other people affect an
individual's thoughts or actions
Social facilitation - Answers - the enhancement of performance when another person is
present
Social loafing - Answers - a phenomenon that occurs when individuals make less of an
effort when attempting to achieve a goal as a group than they would if they were
attempting to achieve the goal on their own
Basic research in social psychology - Answers - the fundamental ideas behind behavior
and cognitive processes
Applied research in social psychology - Answers - the use of the ideas of social
psychology to address issues in other fields
Sociocultural perspective - Answers - focuses on the relationship between social
behavior and culture
Evolutionary perspective - Answers - focuses on the physical and biological
predispositions that result in human survival
Social cognitive perspective - Answers - builds on behavioral theories and demonstrates
that an individual's cognitive process influences and is influenced by behavioral
associations
Social learning perspective - Answers - stresses the particular power of learning through
social reinforcements and punishments
Confederates - Answers - individuals who are part of the research team and are placed
in the experiment to play a particular role
Hindsight bias - Answers - the tendency to think that you knew that something would
occur all along
False consensus effect - Answers - the assumption that everyone shares the same
opinion as oneself
Differential construal - Answers - act of judging circumstances differently
Social perception - Answers - the process through which individuals form impressions of
others and interpret information about them
Social influence - Answers - the process through which other people affect an
individual's thoughts or actions
Social facilitation - Answers - the enhancement of performance when another person is
present
Social loafing - Answers - a phenomenon that occurs when individuals make less of an
effort when attempting to achieve a goal as a group than they would if they were
attempting to achieve the goal on their own
Basic research in social psychology - Answers - the fundamental ideas behind behavior
and cognitive processes
Applied research in social psychology - Answers - the use of the ideas of social
psychology to address issues in other fields
Sociocultural perspective - Answers - focuses on the relationship between social
behavior and culture
Evolutionary perspective - Answers - focuses on the physical and biological
predispositions that result in human survival
Social cognitive perspective - Answers - builds on behavioral theories and demonstrates
that an individual's cognitive process influences and is influenced by behavioral
associations
Social learning perspective - Answers - stresses the particular power of learning through
social reinforcements and punishments
Confederates - Answers - individuals who are part of the research team and are placed
in the experiment to play a particular role
Hindsight bias - Answers - the tendency to think that you knew that something would
occur all along
False consensus effect - Answers - the assumption that everyone shares the same
opinion as oneself
Differential construal - Answers - act of judging circumstances differently
