PSYC 2210 EXAM 1 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Social Psychology - Answers - The study of how the actual, implied, and imagined
presence of others influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Social Influence - Answers - the ways that people impact each other
Actual Presence - Answers - people actually being in the room with us
in the same sphere of influence
Imagined Presence - Answers - How we imagine others would respond to our behavior
Implied Presence - Answers - social artifacts imply the interests/presence of others
Kurt Lewin's framework - Answers - B = f(P,E)
B - behavior
P - personality
E - environment
Social behavior is often a response to __________, not an issue of individual
personality - Answers - social situations
Constructivism - Answers - we create much of what we perceive and remember;
view of reality is construction shaped by cognitive and social process
Social Processes - Answers - our perception is shaped by the presence of others
Naïve Realism - Answers - The tendency to believe that we see the world as it "really" is
We construct experiences based on: ? - Answers - past learning
current motives
emotional states
current experiences
The Two Axioms of Social Psychology - Answers - Constructivism and The Power of the
Situation (Situationism)
Situationism - Answers - the primary determinant of social behavior is the nature of the
social situation in which the behavior takes place
Social Roles - Answers - socially defined patterns of behavior that are expected of
people in a given setting/group
Social roles and rules are often ____? - Answers - implicit/unspoken
, Social Cognition - Answers - how people select, remember & use social information to
make judgements & decisions
Types of thinking: - Answers - Quick and Automatic
Slow and Deliberate
The Experiential System - Answers - Unconscious, intuitive, and automatic way of
thinking
The Cognitive System - Answers - Conscious, rational, and controlled way of thinking
Automatic Thinking - Answers - thought that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary,
and/or effortless
Elements of Automatic Thinking - Answers - lack of awareness
lack of conscious intent
lack of control
efficiency
Conscious Thinking - Answers - controlled thinking
Categorization - Answers - placing new experiences into existing categories
automatic and non-conscious
Schemas (Schemata) - Answers - A mental framework, derived from past experience,
that contains a person's beliefs, feelings, and expectations about categories
Reduce ambiguity and fill gaps in our knowledge
The Mandela Effect - Answers - when the content of a schema is influenced and
changes memories on a large scale
Accessibility - Answers - The extent to which a schema is at the forefront of our minds,
ready for use
Chronic Accessibility - Answers - readily available due to past experience
Temporal Accessibility - Answers - Availability due to recent experience or current cues
More arbitrary reasons for schemas being accessible
Priming - Answers - Using recent experience to increase the accessibility of a schema,
trait, or concept
The Perseverance Effect - Answers - People's beliefs about themselves and the social
world tend to persist even after the evidence supporting these beliefs is discredited
Social Psychology - Answers - The study of how the actual, implied, and imagined
presence of others influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Social Influence - Answers - the ways that people impact each other
Actual Presence - Answers - people actually being in the room with us
in the same sphere of influence
Imagined Presence - Answers - How we imagine others would respond to our behavior
Implied Presence - Answers - social artifacts imply the interests/presence of others
Kurt Lewin's framework - Answers - B = f(P,E)
B - behavior
P - personality
E - environment
Social behavior is often a response to __________, not an issue of individual
personality - Answers - social situations
Constructivism - Answers - we create much of what we perceive and remember;
view of reality is construction shaped by cognitive and social process
Social Processes - Answers - our perception is shaped by the presence of others
Naïve Realism - Answers - The tendency to believe that we see the world as it "really" is
We construct experiences based on: ? - Answers - past learning
current motives
emotional states
current experiences
The Two Axioms of Social Psychology - Answers - Constructivism and The Power of the
Situation (Situationism)
Situationism - Answers - the primary determinant of social behavior is the nature of the
social situation in which the behavior takes place
Social Roles - Answers - socially defined patterns of behavior that are expected of
people in a given setting/group
Social roles and rules are often ____? - Answers - implicit/unspoken
, Social Cognition - Answers - how people select, remember & use social information to
make judgements & decisions
Types of thinking: - Answers - Quick and Automatic
Slow and Deliberate
The Experiential System - Answers - Unconscious, intuitive, and automatic way of
thinking
The Cognitive System - Answers - Conscious, rational, and controlled way of thinking
Automatic Thinking - Answers - thought that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary,
and/or effortless
Elements of Automatic Thinking - Answers - lack of awareness
lack of conscious intent
lack of control
efficiency
Conscious Thinking - Answers - controlled thinking
Categorization - Answers - placing new experiences into existing categories
automatic and non-conscious
Schemas (Schemata) - Answers - A mental framework, derived from past experience,
that contains a person's beliefs, feelings, and expectations about categories
Reduce ambiguity and fill gaps in our knowledge
The Mandela Effect - Answers - when the content of a schema is influenced and
changes memories on a large scale
Accessibility - Answers - The extent to which a schema is at the forefront of our minds,
ready for use
Chronic Accessibility - Answers - readily available due to past experience
Temporal Accessibility - Answers - Availability due to recent experience or current cues
More arbitrary reasons for schemas being accessible
Priming - Answers - Using recent experience to increase the accessibility of a schema,
trait, or concept
The Perseverance Effect - Answers - People's beliefs about themselves and the social
world tend to persist even after the evidence supporting these beliefs is discredited
