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Chapter 1: Introduction to Social
Psychology Exam Study Guide
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-The scientific study of the way in which
people's thoughts feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or
imagined presence of other people.
Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-The effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our thoughts feelings, attitudes, or
behaviors.
What kinds of questions do social psychologists deal with? - Answer✔️✔️-
They deal with empirical questions. Meaning that their answers can be
derived from experimentation or measurement rather than by personal
opinion.
Are we often influenced by the presence of others? - Answer✔️✔️-Yes
How does social psychology differ from it's closest cousins? - Answer✔️✔️--
Social psychologists study how we all affect each other or the social
influence we all have on each other.
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-Personality psychologists study the characteristics that make individuals
unique and different from one another.
-Sociology is the study of groups, organizations, and societies rather than
individuals.
What is the fundamental attribution error? - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency to
overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal,
dispositional (personal) factors and to underestimate the role of situational
factors.
What was the study that Lee Ross and students conducted? - Answer✔️✔️-It
was and experiment based on how people behave when they're asked to
participate in a game called "Wall Street" or "Community". The name of the
game had a huge effect on how people behaved.
Behaviorism - Answer✔️✔️-A school of psychology maintaining that to
understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing
properties of the environment. (A major behaviorist was B.F. Skinner)
For social psychologists, what are people's behaviors dependent on? -
Answer✔️✔️-People's behaviors are dependent on the situation AND on
their interpretation (or construal)
Construal - Answer✔️✔️-The way in which people perceive comprehend
and interpret the social world.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Social
Psychology Exam Study Guide
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-The scientific study of the way in which
people's thoughts feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or
imagined presence of other people.
Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-The effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our thoughts feelings, attitudes, or
behaviors.
What kinds of questions do social psychologists deal with? - Answer✔️✔️-
They deal with empirical questions. Meaning that their answers can be
derived from experimentation or measurement rather than by personal
opinion.
Are we often influenced by the presence of others? - Answer✔️✔️-Yes
How does social psychology differ from it's closest cousins? - Answer✔️✔️--
Social psychologists study how we all affect each other or the social
influence we all have on each other.
Page 1 of 5
, ©SOPHIABENNETT@2024-2025 Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM
-Personality psychologists study the characteristics that make individuals
unique and different from one another.
-Sociology is the study of groups, organizations, and societies rather than
individuals.
What is the fundamental attribution error? - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency to
overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal,
dispositional (personal) factors and to underestimate the role of situational
factors.
What was the study that Lee Ross and students conducted? - Answer✔️✔️-It
was and experiment based on how people behave when they're asked to
participate in a game called "Wall Street" or "Community". The name of the
game had a huge effect on how people behaved.
Behaviorism - Answer✔️✔️-A school of psychology maintaining that to
understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing
properties of the environment. (A major behaviorist was B.F. Skinner)
For social psychologists, what are people's behaviors dependent on? -
Answer✔️✔️-People's behaviors are dependent on the situation AND on
their interpretation (or construal)
Construal - Answer✔️✔️-The way in which people perceive comprehend
and interpret the social world.
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