PY-101 UA
The looting that sometimes occurs after a disaster is an example of: - correct
answer ✔A= deindividuation
People are especially likely to become deindividuated when they are aroused
and anonymous and when responsibility is diffused (e.g., rioting by fans)
In a recent study, participants were shown 30-second clips of two people on a
math team with which they were not familiar. The person was asked to
determine which Mathlete had won. How accurate do you think the
participants were at predicting the winner of MathCon 2015 and why? - correct
answer ✔A: very accurate; a brief slice of behavior provides significant
information
thin slices of behavior can be sufficient cues for us to form general
impressions about people.
Long lasting!
Teachers
Some members of a jury will likely believe that the woman who was raped
must have done something to deserve or provoke the attack. This type of
attribution is part of the: - correct answer ✔B : just-world hypothesis
When bad things happen to people, we make sense of it by blaming the victim
—victims must have done something to justify what happened to them
Why do people use the 'just-world hypothesis' ?
The statements "I failed the quiz because I was tired" and "She failed the quiz
because she is dumb" are examples of: - correct answer ✔B
Actor/observer discrepancy: When interpreting our own behavior, we tend to
focus on situations; when interpreting other people's behavior, we tend to
focus on dispositions
, Fundamental attribution error:
Tendency to overemphasize the importance of personality traits and
underestimate the importance of a situation when explaining another's
behavior
Behaving in a way that confirms stereotypes is referred to as: - correct
answer ✔D : self-fulfilling prophecy
Teachers' expectations of students' success/failure can impact those students'
performances
What's stereotype threat? Examples?
"old priming"
When Lisa is turned away for employment because of her weight, this incident
is an example of: - correct answer ✔C: discrimination
prejudice: negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a
stereotype;
discrimination: inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people as a result of
prejudice
If people are randomly assigned to Groups A and B, you could predict that the
members of each group will: - correct answer ✔A : favor members of their
own group because of ingroup bias
we tend to view outgroup members as less varied than ingroup members
We are more likely to distribute resources to ingroup members than to
outgroup members.
We are more willing to do favors for ingroup members and to forgive their
mistakes or errors
We believe all outgroup members "are the same"
Implicit homophily
The looting that sometimes occurs after a disaster is an example of: - correct
answer ✔A= deindividuation
People are especially likely to become deindividuated when they are aroused
and anonymous and when responsibility is diffused (e.g., rioting by fans)
In a recent study, participants were shown 30-second clips of two people on a
math team with which they were not familiar. The person was asked to
determine which Mathlete had won. How accurate do you think the
participants were at predicting the winner of MathCon 2015 and why? - correct
answer ✔A: very accurate; a brief slice of behavior provides significant
information
thin slices of behavior can be sufficient cues for us to form general
impressions about people.
Long lasting!
Teachers
Some members of a jury will likely believe that the woman who was raped
must have done something to deserve or provoke the attack. This type of
attribution is part of the: - correct answer ✔B : just-world hypothesis
When bad things happen to people, we make sense of it by blaming the victim
—victims must have done something to justify what happened to them
Why do people use the 'just-world hypothesis' ?
The statements "I failed the quiz because I was tired" and "She failed the quiz
because she is dumb" are examples of: - correct answer ✔B
Actor/observer discrepancy: When interpreting our own behavior, we tend to
focus on situations; when interpreting other people's behavior, we tend to
focus on dispositions
, Fundamental attribution error:
Tendency to overemphasize the importance of personality traits and
underestimate the importance of a situation when explaining another's
behavior
Behaving in a way that confirms stereotypes is referred to as: - correct
answer ✔D : self-fulfilling prophecy
Teachers' expectations of students' success/failure can impact those students'
performances
What's stereotype threat? Examples?
"old priming"
When Lisa is turned away for employment because of her weight, this incident
is an example of: - correct answer ✔C: discrimination
prejudice: negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a
stereotype;
discrimination: inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people as a result of
prejudice
If people are randomly assigned to Groups A and B, you could predict that the
members of each group will: - correct answer ✔A : favor members of their
own group because of ingroup bias
we tend to view outgroup members as less varied than ingroup members
We are more likely to distribute resources to ingroup members than to
outgroup members.
We are more willing to do favors for ingroup members and to forgive their
mistakes or errors
We believe all outgroup members "are the same"
Implicit homophily
