Social |Psychology |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔The |study |of |feelings, |thoughts, |and
|behavior |of |individuals |in |social |situations.
"Father" |of |Social |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Kurt |Lewin
Personality |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Stresses |individual |differences |in |behavior
|rather |than |in |social |situations.
Cognitive |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔How |people |perceive, |think |about, |and
|remember |aspects |of |the |world.
Sociology |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Study |of |behavior |of |people |in |the |aggregate. |
(focuses |on |the |group |rather |than |the |individual)
Milgram |Experiment |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |psychological |experiment |(1961) |that
|tested |how |willingly |participants |would |obey |an |authority |figure |to |shock |the |"learner" |when
|they |answered |a |test |question |incorrectly.
Good |Samaritan |Study |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |study |done |at |Princeton |where
|participants |were |told |that |they |were |to |give |a |presentation |about |being |a |good |samaritan.
|Each |was |given |directions |to |get |to |a |building |and |were |given |either |too |much, |just |enough,
|or |too |little |time |to |get |there. |On |the |way |to |the |speech, |there |was |a |person |in |distress |on
|the |street. |The |amount |of |time |the |participants |had |determined |if |the |participant |helped |the
|person |or |not. |If |they |were |late |they |tended |not |to |help. |If |they |had |time |to |spare |they
|tended |to |help.
,Fundamental |Attribution |Error |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔The |failure |to |recognize |the
|importance |of |situational |influences |on |behavior |& |the |corresponding |tendency |to
|overemphasize |the |importance |of |traits |on |behavior.
Ex: |You |get |cut |off |in |traffic |and |assume |that |they |are |a |bad |person, |but |the |person |who |may
|have |cut |you |off |may |just |be |late |or |is |having |a |bad |day.
Channel |Factors |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Certain |situational |circumstances |that |appear
|unimportant |on |the |surface |but |that |can |have |great |consequences |for |behavior, |either
|facilitating |or |blocking |or |guiding |behavior |in |a |particular |direction.
Ex: |Nurses |asked |students |to |set |a |convenient |time |and |place |to |get |their |tetanus |shots.
|Posted |maps |to |the |clinic |all |around |campus. |More |students |showed |up |to |get |their |tetanus
|shots.
The |Role |of |Construal |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔People's |inferences |about |the |stimuli |or
|situations |they |confront, |how |we |regard |our |influences |and |realities.
Gestalt |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |perspective |that |people |perceive |objects |as |a
|whole |not |by |means |of |some |automatic |notions.
• |Mainly |Unconscious
• |German |for |"form" |or |"figure"
Schema |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |knowledge |structure |consisting |of |any |organized
|body |of |stored |information.
Stereotype |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Schemes |applied |to |people |or |individuals.
, • |These |can |be |social |and |non-social
Automatic |vs. |Controlled |Processing |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Automatic: |
We |perceive |the |world |quickly |effortlessly |and |automatically.
Controlled:
We |engage |in |effortful, |deliberate |conscious |processing.
Natural |Selection |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Traits |that |enhance |the |probability |of
|survival
Evolutionary |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔We |have |acquired |adaptive |physical
|features |as |well |basic |behavioral |propensities |that |have |helped |us |to |adapt |to |our |physical
|and |social |environments.
Human |Universals |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Characteristics |that |are |found |in |all |human
|societies.
• |Dance
• |Age
• |Family
• |Gender
• |Childhood |Fear |of |Strangers
Theory |of |Mind |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔The |ability |to |understand |seemingly |other
|people's |seemingly |invisible |mental |and |the |ability |to |predict |others'.
• |Believed |to |be |distinction |between |human/non-human
|behavior |of |individuals |in |social |situations.
"Father" |of |Social |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Kurt |Lewin
Personality |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Stresses |individual |differences |in |behavior
|rather |than |in |social |situations.
Cognitive |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔How |people |perceive, |think |about, |and
|remember |aspects |of |the |world.
Sociology |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Study |of |behavior |of |people |in |the |aggregate. |
(focuses |on |the |group |rather |than |the |individual)
Milgram |Experiment |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |psychological |experiment |(1961) |that
|tested |how |willingly |participants |would |obey |an |authority |figure |to |shock |the |"learner" |when
|they |answered |a |test |question |incorrectly.
Good |Samaritan |Study |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |study |done |at |Princeton |where
|participants |were |told |that |they |were |to |give |a |presentation |about |being |a |good |samaritan.
|Each |was |given |directions |to |get |to |a |building |and |were |given |either |too |much, |just |enough,
|or |too |little |time |to |get |there. |On |the |way |to |the |speech, |there |was |a |person |in |distress |on
|the |street. |The |amount |of |time |the |participants |had |determined |if |the |participant |helped |the
|person |or |not. |If |they |were |late |they |tended |not |to |help. |If |they |had |time |to |spare |they
|tended |to |help.
,Fundamental |Attribution |Error |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔The |failure |to |recognize |the
|importance |of |situational |influences |on |behavior |& |the |corresponding |tendency |to
|overemphasize |the |importance |of |traits |on |behavior.
Ex: |You |get |cut |off |in |traffic |and |assume |that |they |are |a |bad |person, |but |the |person |who |may
|have |cut |you |off |may |just |be |late |or |is |having |a |bad |day.
Channel |Factors |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Certain |situational |circumstances |that |appear
|unimportant |on |the |surface |but |that |can |have |great |consequences |for |behavior, |either
|facilitating |or |blocking |or |guiding |behavior |in |a |particular |direction.
Ex: |Nurses |asked |students |to |set |a |convenient |time |and |place |to |get |their |tetanus |shots.
|Posted |maps |to |the |clinic |all |around |campus. |More |students |showed |up |to |get |their |tetanus
|shots.
The |Role |of |Construal |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔People's |inferences |about |the |stimuli |or
|situations |they |confront, |how |we |regard |our |influences |and |realities.
Gestalt |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |perspective |that |people |perceive |objects |as |a
|whole |not |by |means |of |some |automatic |notions.
• |Mainly |Unconscious
• |German |for |"form" |or |"figure"
Schema |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔A |knowledge |structure |consisting |of |any |organized
|body |of |stored |information.
Stereotype |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Schemes |applied |to |people |or |individuals.
, • |These |can |be |social |and |non-social
Automatic |vs. |Controlled |Processing |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Automatic: |
We |perceive |the |world |quickly |effortlessly |and |automatically.
Controlled:
We |engage |in |effortful, |deliberate |conscious |processing.
Natural |Selection |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Traits |that |enhance |the |probability |of
|survival
Evolutionary |Psych |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔We |have |acquired |adaptive |physical
|features |as |well |basic |behavioral |propensities |that |have |helped |us |to |adapt |to |our |physical
|and |social |environments.
Human |Universals |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔Characteristics |that |are |found |in |all |human
|societies.
• |Dance
• |Age
• |Family
• |Gender
• |Childhood |Fear |of |Strangers
Theory |of |Mind |- |...,. VERIFIED |ANSWER |**✔✔The |ability |to |understand |seemingly |other
|people's |seemingly |invisible |mental |and |the |ability |to |predict |others'.
• |Believed |to |be |distinction |between |human/non-human
