FSU SOP 3004 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Social Psychology Ans✓✓✓the scientific study of how people's
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people; focus
on the individual
Theory Ans✓✓✓scientific explanation based on theories based on
observations; unify findings and help guide future research
Four Major Theoretical Perspectives (all correct) Ans✓✓✓1.
Sociocultural
2. Evolutionary
3. Social Learning
4. Social Cognitive
Sociocultural Perspective Ans✓✓✓prejudices, preferences, & political
persuasions are affected by factors that work at group level such as
nationality, social class, current historical trends;
- SOCIAL NORMS, OUR CULTURE
Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓social behaviors are rooted in
unintentional ways that helped our ancestors survive & reproduce
- NATURAL SELECTION, MOTIVATION, REPRODUCTION
- GENES/ADAPTATIONS
,Natural Selection Ans✓✓✓process by which animals pass
characteristics useful for survival on to their offspring
- changes in POPULATION
3 Principles of Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓1) Variation (random)
2) Heritability (must be able to be passed on)
3) Differential survival & reproductive success
Misconceptions of Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓1. Evolution isn't
purposeful.
2. Traits are random (beneficial, detrimental, neural) & don't appear in
response to need.
3. Environment (physical or social) plays role in determine which traits
are + or -
Misconception Ex: "The male peacock evolved a large colorful tail to
attract females." - WRONG Ans✓✓✓"Male peacocks w/ large colorful
tails were more successful at finding mates, which led to large colorful
tails becoming more numerous in the population." - RIGHT
Adaptations Ans✓✓✓- characteristics that are well suited for a
particular environment
- there are universal patterns, but some things are byproducts
, Adaptation Ex: Innate Fears Ans✓✓✓children and dogs fear snakes
Possible Motivations Ans✓✓✓Acquire resources, mating, child-rearing,
protection
What do evolutionary social psychologists study?
Ans✓✓✓Translational questions:
- human behavior patterns vs. animal?
- how environmental patterns affect people from different cultures
Biological questions:
- hormones affect on social behavior
- social situations affect on physiological responses
Naturalistic Fallacy Ans✓✓✓- is to ought
- what is natural is good/how things should be
Naturalistic Fallacy Ex: Ans✓✓✓"Bc people are genetically different
and endowed with different innate abilities and talents, they ought to be
treated differently."
Moralistic Fallacy Ans✓✓✓- ought to is
- assumption that what ought to be is what is -- that the undesirable
opposes nature.
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Social Psychology Ans✓✓✓the scientific study of how people's
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people; focus
on the individual
Theory Ans✓✓✓scientific explanation based on theories based on
observations; unify findings and help guide future research
Four Major Theoretical Perspectives (all correct) Ans✓✓✓1.
Sociocultural
2. Evolutionary
3. Social Learning
4. Social Cognitive
Sociocultural Perspective Ans✓✓✓prejudices, preferences, & political
persuasions are affected by factors that work at group level such as
nationality, social class, current historical trends;
- SOCIAL NORMS, OUR CULTURE
Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓social behaviors are rooted in
unintentional ways that helped our ancestors survive & reproduce
- NATURAL SELECTION, MOTIVATION, REPRODUCTION
- GENES/ADAPTATIONS
,Natural Selection Ans✓✓✓process by which animals pass
characteristics useful for survival on to their offspring
- changes in POPULATION
3 Principles of Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓1) Variation (random)
2) Heritability (must be able to be passed on)
3) Differential survival & reproductive success
Misconceptions of Evolutionary Perspective Ans✓✓✓1. Evolution isn't
purposeful.
2. Traits are random (beneficial, detrimental, neural) & don't appear in
response to need.
3. Environment (physical or social) plays role in determine which traits
are + or -
Misconception Ex: "The male peacock evolved a large colorful tail to
attract females." - WRONG Ans✓✓✓"Male peacocks w/ large colorful
tails were more successful at finding mates, which led to large colorful
tails becoming more numerous in the population." - RIGHT
Adaptations Ans✓✓✓- characteristics that are well suited for a
particular environment
- there are universal patterns, but some things are byproducts
, Adaptation Ex: Innate Fears Ans✓✓✓children and dogs fear snakes
Possible Motivations Ans✓✓✓Acquire resources, mating, child-rearing,
protection
What do evolutionary social psychologists study?
Ans✓✓✓Translational questions:
- human behavior patterns vs. animal?
- how environmental patterns affect people from different cultures
Biological questions:
- hormones affect on social behavior
- social situations affect on physiological responses
Naturalistic Fallacy Ans✓✓✓- is to ought
- what is natural is good/how things should be
Naturalistic Fallacy Ex: Ans✓✓✓"Bc people are genetically different
and endowed with different innate abilities and talents, they ought to be
treated differently."
Moralistic Fallacy Ans✓✓✓- ought to is
- assumption that what ought to be is what is -- that the undesirable
opposes nature.
