PSY 230 UMAINE EXAM 1 | 104 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT
social psychology Answer - the scientific study of the way in which peoples
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 behavior.
personality psychology Answer - the study of the characteristics that make
individuals unique and different from one another.
fundamental attribution error Answer - the tendency to overestimate the
extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and
to underestimate the role of situational factors.
behaviorism Answer - a school of psychology maintaining that to understand
human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the
environment.
construal Answer - the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and
interpret the social world.
gestalt psychology Answer - a school of psychology stressing the importance of
studying the subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather
than the objective, physical attributes of the object.
, self esteem Answer - peoples evaluations of their own self-worth that is, the
extent to which they view themselves as good, competent, and decent.
social cognition Answer - how people think about themselves and the social
world, more specifically, how people select, interpret, remember, and use
social information to make judgments and decisions.
hindsight bias Answer - the tendency for people to exaggerate, after knowing
that something occurred, how much they could've predicted it before it
occurred.
observational method Answer - the technique whereby a researcher observes
people and systematically records measurements of impressions of their
behavior.
ethnography Answer - the method by which researchers attempt to
understand a group or culture by observing it from the inside, without
imposing any preconceived notions they might have.
inter judge reliability Answer - the level of agreement between two or more
people who independently observe and code a set of data: by showing that
two or more judges independently come up with the same observations,
researchers ensure that the observations are not the subjective, distorted
impressions of one individual.
archival analysis Answer - a form of the observational method in which the
researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture
(diaries, novels, magazines, and newspapers)
ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT
social psychology Answer - the scientific study of the way in which peoples
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 behavior.
personality psychology Answer - the study of the characteristics that make
individuals unique and different from one another.
fundamental attribution error Answer - the tendency to overestimate the
extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and
to underestimate the role of situational factors.
behaviorism Answer - a school of psychology maintaining that to understand
human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the
environment.
construal Answer - the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and
interpret the social world.
gestalt psychology Answer - a school of psychology stressing the importance of
studying the subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather
than the objective, physical attributes of the object.
, self esteem Answer - peoples evaluations of their own self-worth that is, the
extent to which they view themselves as good, competent, and decent.
social cognition Answer - how people think about themselves and the social
world, more specifically, how people select, interpret, remember, and use
social information to make judgments and decisions.
hindsight bias Answer - the tendency for people to exaggerate, after knowing
that something occurred, how much they could've predicted it before it
occurred.
observational method Answer - the technique whereby a researcher observes
people and systematically records measurements of impressions of their
behavior.
ethnography Answer - the method by which researchers attempt to
understand a group or culture by observing it from the inside, without
imposing any preconceived notions they might have.
inter judge reliability Answer - the level of agreement between two or more
people who independently observe and code a set of data: by showing that
two or more judges independently come up with the same observations,
researchers ensure that the observations are not the subjective, distorted
impressions of one individual.
archival analysis Answer - a form of the observational method in which the
researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture
(diaries, novels, magazines, and newspapers)
