PSYCH 201 UIUC Quiz #1 And 2
Chapter 1-3 And All Correct Answers
2026 Edition.
social psychology - Answer the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of
individuals in social situations
personality psychology - Answer stresses individual differences in behavior in order to find a
consistent pattern in the way a person behaves across situations
cognitive psychology - Answer how people perceive, think about, remembers aspects of the
world, more likely to study categorization processes or memory for words objects
sociology - Answer study of behavior in the aggregate (group rather than individuals)
Kurt Lewin's Theory - Answer 1) power of the situation
2) behavior of people is always a function of the field of forces in which they find themselves
fundamental attribution error - Answer the failure to recognize the importance of situational
influences on behavior, and the corresponding tendency to overemphasize the importance of
dispositions or traits on behavior
channel factors - Answer certain situational circumstances that appear unimportant on the
surface but that can have great consequences for behavior, either facilitating or blocking it or
guiding behavior in a particular direction
construal - Answer our subjective realities; people's subjective interpretation and inference
about the stimuli or situations they confront
gestalt psychology - Answer people perceive objects not by means of some automatic
registering device but by active, usually unconscious interpretation of what the object
represents as a whole
schema - Answer a knowledge structure consisting of any organized body of stored
knowledge; mental framework that develops from our experiences with particular people,
objects, or events
stereotype - Answer schema applied to people or individuals; a belief that certain attributes
are characteristic of members of a particular group
, automatic processing - Answer perception of the world quickly and effortlessly without
conscious thought
controlled processing - Answer effortful, deliberate, and conscious processing
natural selection - Answer an evolutionary process where adaptive traits that enhance the
probability of survival and reproduction are passed on to subsequent generations
theory of mind - Answer the ability to understand others' seemingly invisible mental states,
beliefs, desires, intentions, and therefore can predict others' responses
parental investment - Answer costs and benefits associated with reproduction are different
for males and females
naturalistic fallacy - Answer the idea that the way things ARE is the way things SHOULD BE
hindsight bias - Answer people's tendency to be overconfident about whether they could
have predicted a given outcome
state self-esteem - Answer current level of regard for yourself that changes throughout a
period of time
observational research - Answer observing social situations in a semi-formal way
archival research - Answer analyzing social behaviors documented in past behaviors
surveys - Answer interview or written questionnaires (duh)
random sampling - Answer everyone in the population has an equal chance to be selected to
participate
convenient sampling - Answer participants are selected from an easily available subgroup
correlational research - Answer research that does not involve random assignment to
different situations, or conditions, and that psychologists conduct just to see whether there is a
relationship between variables
Chapter 1-3 And All Correct Answers
2026 Edition.
social psychology - Answer the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of
individuals in social situations
personality psychology - Answer stresses individual differences in behavior in order to find a
consistent pattern in the way a person behaves across situations
cognitive psychology - Answer how people perceive, think about, remembers aspects of the
world, more likely to study categorization processes or memory for words objects
sociology - Answer study of behavior in the aggregate (group rather than individuals)
Kurt Lewin's Theory - Answer 1) power of the situation
2) behavior of people is always a function of the field of forces in which they find themselves
fundamental attribution error - Answer the failure to recognize the importance of situational
influences on behavior, and the corresponding tendency to overemphasize the importance of
dispositions or traits on behavior
channel factors - Answer certain situational circumstances that appear unimportant on the
surface but that can have great consequences for behavior, either facilitating or blocking it or
guiding behavior in a particular direction
construal - Answer our subjective realities; people's subjective interpretation and inference
about the stimuli or situations they confront
gestalt psychology - Answer people perceive objects not by means of some automatic
registering device but by active, usually unconscious interpretation of what the object
represents as a whole
schema - Answer a knowledge structure consisting of any organized body of stored
knowledge; mental framework that develops from our experiences with particular people,
objects, or events
stereotype - Answer schema applied to people or individuals; a belief that certain attributes
are characteristic of members of a particular group
, automatic processing - Answer perception of the world quickly and effortlessly without
conscious thought
controlled processing - Answer effortful, deliberate, and conscious processing
natural selection - Answer an evolutionary process where adaptive traits that enhance the
probability of survival and reproduction are passed on to subsequent generations
theory of mind - Answer the ability to understand others' seemingly invisible mental states,
beliefs, desires, intentions, and therefore can predict others' responses
parental investment - Answer costs and benefits associated with reproduction are different
for males and females
naturalistic fallacy - Answer the idea that the way things ARE is the way things SHOULD BE
hindsight bias - Answer people's tendency to be overconfident about whether they could
have predicted a given outcome
state self-esteem - Answer current level of regard for yourself that changes throughout a
period of time
observational research - Answer observing social situations in a semi-formal way
archival research - Answer analyzing social behaviors documented in past behaviors
surveys - Answer interview or written questionnaires (duh)
random sampling - Answer everyone in the population has an equal chance to be selected to
participate
convenient sampling - Answer participants are selected from an easily available subgroup
correlational research - Answer research that does not involve random assignment to
different situations, or conditions, and that psychologists conduct just to see whether there is a
relationship between variables
