AP Psych Social Psychology Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subfield in psychology that
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deals with how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by
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our social interactions with others
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Social Perception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-processes by which we form
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impressions, make judgements, and develop attitudes about the people
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and events that constitute our social world
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Impression Formation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of developing an
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|opinion or impression of another person
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Social Schema - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental image or representation
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that we use to understand our social environment
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Stereotypes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oversimplified generalizations
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about the characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of members of a
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particular group |
, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exception that helps
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bring about the outcome that is expected
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Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assumption about the causes of
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behavior or events | |
Dispositional Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes relating to the
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internal characteristics or traits of individuals
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Situational Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes relating to external
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or environmental events
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Fundamental Attribution Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to
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attribute behavior to internal caues without regard to situational
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influences
Actor-Observer Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to attribute the
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causes of one's own behavior to situational factors while attributing the
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causes of other people's behavior to internal factors or dispositions
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Self-Serving Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to take credit for
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our accomplishments and to explain away our failures or
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disappointments
Questions With Correct Answers
Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subfield in psychology that
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deals with how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by
| | | | | | | | | | |
our social interactions with others
| | | |
Social Perception - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-processes by which we form
| | | | | | | | |
impressions, make judgements, and develop attitudes about the people
| | | | | | | | |
and events that constitute our social world
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Impression Formation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of developing an
| | | | | | |
|opinion or impression of another person
| | | | |
Social Schema - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mental image or representation
| | | | | | | |
that we use to understand our social environment
| | | | | | |
Stereotypes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-oversimplified generalizations
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about the characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of members of a
| | | | | | | | | |
particular group |
, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exception that helps
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bring about the outcome that is expected
| | | | | |
Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assumption about the causes of
| | | | | | | |
behavior or events | |
Dispositional Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes relating to the
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internal characteristics or traits of individuals
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Situational Causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-causes relating to external
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or environmental events
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Fundamental Attribution Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to
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attribute behavior to internal caues without regard to situational
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influences
Actor-Observer Effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to attribute the
| | | | | | |
causes of one's own behavior to situational factors while attributing the
| | | | | | | | | | |
causes of other people's behavior to internal factors or dispositions
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Self-Serving Bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to take credit for
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our accomplishments and to explain away our failures or
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disappointments
