Social Psychology Test 1- MSU Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
scientific study of the way in which peoples thoughts, feelings, and
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behaviors are influenced by the people around them - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-social psychology |
the tendency to explain our own and other peoples behaviors by
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personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fundamental attribution error
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to understand human behavior, one needs to consider only reinforcing
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effects of environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorism
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to see themselves as good, competent, and decent people have a strong
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need to maintain this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-esteem
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looking at your progress and development to determine what has
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improved and what still needs to be improved - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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self-evaluation
where people exaggerate how much they could have predicted an
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outcome after knowing what happened - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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hindsight bias |
, assuming that someone else will take care of a situation - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-phenomenon of diffusion of responsibility | | | |
used to describe behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observational
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method
used to predict behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-correlational method
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where a researcher examines documents or archives of a culture -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-archival research
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answers casual questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experimental
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method
method in which researchers attempt to understand a group by
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observing from the inside, without imposing any preconcieved notions -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-enthnography
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the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other
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situations and other people - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-external validity
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With Correct Answers
scientific study of the way in which peoples thoughts, feelings, and
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behaviors are influenced by the people around them - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-social psychology |
the tendency to explain our own and other peoples behaviors by
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personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fundamental attribution error
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to understand human behavior, one needs to consider only reinforcing
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effects of environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorism
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to see themselves as good, competent, and decent people have a strong
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need to maintain this - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-esteem
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looking at your progress and development to determine what has
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improved and what still needs to be improved - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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self-evaluation
where people exaggerate how much they could have predicted an
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outcome after knowing what happened - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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hindsight bias |
, assuming that someone else will take care of a situation - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-phenomenon of diffusion of responsibility | | | |
used to describe behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observational
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method
used to predict behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-correlational method
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where a researcher examines documents or archives of a culture -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-archival research
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answers casual questions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experimental
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method
method in which researchers attempt to understand a group by
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observing from the inside, without imposing any preconcieved notions -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-enthnography
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the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other
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situations and other people - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-external validity
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