PSYCH 2600 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2027
Question 1.
fundamental attribution error
Correct Answer: tendency to attribute behavior to personality rather than
environment
Question 2.
construal
Correct Answer: how a person interprets their environment
Question 3.
behaviorism
Correct Answer: the only thing determining behavior is the environment
Question 4.
difference between behaviorism and social psych
Correct Answer: psych not just determined by environment but by ones
construal
Question 5.
gestalt psychology
Correct Answer: how an object appears in ones mind (image seems like its
moving even if it isn't) (what construals are rooted in)
Question 6.
naive realism
Correct Answer: belief that one's construals reflect objective reality
Question 7.
two things that influence construals
Correct Answer: the need to be accurate and to feel good about ourselves
Question 8.
WEIRD
, Correct Answer: western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
Question 9.
B. F. skinner
Correct Answer: proponent of behavioralism
Question 10.
Kurt Lewin
Correct Answer: inventor of social psych
Question 11.
hindsight bias
Correct Answer: after people know something happens they exagerate how
often it happened to them
Question 12.
diffusion of responsibiity
Correct Answer: the assumption that someone else already did what needed to
be done
Question 13.
3 methods of re-search
Correct Answer: observational method, correlational method, experimental
method
Question 14.
observational method
Correct Answer: observe people and record impressions of their behavior
Question 15.
correlational method
Correct Answer: how much can you predict one variable using another variable
Question 16.
ethnography
2027
Question 1.
fundamental attribution error
Correct Answer: tendency to attribute behavior to personality rather than
environment
Question 2.
construal
Correct Answer: how a person interprets their environment
Question 3.
behaviorism
Correct Answer: the only thing determining behavior is the environment
Question 4.
difference between behaviorism and social psych
Correct Answer: psych not just determined by environment but by ones
construal
Question 5.
gestalt psychology
Correct Answer: how an object appears in ones mind (image seems like its
moving even if it isn't) (what construals are rooted in)
Question 6.
naive realism
Correct Answer: belief that one's construals reflect objective reality
Question 7.
two things that influence construals
Correct Answer: the need to be accurate and to feel good about ourselves
Question 8.
WEIRD
, Correct Answer: western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
Question 9.
B. F. skinner
Correct Answer: proponent of behavioralism
Question 10.
Kurt Lewin
Correct Answer: inventor of social psych
Question 11.
hindsight bias
Correct Answer: after people know something happens they exagerate how
often it happened to them
Question 12.
diffusion of responsibiity
Correct Answer: the assumption that someone else already did what needed to
be done
Question 13.
3 methods of re-search
Correct Answer: observational method, correlational method, experimental
method
Question 14.
observational method
Correct Answer: observe people and record impressions of their behavior
Question 15.
correlational method
Correct Answer: how much can you predict one variable using another variable
Question 16.
ethnography
