Social Psychology
Chapters 1-4
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Comprehensive Explanations
& Rationales
Key Concepts • Review
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, Social Psychology the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another
Social Thinking how we perceive ourselves and others, what we believe, judgments we make, and
our attitudes
Social Influence culture, pressures to conform, persuasion, and groups of people
Social Relations prejudice, aggression, attraction and intimacy, and helping
Social Neuroscience an interdisciplinary field that explores the neural bases of social and emotional
processes and behaviors and how these processes and behaviors affect our brain
and biology
Culture the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of
people and transmitted from one generation to the next
Social Representations a society's widely held ideas and values, including assumptions and cultural
ideologies; our social representations help us make sense of our world
Hindsight Bias the tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one's ability to have
foreseen how something turned out; also known as the I-knew-it-all-along
phenomenon.
Theory an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events; a good
theory effectively summarizes many observations and makes clear predictions
Hypothesis a testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events
Field Research research done in natural, real-life settings outside the laboratory
Correlational Research the study of the naturally occurring relationships among variables
Experimental Research studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more
factors while controlling others
Independent Variable the factor in an experiment that is being manipulated
Dependent Variable the factor in an experiment that is being measured
Chapters 1-4
Practice Questions &
Answers
Comprehensive Explanations
& Rationales
Key Concepts • Review
Questions • Exam Preparation
, Social Psychology the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another
Social Thinking how we perceive ourselves and others, what we believe, judgments we make, and
our attitudes
Social Influence culture, pressures to conform, persuasion, and groups of people
Social Relations prejudice, aggression, attraction and intimacy, and helping
Social Neuroscience an interdisciplinary field that explores the neural bases of social and emotional
processes and behaviors and how these processes and behaviors affect our brain
and biology
Culture the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of
people and transmitted from one generation to the next
Social Representations a society's widely held ideas and values, including assumptions and cultural
ideologies; our social representations help us make sense of our world
Hindsight Bias the tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one's ability to have
foreseen how something turned out; also known as the I-knew-it-all-along
phenomenon.
Theory an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events; a good
theory effectively summarizes many observations and makes clear predictions
Hypothesis a testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events
Field Research research done in natural, real-life settings outside the laboratory
Correlational Research the study of the naturally occurring relationships among variables
Experimental Research studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more
factors while controlling others
Independent Variable the factor in an experiment that is being manipulated
Dependent Variable the factor in an experiment that is being measured
