PSY 120 EXAM 4 (Already Passed!!)

social cognition correct answers how impressions of others are formed, how causes are attributed to behavior, and the mechanisms that underlie the formation of attitudes about people and things schema correct answers general knowledge structures social schema correct answers schemas about social experiences or people stereotyping correct answers a generalized belief (knowledge structure) about traits/characteristics of members of a group prejudice correct answers a generalized attitude toward members of a group or evaluation of a group discrimination correct answers behaviors directed toward people on the basis of their group membership social identity theory correct answers we want to feel good about ourselves, comparing our group with other groups that are less well-off can raise our self-esteem self-fulfilling prophecy correct answers acting in a specific way as a result of a stereotype/prejudice, your behavior causes the stereotype/prejudice to come true explicit prejudice correct answers feelings (of prejudice) that you're aware of implicit prejudice correct answers feelings (of prejudice) that you're not aware of dual attitudes correct answers implicit measures of prejudice assess automatic/uncontrollable biases IAT correct answers Implicit Attitudes Test, measures association between racial categories explicit attitude correct answers conscious, self-report, self-directed behavior implicit attitude correct answers unconscious, measured by IAT, uncontrollable behavior attribution correct answers the cause/explanation for behavior covariation model of attribution correct answers -consistency: whether the changes occur regularly when the causal event is present -distinctiveness: whether the change occurs uniquely in the presence of the event -consensus: whether other people show similar reactions when they're exposed to the same causal event external attribution correct answers one that appeals to external causes, when the behavior is high in consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus