PSYC 325 exam 1 questions with correct answers
social psychology Correct Answer-the scientific study of the way in
which people's thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by the real
or imagined presence of other people
what are social psychologist interested in? Correct Answer-in studying
how and why our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are shaped by our
social environment
the phenomenon of ____ is at the heart of social psych Correct Answer-
social influence, how we are influenced by other people
examples of social influence Correct Answer-direct attempts at
persuasion (advertising, when ppl try to get us to do things we dont want
to do
how is social influence more than our behavior? Correct Answer-it
includes our thoughts feelings and overt acts and it takes many forms,
we can be influenced by people even if we are not in the physical
presence of them
we are all embedded in Correct Answer-a social and cultural context
what is the power of social interpretation Correct Answer-how you
perceive and interpret the social world is more important than the
objective elements of the social world
,construal of naive realism Correct Answer-the conviction that we
perceive things as they truely are, other people are reasonable if they
perceive things the way we do but bias if they dont
you are always objective
social psychology as an experimentally based science Correct Answer-
tests assumptions about human behavior empirically and systematically
rather than relying on folk wisdom or common sense
we want to find objective answers to questions
how are sociology and social psych the same? Correct Answer-Both
share an interest in situational and societal
influences on behaviour
how are sociology and social psyc different? Correct Answer-they are
different at the level of analysis
SP- study of individual with emphasis on psychological processes, level
of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation
ex:Is aggression inborn or
learned?
,s- broad societal factors that influence events in society, social class,
structure, institutions, focuses on society at large not just the psyc of the
individual
ex: Why is the murder rate higher in the U.S. compared to Canada?
they also differ in how they explain things: social psyc is concerned with
identifying universal properties og human nature that make everyone
susceptible to social influence regardless of class or culture
how are social psychology and personality psychology the same?
Correct Answer-Both share an emphasis on individuals and the
reasons for their behaviour
how are social psychology and personality psychology different?
Correct Answer-SP- focus on psychological processes shared by most
people that make them susceptible to social influence, if you focus on
personality you are ignoring the power of social influence
ex: Is that individual behaving
that way due to personality or
a situational factor?
PP- focuses on individual difference, explain social behavior by looking
at how people's personality make them different from on another
ex: Are individuals with high selfesteem
more competitive than
those with low self-esteem?
, social psych is in between what? Correct Answer-Sociology and
personality psychology
construal Correct Answer-the way in which people perceive,
comprehend and interpret their social environment, its the subjective
interpretation of social phenomena
what is the barrier for social psychologists? Correct Answer-the fact that
we tend to explain people's behavior in terms of their personality
the fundamental attribution error Correct Answer-the tendency to
explain people's behavior in term of their personality traits thereby
underestimating the power of social influence
overestimate the extent of the role of internal factors in behavior and
underestimate the extent of the role of external factors
what can the fundamental attribution error lead to? Correct Answer-a
sense of false security
when we underestimate the power of social influence we feel... Correct
Answer-a sense of false security, it helps us believe that things that
happen to others wont happen to us
social psychology Correct Answer-the scientific study of the way in
which people's thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by the real
or imagined presence of other people
what are social psychologist interested in? Correct Answer-in studying
how and why our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are shaped by our
social environment
the phenomenon of ____ is at the heart of social psych Correct Answer-
social influence, how we are influenced by other people
examples of social influence Correct Answer-direct attempts at
persuasion (advertising, when ppl try to get us to do things we dont want
to do
how is social influence more than our behavior? Correct Answer-it
includes our thoughts feelings and overt acts and it takes many forms,
we can be influenced by people even if we are not in the physical
presence of them
we are all embedded in Correct Answer-a social and cultural context
what is the power of social interpretation Correct Answer-how you
perceive and interpret the social world is more important than the
objective elements of the social world
,construal of naive realism Correct Answer-the conviction that we
perceive things as they truely are, other people are reasonable if they
perceive things the way we do but bias if they dont
you are always objective
social psychology as an experimentally based science Correct Answer-
tests assumptions about human behavior empirically and systematically
rather than relying on folk wisdom or common sense
we want to find objective answers to questions
how are sociology and social psych the same? Correct Answer-Both
share an interest in situational and societal
influences on behaviour
how are sociology and social psyc different? Correct Answer-they are
different at the level of analysis
SP- study of individual with emphasis on psychological processes, level
of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation
ex:Is aggression inborn or
learned?
,s- broad societal factors that influence events in society, social class,
structure, institutions, focuses on society at large not just the psyc of the
individual
ex: Why is the murder rate higher in the U.S. compared to Canada?
they also differ in how they explain things: social psyc is concerned with
identifying universal properties og human nature that make everyone
susceptible to social influence regardless of class or culture
how are social psychology and personality psychology the same?
Correct Answer-Both share an emphasis on individuals and the
reasons for their behaviour
how are social psychology and personality psychology different?
Correct Answer-SP- focus on psychological processes shared by most
people that make them susceptible to social influence, if you focus on
personality you are ignoring the power of social influence
ex: Is that individual behaving
that way due to personality or
a situational factor?
PP- focuses on individual difference, explain social behavior by looking
at how people's personality make them different from on another
ex: Are individuals with high selfesteem
more competitive than
those with low self-esteem?
, social psych is in between what? Correct Answer-Sociology and
personality psychology
construal Correct Answer-the way in which people perceive,
comprehend and interpret their social environment, its the subjective
interpretation of social phenomena
what is the barrier for social psychologists? Correct Answer-the fact that
we tend to explain people's behavior in terms of their personality
the fundamental attribution error Correct Answer-the tendency to
explain people's behavior in term of their personality traits thereby
underestimating the power of social influence
overestimate the extent of the role of internal factors in behavior and
underestimate the extent of the role of external factors
what can the fundamental attribution error lead to? Correct Answer-a
sense of false security
when we underestimate the power of social influence we feel... Correct
Answer-a sense of false security, it helps us believe that things that
happen to others wont happen to us
