PSYC 325 exam 1 well elabotated
questions and answers
social psychology - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSin 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 - ANSWERSsocial influence,
how we are influenced by other people
examples of social influence - ANSWERSdirect 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? - ANSWERSit 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 - ANSWERSa social and cultural context
what is the power of social interpretation - ANSWERShow you perceive and interpret
the social world is more important than the objective elements of the social world
construal of naive realism - ANSWERSthe 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 - ANSWERStests 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? - ANSWERSBoth share an interest in
situational and societal
influences on behaviour
how are sociology and social psyc different? - ANSWERSthey 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? - ANSWERSBoth
share an emphasis on individuals and the
reasons for their behaviour
how are social psychology and personality psychology different? - ANSWERSSP-
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? - ANSWERSSociology and personality psychology
construal - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSthe fact that we tend to explain
people's behavior in terms of their personality
the fundamental attribution error - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSa sense of false
security
when we underestimate the power of social influence we feel... - ANSWERSa sense of
false security, it helps us believe that things that happen to others wont happen to us
we oversimplify complex social situations which can lead to victim blaming
what was the experiment of the community/wall street game? Experiment by Liberman,
Samuels, & Ross, 2004 - ANSWERSrated how cooperative/competitive people were
called the game community or wall street
found that it wasnt their personality, the name of the game conveyed strong social
norms about what kind of behavior was appropriate for the situation
its not personality but the situation that is important and effects everyone dramatically
how is fundamental attribution error related to abuse? - ANSWERSit can lead to victim
blaming, people will justify violence by assuming the victim did something to deserve it
when analyzing a social situation, what is most important? - ANSWERSconstruals, the
point of view people see the situation they are in and how they construe the world
around them
the objective properties of the situation are not important
ex: if someone slaps you in the back and asks you how you are doing salesman vs
friend
construals are the application of what kind of principles? - ANSWERSgestalt psych: the
subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather than the way in
which the objective physical attributes of the object combine
what did kurt lewin do? - ANSWERSfounding father of experimental social psychology,
prejudice and stereotypes
applied gestalt to explore how people perceive the motives intentions and behaviors of
other people, was the first to realize that people construe their social environment
understanding the phenomenology of the perceiver - ANSWERShow it appears to them
ex: how one construes the experience of a kiss at the end of the date not the objective
nature of the kiss
questions and answers
social psychology - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSin 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 - ANSWERSsocial influence,
how we are influenced by other people
examples of social influence - ANSWERSdirect 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? - ANSWERSit 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 - ANSWERSa social and cultural context
what is the power of social interpretation - ANSWERShow you perceive and interpret
the social world is more important than the objective elements of the social world
construal of naive realism - ANSWERSthe 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 - ANSWERStests 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? - ANSWERSBoth share an interest in
situational and societal
influences on behaviour
how are sociology and social psyc different? - ANSWERSthey 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? - ANSWERSBoth
share an emphasis on individuals and the
reasons for their behaviour
how are social psychology and personality psychology different? - ANSWERSSP-
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? - ANSWERSSociology and personality psychology
construal - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSthe fact that we tend to explain
people's behavior in terms of their personality
the fundamental attribution error - ANSWERSthe 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? - ANSWERSa sense of false
security
when we underestimate the power of social influence we feel... - ANSWERSa sense of
false security, it helps us believe that things that happen to others wont happen to us
we oversimplify complex social situations which can lead to victim blaming
what was the experiment of the community/wall street game? Experiment by Liberman,
Samuels, & Ross, 2004 - ANSWERSrated how cooperative/competitive people were
called the game community or wall street
found that it wasnt their personality, the name of the game conveyed strong social
norms about what kind of behavior was appropriate for the situation
its not personality but the situation that is important and effects everyone dramatically
how is fundamental attribution error related to abuse? - ANSWERSit can lead to victim
blaming, people will justify violence by assuming the victim did something to deserve it
when analyzing a social situation, what is most important? - ANSWERSconstruals, the
point of view people see the situation they are in and how they construe the world
around them
the objective properties of the situation are not important
ex: if someone slaps you in the back and asks you how you are doing salesman vs
friend
construals are the application of what kind of principles? - ANSWERSgestalt psych: the
subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather than the way in
which the objective physical attributes of the object combine
what did kurt lewin do? - ANSWERSfounding father of experimental social psychology,
prejudice and stereotypes
applied gestalt to explore how people perceive the motives intentions and behaviors of
other people, was the first to realize that people construe their social environment
understanding the phenomenology of the perceiver - ANSWERShow it appears to them
ex: how one construes the experience of a kiss at the end of the date not the objective
nature of the kiss
