SOP 3004 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Stereotypes are _______ whereas discrimination is ________. (A) feelings; behavior B) feelings; thoughts (C) thoughts; behavior (D) behavior; thoughts - ANSWER-thoughts; behavior The finding that girls perform worse on math exams when their gender identity is made salient is an example of: (A) stereotype accuracy (B) pluralistic ignorance (C) prejudice threat (D) stereotype threat - ANSWER-stereotype threat Jeremy is on the bus and an Asian woman sitting next to him is wearing a ma...

2 basic types of attribution - ANSWER-Internal (Attribution to internal causes (dispositions, motives, personality traits, conscious choices, etc.)) External (Attribution to external causes (environmental factors, particular situations, bad weather, etc.)) Example of internal attribution - ANSWER-A person gets an 'A' on a test, you might conclude that they are a really smart person. Example of external attribution - ANSWER-If a random person smiles at you as they exit a gas station, you...

Milgram's Obedience Studies - ANSWER-- Participants "teachers" instructed to deliver shocks to "learner" whenever the learner makes a mistake. - Shocks from 15 volts to 450 volts; increase with each mistake. - Experimenter's Orders "verbal prods": He's fine, go one. Experiment requires that you go on. Absolutely essential to go on. You have no choice. You must go on. What was predicted on the Milgram study? - ANSWER-Disobey at around 135 volts. 0.1% would deliver the max shock of 4...

A stereotype is a type of__. - ANSWER-schema Many of us believe that we see things and events exactly as they are (without any cognitive "filtering"). This is known as _____. - ANSWER-naïve realism Naturalistic fallacy is the claim that _____. - ANSWER-the way things are is the way they should be The statement "humans are cognitive misers" means that people _____. - ANSWER-don't want to expend more cognitive resources than necessary With confirmation bias, people _____. (Select...

indirect aggression - ANSWER-an attempt to hurt another person without the obvious face-to-face conflict (gossip) ____ increases testosterone, which increases motivation to secure ___ - ANSWER-winning, mates t or f: testosterone increases physical width to height ratio - ANSWER-true after age 25, testosterone and violence, _____ - ANSWER-decreases in sports games, winning teams experience higher ____ - ANSWER-testosterone example of how biology and behvaio interact - ANSWER-testos...

Implicit - ANSWER-automatic; we might not even know we feel this way (outside of awareness) Implicit Association Test - ANSWER-Studies on approach speeds of different races show that people appear to walk slower towards us if they are from races we subconsciously do not like. (They are actually not walking faster, we are just more attuned to their presence.) Explicit - ANSWER-we know we feel this way (fully aware) Stereotype - ANSWER-generalized BELIEFS about a group of people ...

- The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by the actual or imagined presence of others - social psychology focuses less on individuals' differences and more on how people, in general, view and affect one another. Assumptions of social psych - ANSWER-1. Behavior is a joint product of the person and the situation 2. Behavior depends on a socially constructed view of reality -Our understanding of reality is influenced by others 3.Behavior ...

List the 3 main areas of study in social psychology and explain the big ideas that summarize research in that area - ANSWER-SOCIAL THINKING: we construct our own social reality, social intuitions guide us but can deceive us, our attitudes shape our behaviors SOCIAL INFLUENCE: Social influences & dispositions shape behavior SOCIAL RELATIONS: Social behavior is a biological behavior; feelings & actions towards other people can be positive or negative Summarize some of the ways personal values...

What is social psychology? - ANSWER-scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people. As scientists, social psychologists have two tasks: - ANSWER-1) Describe (observe) 2) Explain (theories) Describe how social psychologists use the scientific method? - ANSWER-1. Observation 2. Generate hypotheses about why 3. Develop a testable hypothesis 4. Design a study/experiment correlational design vs. experimental design? - ANSWER-*correlat...

What is social psychology? - ANSWER-scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people. As scientists, social psychologists have two tasks: - ANSWER-1) Describe (observe) 2) Explain (theories) Describe how social psychologists use the scientific method? - ANSWER-1. Observation 2. Generate hypotheses about why 3. Develop a testable hypothesis 4. Design a study/experiment correlational design vs. experimental design? - ANSWER-*correlat...