Festinger Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Multicultural Counseling accuFrustration-aggression theory (Dollard and Miller) - ANSWER Occurs when an individual is blocked so that he or she cannot reach an intended goal (or the goal is removed); frustration leads to aggression Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger) - ANSWER Suggested individuals are motivated to reduce tension and discomfort, putting an end to dissonance (e.g., I'd rather smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoy life than live an extra year or two); people don't li...

Frustration-aggression theory (Dollard and Miller) - ANSWER Occurs when an individual is blocked so that he or she cannot reach an intended goal (or the goal is removed); frustration leads to aggression Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger) - ANSWER Suggested individuals are motivated to reduce tension and discomfort, putting an end to dissonance (e.g., I'd rather smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day and enjoy life than live an extra year or two); people don't like inconsistency in their tho...

PSYC 140 - Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Updated (100% VERIFIED) According to social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary, human beings have a fundamental psychological need to ________. excel belong compete achieveCorrect Ans:-belong When surveyed, over 87% of Americans reported that they preferred to spend significant periods of time without other people around. were married or wanted to be married. had a social media account. lived with other people.Correct Ans:-li...

Attitude - manner, disposition, feeling or position one holds with regard to a person or thing; a tendency or orientation, especially of the mind We cannot directly observe __________ - attitudes Consistency Theories - theories that deal with how our mind processes and/or categorizes information (stimuli) Even though the information we process relates in some way to information stored in our minds, it is _________ with the pattern (attitude) we already created - inconsistent Principl...

PSYC 140 - Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Updated (100% VERIFIED) When surveyed, over 87% of Americans reported that they preferred to spend significant periods of time without other people around. were married or wanted to be married. had a social media account. lived with other people.Correct Ans:-lived with other people. Paulette recently irritated some of the girls in a sorority at her college, so they have decided to exclude her from their group. The group of girls ignores P...

NCMHCE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 interrole conflict - ANSWER-experience of conflict between expectations of two or more roles that are assumed simultaneously intrarole conflict - ANSWER-experience of conflict between expectations within a given role Albert Bandura's theory - ANSWER-Social learning theory Fritz Heider's balance theory - ANSWER-Concerned with the balance of the individual in question, another individual, and a person/thing/or idea Cognitive dissonance - ANSW...

GEN. PSYCH QZ QS- TEST 4 (FINAL) Milgram's studies on obedience (as well as other experimenters' replications) suggest that a. Situation factors do not influence the extend to which one obeys the directions of an authority figure b. Only people with weak personalities can be influenced by authority figures to act cruelly c. The extent to which people obey an authority figure is linked to both their gender and national origin d. Human cruelty can be committed by otherwise well-meaning ...

interrole conflict - experience of conflict between expectations of two or more roles that are assumed simultaneously intrarole conflict - experience of conflict between expectations within a given role Albert Bandura's theory - Social learning theory Fritz Heider's balance theory - Concerned with the balance of the individual in question, another individual, and a person/thing/or idea Cognitive dissonance - Occurs when a person's attitudes and behaviors are not in line with one anothe...

The scientific study of how the people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others - Answer-Social Psychology The effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of others have on an individual's thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors - Answer-Social Influence The level of analysis and goal - Answer-What separates social psychology from other disciplines like economics or clinical psychology? The individual in the context of a socia...

PSY100 Midterm #1 UofT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Empiricism - Answer- The view that knowledge comes from observed/sensory experience Empirical evidence - Answer- Refers to the data that has been collected (or the knowledge that has been gained) by scientific observation What is the role of theories? - Answer- Scientific theories typically explain the relationship between two or more variables. What must scientific theories be? - Answer- Testable, falsifiable, parsimonious Wha...