Social Psychology Final: Test 1

which of the following values would indicate the "strongest" correlation?

-0.72

kim was an american but spent much of her childhood in hapan. she is fluent in both English and Japanese. we might reasonaly experct her response to the question "who am i?" to differe depending on the language ( Jap or Eng) of the question b/c __________

a particular language might activate different self-concpts for bilingual people

a multicultural perspective is recognized as increasingly important to research in social psychology because _______.

a variety of cultural factors such as race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability help determine self-identity

The extent to which different people react to a given stimulation in the same general way is known as ________.

consensus

social psychology embraces ______ as core scientific values

accuracy, objectivity, skeptism, and open-mindedness

if you would like for your student government to pass a bill putting more lights long major walkways, how couuld you us ease of retrival to persuade them?

ask the to think of 2 instances in which the lack of lighting made them or someone they know feel fearful while walking on campus after dark

the process by which individuals seek to understand why others behave as they do is known as

attribution

when i consider the extent to which this person reacts in the same way to this same stimulus on other occasions, I am basing my attribution on _________

consistency

the frequency with which a given event or pattern occurs in the population is its ______

base rate

social psychologists seek to find basic principles that will explain social behavior, however, both _____ differences and ____ social world make this challenging

cultural; a rapidly changing

the extent to which a person's reaction to a particular event differs from their reaction to similar other events is an indication of _____________

distinctiveness

introspection is an effective means of understanding ourselves when then ________

focus is on a conscious decision-making process

research indicates that id we think about our future possible selves we can be inspired to ________

forego current activities that do not help us to acheive an improved future self

_________ involves using praise of important others as a way to encourage them to like us and approve of us

ingratiation

chris describes himself as liberal when thinking of himself as an American, but conservative when compared to other college students. these are ______ comparisons.

intragroup

the observation of behavior as it occurs in natural settings is known as

naturalistic observation

an increased availability of information due to exposure to specific stimuli is known as

priming

one reason that social scientists put their faith in the scientific method is that the scientific method ___.

produces more conclusive evidence than other methods.

suppose you are telling you friend about a woman you just met. you tell your friend that this person seemed very compassionate and was interested in helping others; however, you couldn't recall whether she said she was a nurse or businesswoman. one the basis of the ______ heuristic, your friend would probably think that she is a ___________.

representativeness; nurse

when making judgements that involve emotions of feelings, we tend to rely on _________.

the ease with which we can recall relevant information

in meeting a new roommate, david stresses his studious qualities, an aspect of himself he wishes others to agree with, while being willing to underplay other potentially important aspects of himself. david is practicing a ________ approach in presenting himself to others.

self-verification

when we think of ourselves as members of specific social groups, we are thinking of our ______

social identity

the term "cogntive load" refers to

the amount of mental effort we are expending at a given time

when making judgements that involve factual information, we tend to reply on _______________.

the amount of relevant information we can recall

the tendency to use a particular number or value as a starting point to which changes are made is

the anchoring and adjustment heuristic

research indicates that people's online identities often reflect _______

the ideal self

a self-fullfilling prophecy is

the process why which schemas sometimes influence the social world in ways to make the world consistent with the schema

Certain facial expressions are recognized as representing ________ underlying emotions in ________ different cultures.

the same basic; many

kim knows she needs to go take summer courses, but worries about leaving her new boyfriend for three months. she wonders, will "absence make the heart go stronger" be true, or is "out of sight, out of mind" more applicable? This is an example of

the unscientific nature of conventional wisdom

heuristics exert a strong mental influence on our thinking in large measure because

they reduce the mental effort needed to make judgements and decisions

all of the following describe characteristics of a microexpression EXCEPT they __________

usually do not reveal a person's true feelings

one evening, after seeing a ______ at the Cineplex you are on your way home. you drive into a store parking lot, where another driver grabs a parking place you had spotted and were waiting for. you perceive the behavior as very _______.

violent movie; agressive

suppose we are trying to discern whether an individual is lying based on his or her own verbal and nonverbal information and cues. Which of the following statement BEST describes how well we will be able to judge whether this individual is lying?

we will probably pay more attention to her or his verbal cues and, in doing so, will have difficulty determining any deception.

which of the following individuals is MOST likely to experience information overload

a person who is talking on a cell phone while driving a car

people's personal identities, and their various social identities, require them to be different people in different contexts. this results in ________

a potentially variable but coherent self-definition

the ways we think about other people and the things we remember about them may have an effect our behavior. these thoughts and memories are examples of _____

cognitive processes

sally comes to class, avidly looking forward to her professor's lecture on social psychology. her professor is wearing a philadelphia eagles jersey. sally will most likely __________.

encode this as memorable information that is inconsistent with her professor schema

people tend to become more irritable and agressive when the weather is hot and humid. this fact is an example of the effects of ____ on social behavior

environmental processes

based on his estimate of how long it would take him to complete his mid-term essay, armando told his instructor he would turn in the paper on tuesday, but was late turning it in, causing his instructor to deduct a letter grade from the paper. next time armando makes such a promise based on a plan, he will likely _____.

make the same planning error and be late again

___________ is the area of psychology that studies the interplay between brain events and thought, emotion and behavior.

social neuroscience

the process whereby we seek to know and understand others is called _____, and frequently make use of ______.

social perception; nonverbal communication

The branch of psychology that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought in social situations is

social psychology

we are MOST likely to believe that the behaviors of others are suggestive of their _____ when it is seen to ________

stable traits; be socially undesirable

suppose that we might expect to receive prejudice or disapproval for some aspect of ourself. we may "play down" or subvert that aspect to the extent that ______

we can hide it, and we are willing to hide it