social 1

motivation and emotion

how we become aroused; our affect or moods

sensation &perception

how to receive and process information from our environment

Which core value for social psychologists requires a commitment to gathering and evaluating information about the world in as careful, precise, and error-free a manner as possible?

Accuracy

A researcher thinks that a person's mood has an effect on how helpful that person is likely to be. To test this, the researcher has some research participants come to the laboratory where they are first given a difficult test and then either heavily praised or strongly criticized for their test performance. Afterward, participants are asked to help the researcher's assistant move some heavy boxes into another room. The researcher makes careful note of how many and which participants help with moving the boxes. In this example, the hypothesis is

a person's mood has an effect on how helpful that person is likely to be

LaShawna meets another girl at a party who is not from LaShawna's ethnic group, and whom LaShawna judges, based on her stereotype of that group, is probably shallow and a gossip. The best description of LaShawna's judgment is that she is engaged in ________.

a social cognitive process

Thom's mental state is very affected by the weather. During the summer, he readily admits that he feels happier and more carefree. During the winter, when it is cold and gets darker earlier, Thom feels irritable and occasionally depressed. Thom's thoughts and behavior are impacted by ________.

environmental variables

evolution & genetics

evolved from birth

psyhopathology

maladaptive thoughts and behavioral patterns may be part of a persons personality make up

biologgy

neurology our personal physiology

Results of systematic research indicate that our impression of a person whom we just met is influenced by ________.

our mood

developmental psychology

our personalities change throughout lifespan

a mask of expression and deception

persona- refers to mask used by actors in plays express aspects of the self to convey feelings to others in social situations to hide real self behind false image

One reason that social scientists put their faith in the scientific method is that the scientific method ________.

produces more conclusive evidence than other methods

what is personality

psychological core unique cluster of characteristics that change in different situations

what view points does personality focus on?

self and others

In order to determine whether people have a strong or weak preference for the color of their cookware, a company wants to collect information from many of its past customers. If the number of past customers is very large, the company may want to consider using ________ methods.

survey

Professor Garcia is studying how cancer patients are coping with their illness by giving them one of the following sets of instructions: they are to keep a daily diary and write about anything, keep a daily diary and write about how they are trying to cope with their illness, or not told to keep any diary whatsoever. After following this protocol for a month, Professor Garcia then measures the cancer patients' self-reported level of depression. The independent variable in this hypothetical study is ________ and the dependent variable is ________.

the type of diary kept, if any; the self-reported level of depression

understanding human nature and behavior

to understand oursleves and others, we need to turn personal opinions and impressions into knowledge and a greater understanding of human nature predict behvaior

why study personality

understand how everyone is unique and how it develops understand ones point of view understanding view points respect others and self

to understand in what ways we are both:

unique and similar

The evolutionary perspective on social behavior suggests that ________.

we inherit tendencies or predispositions to behave in certain ways

learning and memory

what we process cognitively and emotionally, what we retain and how we interpret it

Which of the following best explains the difference between a theory and a hypothesis?

A theory makes predictions about observable events, whereas a hypothesis tests predictions made.

Which of the following describes the modern view of social psychology?

Behavior and thought are intimately and continuously linked.

Elaine is researching how insults influence activity in certain parts of the brain. To do this, she uses fMRI to view the brain activity of patients who are presented with a variety of subtle and obvious insults spoken by both men and women. Which of the following best describes Elaine's field?

Social neuroscience

Arnold is a social psychologist interested in learning about people's reactions to emergencies. He creates an experiment where his research assistant, Todd, pretends to have a heart attack in the middle of a busy coffee shop. From behind a one-way glass, Arnold observes and records the reactions of the customers in the coffee shop before emerging and explaining the nature of the experiment. Arnold has used ________.

deception

Yelena is researching the effect of volume on people's social interactions. She invites participants to play a card game that requires the cooperation of members of a group. There is music playing in the background. With each game, she adjusts the volume of the music. She keeps the lighting, the number of participants, and the length of the games the same. The volume of the music is the ________.

independent variable

Suppose smoking and drinking alcohol are found to be correlated at +.65. We can conclude that ________.

smoking is probably related to drinking