Psych. lesson 10

The systematic ways in which our ethics are limited in ways we are not even aware of ourselves is called

bounded ethically

Estimates suggest that if the wars of the 20th century had killed the same portion of the total population as ancient tribal wars did, then death toll from those conflicts would have exceeded ______ people

2 billion

When Oludapipo goes into a car dealership to shop for a new truck, the price sticker on the vehicle that he wants says $32,000 even though he thinks it should really be closer to $25,000. As he negotiates with the salesperson, Oludapipo offers 30,000 rather than starting at $25,000. In this example, the number on the price sticker has served as a(n) __________.

Anchor

Which of the following pairs of psychologist were responsible for first of intelligence quotient, or IQ?

Binet and Simon

While walking out of a convenience store, Nicholas openly mocks the clerk's accent to his friend."Every convenience store I go into is owned by an Indian," he says. "Can't they do anything else?" Nicholas's open expression of his opinion and his lack of embarrassment suggests that this is an _________bias

Blatant

refers to the idea that acting aggressively or viewing such behaviors can purge angry feelings and impulses into harmless channels?

Catharsis

Cognitive strategies that simplify decision making by using mental short cuts are called _______. They are sometimes referred to as "rules of thumb"

Heuristics

Kylo is taking a social psychology course and his teacher asks students to take a computerized test that asks them to sort pictures into different categories, such as "good" and "bad." The goal of this test is to help identify automatic preferences of which a person may not be consciously aware. What is this test called?

Implicit Association Test (IAT)

The "Dark Triad of Personality," a clustering of personality traits that are associated with aggression, include narcissism, psychopathy, and

Machiavellianism

Ira brags about how wonderful he is, talks endlessly about his accomplishments, and pushes people to admire him. He lashes out when his inflated sense of importance is threatened by others. Ira would rate high in a measure of ________.

Narcissism

Psychologist test are often used to measure characteristics (e.g., IQ) across people of different ages, who live in different places, and so on. In order that people can be properly ordered on the dimension of measurement (e.g., compare their IQs), its important that these test are....

Normed

After taking a 10 question pop quiz, John was confident that he got at least 9 questions correct. However, after grading he found that he actually only answered 6 questions correctly. John suffers from:

Overconfidence

Bettie and Verona used to be best friends, but Bettie got angry when Verona didn't come to her birthday party. Since then, Bettie has been spreading rumors about Verona. Bettie is engaging in _______ aggression

Relational

What is the difference between Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wig Authoritarianism

SDO concentrates on ECONOMIC conflicts while Right-Wing Authoritarianism concentrates on VALUE conflicts

What is the difference between stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination

Stereotypes based on

In today's society, people are often very busy- especially executives- causing them to trust certain ways of thinking over others. However, this can lead to many biases and make poor decisions. Which of the following is the best way to reduce bias and improve decisions

Stop trusting system 1 and instead engage system 2 more.

Bosay is at the electronics store trying to decide which new game system to buy. She takes her time, studies the features of each, and is very effortful in her decision. When she finally buys a system, she feels confident that she has made the right choice. Bosay has used ________ decision making to assist with this purchase.

System 2

According to the Flynn Effect, which of the following would be most accurate prediction about intelligence?

When Chris takes a test of intelligence and his grandson, Abraham takes an equivalent test 50 years later, Abraham will have a higher score.

In general:

Women score higher than men in verbal abilities & Males and females are essentially the same in their distribution of IQ scores.

Ruby is angry at her little sister for wearing Ruby's favorite shirt without permission and then spilling paint on it. Ruby walks over to her sister and yells at her. Ruby's actions are an example of ________.

aggression

intelligence is :

an individual's cognitive capacity, including the ability to acquire, process, recall and apply information

Leonard is a psychotherapist and is very good at his job partly because he has a strong sense of empathy for others. Which type of intelligence from Gardner's multiple intelligences theory does this most clearly indicate?

interpersonal

Some researchers say that_______ is really a set of skills including stress management and the ability to perceive moods.

interpersonal intelligence

Louisa and Ray are evaluating the amount of recess time that should be given in the next school year at a new combined school for children from School A and School B. Louisa has a report that says over the last year children had no recess time at School A. Ray has a report that children had 60 minutes of research time each day. Due to anchoring, Louisa is likely to give a recommendation that is:

lower than Ray's

The tendency to inflate your own sense of competence or to be more certain than you should be is called

overconfidence

Spearman viewed G as the general factor of intelligence. From his perspective

people who score a high in one sub-area, such as math, tend to also to score high on other sub-areas such as verbal scores.Sh

When a person positively values the outcome of others, giving then more than necessary from a desire to be fair the person is operating under the bounds of..

self-interest

Which of the following would be good advice for treating aggressive tendencies?

start the treatment young, when people are still malleable and open to change

Jason believes that all Asian people are good at math. What is this belief an example of?

stereotype

Banafsheh is a female student in a graduate program in pure mathematics. On the first day of classes, she notices that she is one of the only females in the group. Consequently, she feels more conscious of her gender in that situation. At the start of the class, the instructor gives each student a written quiz to assess their current level of knowledge. When taking this test, Banafsheh, being particularly aware of her gender, is most likely to experience which of the following phenomena?

stereotype threat

Which of the following is a true statement regarding aggressive behaviors?

they only occur in response to external precipitating triggers

The stereotype content model suggests that we judge social groups on which two features?

warmth and competence

In 1972, the United State Surgeon General Issued a warning that there negative effects that would result from ....

watching violent television programming