Social Psychology

Controlled processing occurs mostly in the __________________, whereas automatic processing occurs mostly in the __________________.

prefrontal cortex; limbic system

One way that schemas influence social thought is by ________.

acting as a filter to direct our attention towards some information and away from other information

attribution process

The process by which we seek to understand the causes of the behavior of others and ourselves.

Which of the following dimensions of causal attribution is used to evaluate if behavior is likely to change?

distance- indistinct dimension

Imagine you need to ask your friend for a favor. According to the research about how moods affect behaviors, when would be the best time to ask her? -After she found out she failed an exam -While you're at the gym together -When you're in a great mood -After she was just offered her dream job

After she was just offered her dream job

Which of the following contrasts controlled processing and automatic processing?

Controlled processing is systematic and effortful, whereas automatic processing is fast and relatively effortless.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between affect and cognition?

affect and cognition affect each other

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

as smoking increases, drinking increases

Which process of social cognition refers to the information we notice?

attention

Your friend is talking about how murders are very common because he's been seeing reports of them all over the news lately. This is an example of the ___________ heuristic.

availability

which of the following is a type of other-enhancement

flattering language

The fundamental attribution error states that we tend to make _________________ attributions for others' behavior rather than ______________ attributions.

dispositional; situational

universal nonverbal communication

facial expressions like smiles or frowns

What is the name of the committee that ensures that research is being conducted ethically?

institutional review board

Because of the self-serving bias, we tend to attribute our successes to ______________ causes and our failures to ________________ causes.

internal; external

One reason that social scientists put their faith in the scientific method is that the scientific method ________. -produces incontrovertible proof of the accuracy of their theories -assures acceptance of their conclusions by the general public -allows scientists to rely on their own intuition -produces more conclusive evidence than other methods

it produces more conclusive evidence than other methods

In the study by Proudfoot, Kay, and Koval (2015) on implicit attitudes about gender, the researchers found that when participants were told an architectural design was by a female, they judged it to be ________ creative compared to when they were told the same design was by a male

less

Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of an experiment?

mediating variable

Social psychologists focus their attention mainly on individuals because ________. -our actions are performed by and thoughts occur in the minds of individuals -the behavior of groups is too difficult to study in laboratory conditions -cultural differences have a strong effect on the behavior of groups but only a weak effect on individuals -some individuals are more strongly affected by society than are others

our actions are performed by and thought occur in the minds of individuals

facial feedback hypothesis suggests that

our facial expressions influence our emotions

Which of the following categories is NOT one of the categories mentioned in the textbook regarding factors affecting social interaction? -Perceptual processes -Cognitive processes -Environmental variables -Biological factors

perceptual process

Believing we can get more accomplished in a certain period of time than we actually can is called the ___________.

planning fallacy

What group of professionals is better at detecting lies than the general population?

secret service agents

The two-factor theory of emotion proposes that we infer our feelings from _____________.

the situations in which we experience these emotions

what is one downside of schemas

they can remain unchanged in the face of contradictory information

Early research conducted by Solomon Asch suggests the presence of central traits, which are ________.

traits that strongly clothe way the we interpret other aspects of another person

What does research on impression formation suggests about our ability to form impressions of other people?

we are pretty good at forming accurate impressions

People often forecast that they will feel ________ when reading about a large-scale tragedy compared to a smaller tragedy. However, findings indicate that people who actually read about such tragedies ________.

worse; feel the same regardless of the size of the tragedy

According to the evolutionary perspective, why do we find people with traits such as symmetrical features and clear skin attractive? -Their faces are easier to cognitively process. -The traits are indicators of good health. -People with these traits tend to be nicer. -People with these traits tend to be nicer.

The traits are indicators of good health

Which of the following terms refers to a framework that explains certain events or processes?

Theory