Social Psychology

The decision to follow the orders or requests of people who have authority of you is called ________.

obedience

A researcher must ______her variables by defining them and explaining how she will measure them.

operationalize

A background variable about an individual such as race, gender, or socioeconomic status is considered what kind of variable?

participant variable

In order to study fear, a neuroscientist connects Natividad to an electroencephalograph (EEG) and then shows her a brief movie of scary animals. These include wasps, snakes, and alligators. He then observes as Natividad shows activation in her amygdala. At which level of analysis has this scientist made his observations?

physiology

Darnell decides not to hire Mary for the information technology position because he thinks women are unsuited for computing. Darnell is displaying ______against Mary.

prejudice

Abigail is researching US presidents by reviewing their campaign speeches and letters. She is conducting which type of research?

archival research

Jacinta beliefs that people who are military veterans are all brave, honorable, and respectable. She tends to treat them with an enhanced sense of consideration, and thanks them for their service whenever she can. These beliefs represent a(n) ________ that Jacinta has for veterans.

attitude

The psychological process of being sexually interested in another person is known as ______.

attraction

________ are opinions, feelings, and beliefs that a person holds about another person, a concept, or a group.

Attitudes

What is the name for the interdisciplinary field that combines biology and social psychology?

social neuroscience

What is the highest level of analysis in psychology?

culture and the environment

If a study involves deception, the experimenter should inform the participant of the true nature of the research during the

debriefing

Researchers have found that ______can create a positive attitude change toward stigmatized groups.

empathy

In ______, participants are notified by technology several times a day to complete a survey.

experience sampling

Hailey wants to control the variables in her study as much as possible. She does not want any extraneous variables to affect her results. What type of study should Hailey use?

experimental study

After developing a research question, researchers create a(n) ______, or testable prediction of how the question will be answered.

hypothesis

One commonly-used test of nonconscious bias is the

implicit association test

Nate places participants into his control group by flipping a coin. He is using ______to choose groups.

random assignment

At what level of analysis do most social psychologists work?

relationships/groups/culture

When you are explaining the behavior of others, you are making ______.

social attributions