PS 350 Exam 1 – Questions With Right Solutions
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The belief that we see the world objectively, while others are biased, and that if
others do not see the world as we do, they are not rational
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1 What is social psych? 2 naive realism
3 Operational definition 4 Construal
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Terms in this set (67)
What is social psych? The scientific study of the way in which individuals'
feelings, behaviors, and thoughts are influenced by
the presence real or imagined people
, Theoretical perspectives Sociocultural (preferences are affected at group
level), evolutionary (predispositions that helped
ancestors survive), social learning (learned behavior
from experiences), social cognitive (mental
processes)
Overlap between sociocultural and Both search for causes of behavior in their
social learning? environment
Motivation drives everything!
Construal the subjective way in which people perceive the
social world
Gestalt Psychology a school of psychology stressing the importance of
studying the subjective way in which an object
appears in people's minds rather than the objective,
physical attributes of the object
naive realism The belief that we see the world objectively, while
others are biased, and that if others do not see the
world as we do, they are not rational
Social psychology focus level: individual in social context (group setting)
Culture System of enduring meanings, beliefs, values,
assumptions, and practices shared by a large group
transmitted from one generation to next
Embodied cognition Links between mind, experiences, and actions of our
bodies
Motivation to survive, get others to like us, get us to like ourselves
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Conceptual definition a researcher's definition of a variable at the
theoretical level
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The belief that we see the world objectively, while others are biased, and that if
others do not see the world as we do, they are not rational
Choose an answer
1 What is social psych? 2 naive realism
3 Operational definition 4 Construal
Don't know?
Terms in this set (67)
What is social psych? The scientific study of the way in which individuals'
feelings, behaviors, and thoughts are influenced by
the presence real or imagined people
, Theoretical perspectives Sociocultural (preferences are affected at group
level), evolutionary (predispositions that helped
ancestors survive), social learning (learned behavior
from experiences), social cognitive (mental
processes)
Overlap between sociocultural and Both search for causes of behavior in their
social learning? environment
Motivation drives everything!
Construal the subjective way in which people perceive the
social world
Gestalt Psychology a school of psychology stressing the importance of
studying the subjective way in which an object
appears in people's minds rather than the objective,
physical attributes of the object
naive realism The belief that we see the world objectively, while
others are biased, and that if others do not see the
world as we do, they are not rational
Social psychology focus level: individual in social context (group setting)
Culture System of enduring meanings, beliefs, values,
assumptions, and practices shared by a large group
transmitted from one generation to next
Embodied cognition Links between mind, experiences, and actions of our
bodies
Motivation to survive, get others to like us, get us to like ourselves
Chapter 2 yay!
Conceptual definition a researcher's definition of a variable at the
theoretical level
