7/21/25, 8:14
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UVA SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED
A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (265)
Social Psychology the scientific study of the way in which
people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
are influenced by the real or imagined
presence of other people
Social Influence the effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our
thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or
behavior
a school of psychology maintaining that to
Behaviorism understand human behavior, one needs to only
consider the reinforcing properties of the
environment (i.e. rewards or punishments)
Construal the way in which people perceive,
comprehend, and interpret the social
world (based on accuracy and self-
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esteem)
families at a science museum were
monitored to see how many parents
Parents' Gender- initiated scientific conversations with
Science Stereotypes their young children
Construals Results: from ages 1-3, 4-5, and 6-8,
parents initiated scientific conversations
with boys significantly more than girls
(parents behaved differently as a result
of child gender)
The Halo Effect the tendency for an impression created in
one area to influence opinion in another
area
Nisbett and College students rated two lectures with
Wilson (1977) the same professor (one where he was
Warm/Cold warm/engaging and one where he was
Lectures cold/distant) on how much they liked him
The Halo Effect Results: Warm Condition: accent was
appealing
Cold Condition: accent was irritating
Kelley (1950) two groups of students were given
Warm/Cold identical 20 minute guest lectures from
Guest Lectures the same person but received different
First bios on the lecturer (one cold and one
Impressions warm)
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(more internal validity than Nisbett and Wilson's
study(more things were controlled))
Naive Realism the conviction that we perceive things "as they
really are"
a school of psychology stressing the
Gestalt Psychology importance of studying the subjective
way in which an object appears in
people's minds rather than the objective,
physical
attributes of the object
Self-Esteem people's evaluations of their own self-worth
Self-Worth the extent to which people view
themselves as good, competent, and
decent people
Hindsight Bias the tendency for people to exaggerate,
after knowing that something has
occurred, how much they could have
predicted it before it happened
Diffusion of assuming someone else will step in and do the
Responsibility right thing so we don't have to
subjects were put in rooms alone (and
were told they were either one of two
subjects or one of six subjects) and an
Latane and emergency situation was staged to see if
Darley (1968) they would intervene (confederate
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PM
UVA SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED
A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (265)
Social Psychology the scientific study of the way in which
people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
are influenced by the real or imagined
presence of other people
Social Influence the effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our
thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or
behavior
a school of psychology maintaining that to
Behaviorism understand human behavior, one needs to only
consider the reinforcing properties of the
environment (i.e. rewards or punishments)
Construal the way in which people perceive,
comprehend, and interpret the social
world (based on accuracy and self-
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19
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PM
esteem)
families at a science museum were
monitored to see how many parents
Parents' Gender- initiated scientific conversations with
Science Stereotypes their young children
Construals Results: from ages 1-3, 4-5, and 6-8,
parents initiated scientific conversations
with boys significantly more than girls
(parents behaved differently as a result
of child gender)
The Halo Effect the tendency for an impression created in
one area to influence opinion in another
area
Nisbett and College students rated two lectures with
Wilson (1977) the same professor (one where he was
Warm/Cold warm/engaging and one where he was
Lectures cold/distant) on how much they liked him
The Halo Effect Results: Warm Condition: accent was
appealing
Cold Condition: accent was irritating
Kelley (1950) two groups of students were given
Warm/Cold identical 20 minute guest lectures from
Guest Lectures the same person but received different
First bios on the lecturer (one cold and one
Impressions warm)
2/
19
, 7/21/25, 8:14
PM
(more internal validity than Nisbett and Wilson's
study(more things were controlled))
Naive Realism the conviction that we perceive things "as they
really are"
a school of psychology stressing the
Gestalt Psychology importance of studying the subjective
way in which an object appears in
people's minds rather than the objective,
physical
attributes of the object
Self-Esteem people's evaluations of their own self-worth
Self-Worth the extent to which people view
themselves as good, competent, and
decent people
Hindsight Bias the tendency for people to exaggerate,
after knowing that something has
occurred, how much they could have
predicted it before it happened
Diffusion of assuming someone else will step in and do the
Responsibility right thing so we don't have to
subjects were put in rooms alone (and
were told they were either one of two
subjects or one of six subjects) and an
Latane and emergency situation was staged to see if
Darley (1968) they would intervene (confederate
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