PSYC 2600 Exam 1 2026 Questions and
Answers
Behaviorism - Correct answer-a school of psychology maintaining that to
understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of
the environment
Construal - Correct answer-the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and
interpret the social world
Evolutionary Psychology - Correct answer-the attempt to explain social behavior in
terms of genetic factors that have evolved over time according to the principles of
natural selection
Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) - Correct answer-the tendency to
overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional
factors, and to underestimate the role of situational factors
Gestalt Psychology - Correct answer-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
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Naive Realsim - Correct answer-The conviction that we perceive things "as they
really are," underestimating how much we are interpreting or "spinning" what we
see
Self-Esteem - Correct answer-People's evaluations of their own self-worth—that is,
the extent to which they view themselves as good, competent, and decent
Social Cognition - Correct answer-how people think about themselves and the
social world; more specifically, how people select, interpret, remember, and use
social information to make judgments and decisions
Social Influence - Correct answer-the effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior
Social Psychology - Correct answer-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
Archival Analysis - Correct answer-a form of the observational method in which
the researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture
Basic Dilemma of the Social Psychologist - Correct answer-The trade-off between
internal and external validity in conducting research; it is very difficult to do one
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
Answers
Behaviorism - Correct answer-a school of psychology maintaining that to
understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of
the environment
Construal - Correct answer-the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and
interpret the social world
Evolutionary Psychology - Correct answer-the attempt to explain social behavior in
terms of genetic factors that have evolved over time according to the principles of
natural selection
Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) - Correct answer-the tendency to
overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional
factors, and to underestimate the role of situational factors
Gestalt Psychology - Correct answer-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
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Naive Realsim - Correct answer-The conviction that we perceive things "as they
really are," underestimating how much we are interpreting or "spinning" what we
see
Self-Esteem - Correct answer-People's evaluations of their own self-worth—that is,
the extent to which they view themselves as good, competent, and decent
Social Cognition - Correct answer-how people think about themselves and the
social world; more specifically, how people select, interpret, remember, and use
social information to make judgments and decisions
Social Influence - Correct answer-the effect that the words, actions, or mere
presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior
Social Psychology - Correct answer-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
Archival Analysis - Correct answer-a form of the observational method in which
the researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture
Basic Dilemma of the Social Psychologist - Correct answer-The trade-off between
internal and external validity in conducting research; it is very difficult to do one
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
