PSYCHOLOGY 2010 FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
the branch of psychology that deals with social interactions, including their origins and
their effects on the individual - CORRECT-ANSWERSsocial psychology
the study of how psychological and behavioral tendencies are rooted in and embodied
in culture - CORRECT-ANSWERScultural psychology
rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions -
CORRECT-ANSWERSnorms (social)
a given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior -
CORRECT-ANSWERSrole
a program of shared rules that govern the behavior of people in a community or society,
and a set of values, beliefs, and customs shared by most members of that community -
CORRECT-ANSWERSculture
how close people normally stand to one another when they are speaking - CORRECT-
ANSWERSconversational distance
,a gradual process in which individuals escalate their commitment to a course of action
to justify their investment of time, money, or effort - CORRECT-ANSWERSentrapment
an area in social psychology concerned with social influences on thought, memory,
perception, and beliefs - CORRECT-ANSWERSsocial cognition
the theory that people are motivated to explain their own and other people's behavior
by attributing causes of that behavior to a situation or a disposition - CORRECT-
ANSWERSattribution theory
identify the cause of an action as something in the situation or environment - CORRECT-
ANSWERSsituational attributions
identify the cause of an action as something in the person (a personality trait) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSdispositional attributions
the tendency, in explaining other people's behavior, to overestimate personality factors
and underestimate the influence of the situation - CORRECT-ANSWERSfundamental
attribution error
habits of thinking that make us feel good about ourselves, even (perhaps especially)
when we shouldn't - CORRECT-ANSWERSself-serving biases
, the notion that many people need to believe that the world is fair and that justice is
served, that bad people are punished and good people are rewarded - CORRECT-
ANSWERSjust-world hypothesis
the tendency to restore the just-world hypothesis when it fails, placing blame for what
happens on the person it happens to (ex. she must have done something to provoke it)
- CORRECT-ANSWERSblaming the victim
a belief about people, groups, ideas, or activites - CORRECT-ANSWERSattitude
attitudes we are unaware of, they may influence our behavior in ways we do not
recognize, and they are measured in indirect ways - CORRECT-ANSWERSimplicit attitude
attitudes we are aware of, they shape our conscious decisions and actions, and they can
be measured on self-report questionnaires - CORRECT-ANSWERSexplicit attitude
a state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that
are psychologically inconsistent or when a person's belief is incongruent with his or her
behavior - CORRECT-ANSWERScognitive dissonance
the tendency of people to feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other
stimulus the more familiar they are with it - CORRECT-ANSWERSfamiliarity effect
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
the branch of psychology that deals with social interactions, including their origins and
their effects on the individual - CORRECT-ANSWERSsocial psychology
the study of how psychological and behavioral tendencies are rooted in and embodied
in culture - CORRECT-ANSWERScultural psychology
rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions -
CORRECT-ANSWERSnorms (social)
a given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior -
CORRECT-ANSWERSrole
a program of shared rules that govern the behavior of people in a community or society,
and a set of values, beliefs, and customs shared by most members of that community -
CORRECT-ANSWERSculture
how close people normally stand to one another when they are speaking - CORRECT-
ANSWERSconversational distance
,a gradual process in which individuals escalate their commitment to a course of action
to justify their investment of time, money, or effort - CORRECT-ANSWERSentrapment
an area in social psychology concerned with social influences on thought, memory,
perception, and beliefs - CORRECT-ANSWERSsocial cognition
the theory that people are motivated to explain their own and other people's behavior
by attributing causes of that behavior to a situation or a disposition - CORRECT-
ANSWERSattribution theory
identify the cause of an action as something in the situation or environment - CORRECT-
ANSWERSsituational attributions
identify the cause of an action as something in the person (a personality trait) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSdispositional attributions
the tendency, in explaining other people's behavior, to overestimate personality factors
and underestimate the influence of the situation - CORRECT-ANSWERSfundamental
attribution error
habits of thinking that make us feel good about ourselves, even (perhaps especially)
when we shouldn't - CORRECT-ANSWERSself-serving biases
, the notion that many people need to believe that the world is fair and that justice is
served, that bad people are punished and good people are rewarded - CORRECT-
ANSWERSjust-world hypothesis
the tendency to restore the just-world hypothesis when it fails, placing blame for what
happens on the person it happens to (ex. she must have done something to provoke it)
- CORRECT-ANSWERSblaming the victim
a belief about people, groups, ideas, or activites - CORRECT-ANSWERSattitude
attitudes we are unaware of, they may influence our behavior in ways we do not
recognize, and they are measured in indirect ways - CORRECT-ANSWERSimplicit attitude
attitudes we are aware of, they shape our conscious decisions and actions, and they can
be measured on self-report questionnaires - CORRECT-ANSWERSexplicit attitude
a state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that
are psychologically inconsistent or when a person's belief is incongruent with his or her
behavior - CORRECT-ANSWERScognitive dissonance
the tendency of people to feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other
stimulus the more familiar they are with it - CORRECT-ANSWERSfamiliarity effect
