PSYCH 1000 Intro to Psychology Questions and Correct Answers Assured 100% Plus Pass
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Course
Psychology - Research Methos
Institution
Psychology - Research Methos
aggression - CORRECT ANSWER -physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone
altruism - CORRECT ANSWER -a motive to increase another's welfare without conscious
regard for one's self-interests
Asch experiment - CORRECT ANSWER -study in which subjects were asked to participate
in a gro...
aggression - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone
altruism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -a motive to increase another's welfare without conscious
regard for one's self-interests
Asch experiment - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -study in which subjects were asked to participate
in a group setting determining "which line is the same as the line of on the left" - other students
were confederates of the experimenters, often giving wrong answers; subjects conformed to the
wrong answer at least once 70% of the time
attitude - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us
to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events
attractiveness - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -concept that includes physical attractiveness, how
desirable a person is to work with, and how much "social value" the person has for others
attribution theory - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the theory that we explain the causes of
someone's behavior by crediting either the situation (external factors) or the person's disposition
(internal factors)
bystander effect - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the tendency for any given bystander to be less
likely to give aid if other bystanders are present
, cognitive dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the theory (Festinger) predicting that we will
act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions - like
beliefs or attitudes) are inconsistent; for example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our
actions clash, we often reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes; buyer's
remorse is an excellent example
compliance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -change of behavior in response to an explicit request
from another person or group; there are many variable which can change the likelihood of one
person to comply with the request or demand from another like: age, gender, ethnicity, status,
and social norms
conflict - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -struggle between opposing forces due to a perceived
incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas or an inequality of resources
conformity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a
group standard
crowding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -subjective feeling of not having enough space per
person; different for each culture
deindividuation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -the loss of self-awareness and evaluation
apprehension that often occurs in group situations that can foster responsiveness to group norms
- could be good or bad
diffusion of responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -reduction in sense of responsibility
often felt by individuals in a group; plays a role in: the bystander effect, group polarization,
risky-shift, social loafing, groupthink, and obedience
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