FSU SOP 3004 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
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SOP 3004
FSU SOP 3004 Exam 1 Questions With
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Social Psychology - answerthe scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors are influenced by other people; focus on the individual
Theory - answerscientific explanation based on theories based on observations; unify findin...
FSU SOP 3004 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Social Psychology - answer✔the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors are influenced by other people; focus on the individual
Theory - answer✔scientific explanation based on theories based on observations; unify findings
and help guide future research
Four Major Theoretical Perspectives (all correct) - answer✔1. Sociocultural
2. Evolutionary
3. Social Learning
4. Social Cognitive
Sociocultural Perspective - answer✔prejudices, preferences, & political persuasions are
affected by factors that work at group level such as nationality, social class, current historical
trends;
- SOCIAL NORMS, OUR CULTURE
Evolutionary Perspective - answer✔social behaviors are rooted in unintentional ways that
helped our ancestors survive & reproduce
- NATURAL SELECTION, MOTIVATION, REPRODUCTION
- GENES/ADAPTATIONS
Natural Selection - answer✔process by which animals pass characteristics useful for survival
on to their offspring
- changes in POPULATION
3 Principles of Evolutionary Perspective - answer✔1) Variation (random)
2) Heritability (must be able to be passed on)
3) Differential survival & reproductive success
Misconceptions of Evolutionary Perspective - answer✔1. Evolution isn't purposeful.
Adaptations - answer✔- characteristics that are well suited for a particular environment
- there are universal patterns, but some things are byproducts
Adaptation Ex: Innate Fears - answer✔children and dogs fear snakes
Possible Motivations - answer✔Acquire resources, mating, child-rearing, protection
What do evolutionary social psychologists study? - answer✔Translational questions:
- human behavior patterns vs. animal?
- how environmental patterns affect people from different cultures
Biological questions:
- hormones affect on social behavior
- social situations affect on physiological responses
Naturalistic Fallacy - answer✔- is to ought
- what is natural is good/how things should be
Naturalistic Fallacy Ex: - answer✔"Bc people are genetically different and endowed with
different innate abilities and talents, they ought to be treated differently."
Moralistic Fallacy - answer✔- ought to is
- assumption that what ought to be is what is -- that the undesirable opposes nature.
Moralistic Fallacy Ex: - answer✔"Bc everybody ought to be treated equally, there are no innate
genetic differences between people."
Social psychologists DON'T claim: - answer✔1. People ought to act a certain way
2. People can't change their behavior from their instincts
3. Everything has an evolutionary explanation
4. Don't prove how ancestors lived, explain why certain behavior patterns now exist
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