Exam (elaborations)
PSY 314 Exam 1 Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
- Course
- Institution
PSY 314 Exam 1 Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
[Show more]
Content preview
PSY 314 Exam 1 Detailed Questions and ExpertAnswers
Social psychology - ANS the scientific discipline that attempts to understand and
explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals are influenced by
the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others
our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by three things: - ANS 1. actual
presence of people
2. implied presence
3. imagined presence
examples of actual presence, imagined presence, and implied presence - ANS
actual presence is Dr. Arthur doing things and showing us things in class because
we are actually there, getting dressed for a date and trying to look cute is imagined
presence, implied presence is being at the airport and all of the people who work
there have an effect on how you act
Triplett was also a: - ANS biker, and he predicted that when biking with others,
people bike faster
self- fulfilling prophecy - ANS the process by which someone's expectations about
a person or group leads to the fulfillment of those expectations
,self- fulfilling prophecy's 3 step process - ANS 1. the perceiver forms an impression
of the target person
2. the perceiver acts toward the target person in a manner consistent with this
first impression
3. the target person's behavior changes to correspond to the perceiver's actions
Norman Triplett - ANS credited with conducting the first social psychology
experiment in 1895
Norman Triplett's experiment - ANS investigated how a person's performance of
task changes when other people are present; asked children to wind line on a
fishing reel alone and around the presence of others doing the same task (with
others, they tried harder)
social psychologists are more concerned with how social forces influence people: -
ANS in general
social psychologists are interested in how individuals with ___ personality
characteristics react to the ___ situation - ANS different; same
sociology vs. social psychology - ANS unit of analysis is the Group vs. the Individual
social loafing by Ringelman - ANS found that men pulled less hard on a rope in
groups than when pulling alone; this was the beginning of a bigger idea
, Floyd Allport - ANS published Social Psychology which was a book that
demonstrated how carefully conducted research could provide valuable insights
into a wide range of social behavior
what was Floyd Allport's main belief? - ANS "psychology in all its branches is a
science of the individual"
Kurt Lewin - ANS a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany; said "behavior is a function
of the person and the situation" from an interactionist perspective
Gordon Allport - ANS wrote "The Nature of Prejudice" which is still the most
popular book on this topic
Milgram - ANS conducted an experiment where volunteers were ordered to
deliver an electric shock to another person as part of a "learning experiment". this
raised ethnical issues because of the way it made people feel extreme stress (even
though the shocks weren't real)
Zimbardo - ANS he conducted the prison study
social cognition - ANS how individuals encode, perceive and interpret information
about themselves and others
in the 1970s-1990s what did they do to expand research methods in social
psychology? - ANS Lab experiments, field experiments, and cross-cultural studies
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller Schoolflix. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $14.49. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.
Can Stuvia be trusted?
4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)
75632 documents were sold in the last 30 days
Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now