Unit 1: Ch. 1-3 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Ch. 1-3
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Ch. 1-3
Unit 1: Ch. 1-3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Social psychology - answerthe scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social
context
issues a social psychologist would likely study - answerwhy people sometimes sabotage their own
performance; where stereotypes come ...
Unit 1: Ch. 1-3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Social psychology - answer✔the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social
context
issues a social psychologist would likely study - answer✔why people sometimes sabotage their own
performance; where stereotypes come from and why they're so resistant to change; why we often like
what we suffer for; why people often perform worse in groups than they would have alone; how similar
or different the sexes are in what they look for in an intimate relationship; whether or not exposure to
TV violence or pornography triggers aggressive behavior; whether or not interrogators can really get
people to confess to serious crimes they didn't commit; how stress affects one's health and the ways of
coping with stressful experiences
sociology versus social psychology - answer✔one field involves studying groups (ex. gender, class, race,
etc.) while one involves studying individuals; also, social psychologists are more likely to conduct
experiments
sociology and social psychology - answer✔the same training is used for both fields, and both groups
publish in the same journals; intersection of these fields can result in a more complete understanding of
important issues
clinical psychology versus social psychology - answer✔one field involves studying abnormalities and
disorders with the goal of treatment, and the other focuses on the more typical ways in which
individuals think, feel, behave, and influence each other
clinical psychology and social psychology - answer✔intersect in areas like anxiety and pressure in social
situations, and how depressed and nondepressed individuals differ in the way they perceive and act
towards others
personality psychology versus social psychology - answer✔one seeks to understand differences between
individuals that remain relatively stable across a variety of situations (or cross-situational consistency),
while the other seeks to understand how social factors affect most individuals regardless of their
different personalities (how different situations cause different behaviors)
personality psychology and social psychology - answer✔both are concerned with individuals and their
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and both are listed in the same division by the American Psychological
Association; have organizations, conferences, and journals in common; complement each other well
cognitive psychology versus social psychology - answer✔one focuses on mental processes (ex. thinking,
learning, remembering, and reasoning), while the other focuses on how people think, learn, remember,
and reason with respect to social information and how these processes are relevant to social behavior
cognitive psychology and social psychology - answer✔the intersection of these fields has been a popular
field of interest in the last few decades
social psychology versus common sense - answer✔both may seem to say the same thing, but only one
uses the scientific method
evolutionary psychology - answer✔a subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to
understand human social behavior (all of society)
behavioral genetics - answer✔a subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in
behavior of the individual
Fein's research on the Reagan/Mondale debate - answer✔research done to see if Reagan's jokes
affected the debate's (and the election's) results; 1/3 of the students saw the unedited debate, 1/3 saw
the debate with jokes and audience reactions edited out, and 1/3 saw the debate with jokes left in but
reactions edited out; first two groups rated Reagan's performance similarly, while lowest rating came
from last group (jokes but no reactions); plausible explanation = lack of reaction in group 3 made the
students think Reagan wasn't funny; students were influenced by reactions rather than the content of
the jokes
Norman Triplett - answer✔American psychologist, often supposed to be the "founder of social
psychology" (but no general consensus); published the first research article in social psychology at the
end of the 19th century; article said that bicyclists tended to race faster with others around than when
racing against the clock only; used the scientific method to study this observation
Max Ringelmann - answer✔French agricultural engineer who may be considered the "founder of social
psychology" (no general consensus); research conducted in 1880s showed that individuals often
performed worse on simple tasks (ex. pulling rope) than when working together; published findings in
1913; seems to contradict Triplett's observations; also observed social loafing
Solomon Asch - answer✔conducted a study on conformity; had confederates and one participant
identify which of three comparison lines matched a reference; the participant would give their opinion
last = could be affected by the confederates; sometimes the confederates chose the right answer =
participant at ease, think s/he has the same answer; then, the confederates would confidently choose a
wrong answer, making a participant choose whether to say the wrong answer, too, or disagree and
choose the correct answer; many did conform, agreeing with the confederates' wrong answer
McDougall, Ross, and Allport - answer✔writers of the first three textbooks in social psychology, which
led to the establishment of social psychology as a distinct field of study; books published in 1908, 1908,
and 1924, respectively
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