Chapter 1

Question 1

The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context.

Answer 1

social psychology

Question 2

An emphasis on how both an individual’s personality and environmental characteristics influence behavior.

Answer 2

interactionist perspective

Question 3

A subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in behavior.

Answer 3

behavioral genetics

Question 4

Research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures.

Answer 4

cross-cultural research

Question 5

A system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

Answer 5

culture

Question 6

A subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to understand human social behavior.

Answer 6

evolutionary psychology

Question 7

Research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures.

Answer 7

multicultural research

Question 8

The study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others.

Answer 8

social cognition

Question 9

The study of the relationship between neural and social processes.

Answer 9

social neuroscience