Chapter 1

Question 1

Social Psychology

Answer 1

the scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people

Question 2

Social Influence

Answer 2

the effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior

Question 3

Behaviorism

Answer 3

A school of psychology maintaining that to understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the environment

Question 4

Construal

Answer 4

The way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world.

Question 5

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 5

A school of of psychology stressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which an object appears in people’s mind rather than the objective, physical attributes of the object

Question 6

Naive Realism

Answer 6

The conviction that we percieve things “as they really are”. Therefore, if other people see the same things differently, it must be because they are biased.