Psyc exam 3

Question 1

the study of the way we think about, feel about, and act towards other people

Answer 1

social psych

Question 2

when other people affect how you behave, talk, think, etc. Vice versa

Answer 2

social influence

Question 3

changing behavior to match that of others; normative social influence

Answer 3

Public conformity

Question 4

study where a person would go along with the rest of the group’s answer even though it was obviously wrong

Answer 4

Asch’s study

Question 5

changing behavior to match that of others; information social influence; you think other people know something that you don’t know; example: if cards ahead of you switch lanes, you also will

Answer 5

Private conformity

Question 6

Study that looked at the autokinetic effect; light was shined on a wall and participants were asked how much it was moving.

Answer 6

Sherif’s study

Question 7

When something looks like its moving but its not; optical illusion

Answer 7

autokinetic effect

Question 8

preface real request with series of minor requests; goal is to get person to say yes early and often

Answer 8

compliance: foot-in-the-door

Question 9

preface real request with a series fo large decreasing requests; norm of reciprocity; start with higher request then decrease

Answer 9

compliance: door-in-the-face

Question 10

secure agreement to a request, then increase price or reveal hidden costs

Answer 10

compliance: lowball

Question 11

The experiment where authority figures ordered participants to deliver what they believed were dangerous electrical shocks to another person

Answer 11

Milgram’s Obedience experiment

Question 12

two thoughts that don’t go together

Answer 12

cognitive irrelevance

Question 13

two thoughts that are related to each other

Answer 13

cognitive consonance

Question 14

two inconsistent thought; this bothers us; they’re related and opposite.
Example: “I worked so hard to get in this group” and “ this group sucks”

Answer 14

cognitive dissonance

Question 15

Working hard for something makes you appreciate it more

Answer 15

effort justification

Question 16

The moment you pick on thing over the other, the other choice doesn’t seem as good.

Answer 16

post-decisional spread

Question 17

assumptions about a group

Answer 17

stereotypes

Question 18

judgement about the group

Answer 18

prejudice

Question 19

biased behavior toward group in groups vs. out groups

Answer 19

discrimination

Question 20

we like people in our group

Answer 20

ingroup favoritism

Question 21

our group: everyone is different
other groups: they’re all alike

Answer 21

out group homogeneity

Question 22

stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, ingroup favoritism, outgroup homogeneity

Answer 22

intergroup attitudes and behaviors

Question 23

conscious prejudice

Answer 23

explicit

Question 24

unconscious or automatic prejudice; show their prejudice without saying words

Answer 24

implicit

Question 25

Awareness of your stereotype or "status" can hinder performance; example: being a woman in a class of all men can hinder performance; known as "snake in the house" effect

Answer 25

stereotype threat

Question 26

Being more likely to help others if they are closely related to you

Answer 26

kinship selection

Question 27

more likely to help someone if they help you

Answer 27

reciprocal altruism

Question 28

The more you experience empathy, the more you will help them

Answer 28

empathy altruism

Question 29

the more people that are around, the less likely we will do something to help

Answer 29

bystander effect

Question 30

the reason behind why people do things

Answer 30

attributions

Question 31

infant stops responding to "old" stimulus

Answer 31

habituation

Question 32

increase responding to altered stimulus

Answer 32

dishabituation

Question 33

Study different age groups

Answer 33

cross-sectional

Question 34

one group studied overtime

Answer 34

longitudinal

Question 35

people dropping out of the study

Answer 35

attrition

Question 36

categories

Answer 36

schemas

Question 37

deciding something is similar to a category

Answer 37

assimilation

Question 38

coming up with a new category

Answer 38

accomodation

Question 39

Piaget stage: birth to 2 years; baby develops sensory experiences and motor reflexes; lack of object permanence

Answer 39

sensorimotor stage

Question 40

Piaget stage: 2-7 years; symbolic thought; increase in vocabulary and language; pretend play; does not have conservation of objects; animism; egocentrism

Answer 40

preoperational stage

Question 41

Piaget stage: 7-11 years; can think logically about concrete things; has conservation of mass; can make cognitive maps

Answer 41

concrete operations

Question 42

Piaget stage; 11-15 years; abstract and logical thinking (algebra); Piaget thought people just developed biologically, but not necessarily true because some people never reach this stage.

Answer 42

Formal operations