social psych readings

Question 1

when we want to be right this is a form of what influence

Answer 1

informational influence

Question 2

when we want to fit I and be liked this is a form of what influence

Answer 2

normative influence

Question 3

Kelly (1967) claims that when making an attribution info can be derived from sources indicating what

Answer 3

consistency, distinctiveness, consensus

Question 4

what is consistency from kelly (1967)

Answer 4

is the behaviour same over time

Question 5

what is distinctiveness from kelly (1967)

Answer 5

is the attitude/ behaviour towards a specific situation or lots of different situations

Question 6

what is consensus from kelly (1967) study

Answer 6

if other people agree with this attitude/ behaviour then consensus is high

Question 7

Jackie is horrified students aren’t laughing at his jokes. When deciding if these year students have no sense of humour he uses information relating to

Answer 7

consistency, distinctiveness and consensus

Question 8

what symptoms of paralysis and blindness did feud find were related to when treating patients with conversion hysteria

Answer 8

painful memories and feelings that have been repressed

Question 9

the royal road to unconscious - comes from feud and is about what

Answer 9

dreams

Question 10

what do dreams represent

Answer 10

fulfilment of our wishes

Question 11

what do nightmares sastify

Answer 11

our wishes

Question 12

mental events in current awareness is conscious, preconscious or unconscious

Answer 12

conscious,

Question 13

memories, feelings, thoughts and images that we are unaware of: conscious, preconscious or unconscious

Answer 13

preconscious

Question 14

conscious and preconscious areas of the mind are the

Answer 14

most prominent

Question 15

freud believed that conscious and preconscious was ____ in both ____ and _____ by the unconscious mind

Answer 15

dwarfed in both size and importance

Question 16

wishes, feelings and impulses that lie beyond our awareness
conscious, preconscious or unconscious

Answer 16

unconscious

Question 17

conscious, preconscious or unconscious which one is the bottom of the iceberg

Answer 17

unconscious

Question 18

conscious, preconscious or unconscious which one is the tip of the iceberg

Answer 18

conscious - what your aware of

Question 19

what structure of personality present at birth and the source of all psychic energy

Answer 19

ID

Question 20

the chaos a caudron of seeking excitations describe what structure of persoanlity

Answer 20

ID

Question 21

has direct contact with reality and functions primarily at conscious level - which structure of personality

Answer 21

EGO

Question 22

EGO opperates according to reality principle what is this

Answer 22

testing reality to decide when and under what conditions the id can afely discharge its impulses and satisfy its needs

Question 23

what structure of personality can be described the moral arm of personality

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SUPEREGO

Question 24

at what age does the super ego develop

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4-5 years

Question 25

what might the EGO resort to ____ _____

Answer 25

defence mechanisms

Question 26

unconscious mental operations that deny or distort reality

Answer 26

defence mechanisms

Question 27

a state of arrested psychosexual development in whic instivts are focused on a particular psychic theme - what is this result

Answer 27

fixation

Question 28

psyc restreat to an eariler psychosexual development stage

Answer 28

regression

Question 29

conflictual situation involving love for the mother and hostility towards father is described as what

Answer 29

odeipus complex

Question 30

do childhood experiences influence development of personality

Answer 30

yes - strong evidence

Question 31

underestimate the impact of the situation snd overestimate role of personal factors is described as what bias (error)

Answer 31

fundamental attribution error

Question 32

the tendency to make personal attributions for successes and situational attributes for failure what bias is this

Answer 32

self serving bias

Question 33

what well known study had the self serving bias

Answer 33

standford prison experiment

Question 34

refers to our tendency to attach more importance to the initial info that we learn about a person

Answer 34

primacy effect

Question 35

occurs when peoples expectations lead to act towards others in a way that brings about the expected behaviours thereby confirming their original imprressions

Answer 35

selfulling prophecy

Question 36

you think George is unfriendly, therefore your behaviour is unfriendly, George responds is unfriendly has created what

Answer 36

self full-filling prophecy

Question 37

loss of identify that leads to rude behaviour

Answer 37

deindividuation

Question 38

what famous study used the deindividuation

Answer 38

zimbardos prision study

Question 39

what maybe the the most basic approach to counteract deindividuation

Answer 39

reduce anonymity, increasing public accountability

Question 40

repeated exposure to a stimulus typically increases out liking for it what effect is this

Answer 40

mere exposure effect

Question 41

people prefer faces when they look ___

Answer 41

symetrical

Question 42

attractive people have more positive personality than unattractive - what effect is this

Answer 42

halo

Question 43

"birds of equally attractive feathers flock together" - what effect

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matching effect

Question 44

ignoring or excluding someone - rejection hurts

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ostracism

Question 45

bias against others - negative attitude to people

Answer 45

prejudice

Question 46

positive attitude to us than them, like the members in the same group - ingroup Vs outgroup

Answer 46

ingroup

Question 47

negative qualities to us than them, view outside people as all alike - out group vs in group

Answer 47

out group

Question 48

prejudice is triggered more strongly by percieved threat to one's in-group

Answer 48

realistic conflict theory

Question 49

what is self identify theory based on 2 components what are they

Answer 49

1. personal identity 2. group identity

Question 50

when will people express more prejudice after self esteem is

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threatened

Question 51

what does self fulfilling prophecies maintain

Answer 51

prejudiced beliefs