Social Psychology Ch.1

Question 1

Social psychology

Answer 1

the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations feelings and thoughts.

Question 2

Science

Answer 2

A set of values and methods that can be used to study a wide range of topics.

Question 3

The 4 core values of scientific nature are?

Answer 3

Skepticism, accuracy, open-mindedness, and objectivity.

Question 4

Accuracy is?

Answer 4

A commitment to gathering and assessing information about the world in a precise, error-free, and careful manner as possible.

Question 5

Replicability is?

Answer 5

to be copied or reproduced.

Question 6

Objectivity is?

Answer 6

The commitment to obtaining and evaluating information in a manner that is as free from bias as possible.

Question 7

Skepticism is?

Answer 7

The commitment to accepting findings as accurate only to the extent they have been verified over and over again. Notice the importance of replication.

Question 8

Open-mindedness is?

Answer 8

The commitment to changing ones views if evidence suggests that these views are inaccurate.

Question 9

Assertions are?

Answer 9

a confident and forceful statement of fact and belief.

Question 10

Planning fallacy is?

Answer 10

is a phenomenon in which predictions about how much time will be needed to complete a future task display an optimism bias and underestimate the time needed.

Question 11

Evolutionary psychology is?

Answer 11

The view that biological factors play an important role in social behavior. How natural selection may have encouraged particular behavior tendencies (mating/selection).

Question 12

Multicultural prospective is?

Answer 12

One that recognizes the potential importance of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, social class, and religion.

Question 13

Social Neuroscience is?

Answer 13

efforts to relate activity in the brain to key aspects of social thought/behavior.

Question 14

Systematic observation

Answer 14

carefully observing behavior as it occurs. careful/accurate measurements on a particular behavior.

Question 15

Survey Method:

Answer 15

researchers ask large numbers of persons to respond to questions about their own attitudes or behaviors to measure attitudes towards specific issues.

Question 16

Naturalistic observation:

Answer 16

Observation in peoples natural settings

Question 17

Sample size

Answer 17

The participant must be a representative of the larger population

Question 18

Idealized self image:

Answer 18

Presenting yourself as they would like to be

Question 19

meta analysis

Answer 19

is highly useful statistical technique that permits a assessment of how well findings replicate whether the same pattern of results is obtained despite variation in how particular studies were conducted.

Question 20

Moderators:

Answer 20

Are factors that can alter the effect of an independent variable on the dependent variable and can also affect the strength of a relationship between variables.

Question 21

deception

Answer 21

Efforts by researchers to withhold or conceal information about the purposes of a study from participants.

Question 22

passive deception

Answer 22

milder form of withholding information about the purpose of the study.

Question 23

debriefing

Answer 23

providing the subjects a full description of the purposes of the study after they participated in it. An explanation of any deception used and why it was important to employ it.