Week 1 - Introduction and Chapter 1

Question 1

What is social psychology?

Answer 1

The study of how another person or group of people affect thoughts, feelings, physiology, and actions

Question 2

In short, social psychology is the study of:

Answer 2

social influence

Question 3

Social influences can be both ______ and ________

Answer 3

positive; negative

Question 4

What are examples of positive influence?

Answer 4

Liking, love, and altruism

Question 5

What are examples of negative influence?

Answer 5

Prejudice and aggression

Question 6

Deepika is studying how people influence others. What is she studying?

Answer 6

social psychology

Question 7

Which of the following are reasons why individuals construct their social reality?
A) As humans we like to have events be predictable
B) As humans we are overwhelmed with information
C) As humans we like to have order in our world
D) As humans we like to attribute behaviour to some cause

Answer 7

We like to have events be predictable, we like to have order in our world, and we like to attribute behaviour to some cause

Question 8

Social intuition is:
a) deliberate
b) conscious
c) automatic
d) unconscious

Answer 8

automatic and unconscious

Question 9

The fact that many people overestimate the danger of shark attacks is an example of ______ ________.

Answer 9

social intuition

Question 10

Sondra is very shy and she hates giving speeches in class. This is an example of Sondra’s behaviour being influenced by _______

Answer 10

personality

Question 11

Our personalities are the result of the influence of both biology and the ___________

Answer 11

environment

Question 12

Tina and Tony just had an argument. They explain the situation differently because they ________ differently

Answer 12

think, perceive, or react

Question 13

Social intuition is sometimes _______ and ________

Answer 13

correct; incorrect

Question 14

Social neuroscience is a combination of both __________ and __________ perspectives

Answer 14

biological; social

Question 15

Social psychology principles have the ability to influence ___________________

Answer 15

almost all aspects of our lives

Question 16

Tom is an extrovert and therefore he loves going to parties and talking to people. This is an example of Tom’s ________ influencing behaviour

Answer 16

personality

Question 17

Everything we do is an interaction of nature and ___________

Answer 17

nurture

Question 18

Beliefs about sexual preference, marriage, and education all reflect a person’s _______

Answer 18

values

Question 19

In the _____, the feminist movement led social psychologists to study gender and sexism

Answer 19

1970s

Question 20

How the brain functions during aggressive situations is a question that is best investigated by _______ __________

Answer 20

social neuroscience

Question 21

Beliefs about capital punishment and education reflect a person’s _______

Answer 21

values

Question 22

In the ____, facism in Europe led social psychologists to study prejudice

Answer 22

1940s

Question 23

_______ _________ is an integration of both biology and social perspectives that explore the neural and psychological bases of social behaviour

Answer 23

social neuroscience

Question 24

Culture is comprised of:
a) attitudes
b) facts
c) ideas
d) traditions

Answer 24

attitudes, ideas, and traditions

Question 25

Scientists and philosophers agree that science is somewhat _________

Answer 25

subjective

Question 26

Socially shared beliefs are called social __________

Answer 26

representations

Question 27

Ideas, behaviours, and traditions shared by a large group of people and that are transmitted from one generation to another is called _____ transmission

Answer 27

culture