Show While sociology studies __________, social psychology focuses on __________. When Jill attended a convention recently, she behaved in a manner that seemed totally out of character for her. Social psychologists would likely attribute her inconsistent behavior to As a social psychologist, Dan will most likely be aware that "Aha!" declared Robert. "I knew all along that better educated soldiers suffer fewer adjustment problems than less educated soldiers." Robert is exhibiting the Researchers hypothesize that people who drive SUVs are bullies. Researchers set up a hidden camera by a four-point stop sign and observe what kind of car/driver is more likely to stop fully and/or not yield to the other driver's right-of-way. What kind of study is this? Researchers examined the effects of the number of bystanders on people's likelihood of helping a stranger in distress. Either alone or in the company of others, a subject witnessed an individual in need of help. Researchers then measured how likely the subject was to help the distressed individual. In this example, the number of bystanders would be the Researchers were interested in the relationship between the amount of aggressive media watched and observable acts of aggressive behavior by children towards others. They separated subjects into three groups: group one watched 5 hours a week of aggressive media; group two watched 10 hours a week of aggressive media; and group three watched 15 hours of aggressive media. Researchers then polled the parents or teachers on the child's observable aggressive behavior. In this example, aggressive behavior would be the Mary and Steve were getting divorced. The fact that each attributed most of their marital problems to the other demonstrates how Minority groups often define themselves by attending to Ted has nightmares about being homeless when he grows up, while Allison dreams of becoming a famous ballerina. These images represent their You graduated from high school with a 3.8 GPA and always considered yourself smarter than most people. But now that you're in a college, you are finding out that many students had 3.8 GPAs and stellar SATs. You find yourself struggling to keep up, and feel less intelligent as the semesters go by. This is due to Donna and Lori were best friends from second grade until they entered high school. All of a sudden, Donna started blow drying her hair, wearing makeup, became a cheerleader, and excelled academically. One day, Donna called Lori up and said, "I can't be seen with someone like you any more. I am dropping you as a friend." Donna displays People in Florida know that hurricanes happen often during the hurricane season. For this reason, at the beginning of the hurricane season they buy supplies to make sure they can protect their property and families. This planning and preparedness illustrates Jessica earned an A on her first midterm and told people that she studied hard and deserved the grade. But on her second midterm, she received a D. She told people that she received this score because she was up late socializing, her roommate woke her up early, and she felt sick. This is an example of A student is told to give a speech in favor of the death penalty. After the speech, the class is informed that the speaker was told to present only that side (in favor) of the issue. Even so, students overwhelmingly believed that the speaker believed in the death penalty. This illustrates Ass a juror, you watch a videotaped confession of a suspect, where the camera is focused on the detective. You are more likely to perceive the confession as coerced, rather than genuine. This is due to the If Lisa told Joan that she was going to meet someone "warm." the odds are that Joan would enjoy her contact with that person. Conversely, if Lisa introduced Joan to someone described as "cold," Joan would most likely not want to talk to the person. This illustrates If, Larry is asked on the first day of class, to write down the grade he expected to receive on his first midterm, he and most of his classmates would most likely write down an A. But, on the first midterm, Larry received a C. This demonstrates Andrew looked over the syllabus for his social psychology class and determined that he would have plenty of time to complete his paper if he started writing after the first midterm. As the final week of class drew near, he realized he had been wrong, as his paper was not done yet. Andrew's behavior demonstrates Jeff is tall and thin, at 6'5". He rolls his eyes every time someone asks him if he is a student athlete on the men's basketball team. Leave me alone he thinks to himself all I want to do is read and write poetry. Just because he is tall, people assume he is a basketball player. This demonstrates If someone cuts you off in traffic according to attribution theory, you are most likely to attribute that person's behavior to __________; if you cut someone else off, you are most likely to attribute your behavior to __________. One way to determine if someone really cares about the environment would be to If you are paid $20 to lie to someone versus $1 to tell the same lie to someone, you are less likely to experience cognitive dissonance. Why? Which of the following best describes the interplay between behavior and attitudes? Julie asks Stacy if she'd go with her to the store real quick. Stacy agrees, but after picking up some things, Julie says she wants to run three more errands. Reluctantly, Stacy complies. Which technique did Julie use? Six-year-old Billy enjoys drawing with colored pencils. One day his teacher says she is going to reward him for using the pencils, and she does. What would explain why Billy no longer seems to enjoy using colored pencils? The process of persuasion that involves "the movers and the shakers" disseminating information to their expanded social network is called As Carol grows up, she learns the proper way to address different people, depending on their age, their relation to her, and their social status. These accepted and expected behaviors are If outgoing and friendly people reproduce more than socially withdrawn and unfriendly people, we should see more outgoing and friendly people in the next generation. This illustrates An interaction is said to occur when Which of the following is not characteristic of males? Evolutionary psychology predicts sex differences with regard to Aggression is influenced by Young immigrant children often prefer the language and norms of their new peer culture. This is because You go out to dinner with three of your good friends. Friends 1 and 2 order dessert. Next, Friend 3 orders dessert. When the waiter gets to you, even though you are dieting, you order dessert. Why? The "teacher/learner" paradigm, which has been extensively used by researchers to investigate a variety of phenomena, was used by Milgram's study was criticized for Groups often reject people who consistently deviate from social roles. These people appear to be unaffected by If your parents tell you that you can't drink until you are 21 years old, you may well go out drinking before then. Psychologists refer to this as Tim has to make a persuasive speech for one of his classes. Considering the primacy effect, when should he volunteer to make his speech? Social psychologists are most likely to study persuasion using When people are presented with information, and they are naturally analytical or the information is highly involving, they are likely to be persuaded via the __________ route to persuasion. When people are not engaged with the information, or they tend to make snap judgments, they are more likely persuaded via the __________ route. A small town used a variety of strategies over a six-month period to persuade the residents to stop smoking. At the end of six months, there appeared to be no reduction in cigarette sales. However, a survey one year later showed a significant reduction in cigarette sales which demonstrates Research on persuasion suggests that Which of the following messages is NOT likely to be as persuasive as the others? Virginia Richards is running for public office. Which strategy is most likely to help her win the election? Historically, social facilitation referred Zajonc argues that social facilitation leads to arousal which enhances When Ingham (1974) told students they were pulling on a rope alone, or that two to five people behind them were pulling as well, he found that they pulled hardest when Marcos will be meeting with a group of his employees to design a sensitive strategy for working with highly confidential information. To avoid problems with groupthink, he should Which of these people is most likely making a fundamental attribution error?individualistic cultures are more likely to make fundamental attribution error.
When we make self serving attributions we tend to?When we make self-serving attributions, we tend to attribute our success to internal-dispositional factors and our failures to external-situational factors. People tend to blame negative outcomes on external causes (Situational).
What is an attribution quizlet psychology?Attribution. A judgement about the cause of our own and other people's behaviour and outcome. Internal/Personal Attributions. Infer that people's characteristics cause their behaviour.
Which of the following is an example of an internal attribution quizlet?"He only helped because he wanted to impress Susan" is an example of internal attribution.
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