Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Although the fields of personality psychology and social psychology are related, what distinguishes social psychology from the other?

Brenda is a psychiatrist, and has heard that one of her new patients is particularly difficult to treat.He won't take his medication, and has never shown much improvement from his illness.Brenda doesn't expect to be able to treat him successfully, and unintentionally treats this patient differently than her other ones.She is uncreative in how she approaches his therapy and medication, and after a few months also concludes that he is "incurable." Brenda's approach to this new patient best illustrates the power of

Della is interested in the ways in which romantic partners think about each other.Her research most neatly fits the realm of

Complete the following analogy, based on information from your text: behaviorism: ________ as Gestalt psychology: ________.

What does social psychology have in common with folk wisdom? How does social psychology differ from folk wisdom?

From across the room, J.T.sees his mother sigh, and he approaches to give her a hug in the hopes of cheering her up.In this case, J.T.'s behavior is an example of a(n) ________ social influence attempt.

Which of the following is the best example of a construal?

Which of the following would most likely be an article written by a Gestaltist?

Ross and colleagues (2004) randomly assigned participants previously identified as either competitive or cooperative to one of two games: the "Wall Street Game" or the "Community Game." They found that two-thirds of the players in the "Wall Street Game" behaved competitively compared to one-third of people who played the "Community Game" who behaved competitively.What do these findings suggest?

Assume that, contrary to research findings, people who undergo a severe initiation to join a group actually like the group less than do people who undergo a mild initiation.If these findings were true, they would provide support for a ________ approach to social influence.

Nanami and April were playing in the den when April's mother entered the room and scolded them for making a mess.Nanami decided then and there that April's mother was a grouch.Nanami's inference is an example of

Which of the following is a likely criticism of the behaviorist approach?

Jacob was pouring gravy when he dropped the ladle and splattered gravy all over the tablecloth.In order to maintain his self-esteem, Jacob decided that

One application of Ross's idea of naïve realism is to assist the negotiations between long-time adversaries: Palestinians and Israelis.How would understanding naïve realism potentially help these parties negotiate more successfully?

According to the authors of your text, when Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) conducted their study on the self-fulfilling prophecy in elementary school classrooms, the "bloomers" in their experiment were actually

At a dinner party, Marcia spilled wine on her boss's Persian rug.If Marcia is like most social psychologists who study construals, what will she ask herself in predicting how her boss will respond?

According to the authors of your text, why did behaviorists not incorporate cognition, thinking, and feeling into their theory?

The social cognition approach is based on the notion that humans are often motivated to

Karen returns home from her first year of college, and is very proud of her first-year GPA.She earned a 3.0 ("B") average.She's unhappily surprised to discover that her parents are disappointed that she didn't perform better.This difference in interpretation illustrates the power of ________ in explaining social behavior.

Which of the following is the best definition of the fundamental attribution error?