Social Psychology
2. You ask your academic advisor what to major in, as you can’t seem to decide. She suggests psychology; however, it is important to remember that this answer likely reflects her: Correct answer: Values.
(Page 9) Social psychologists’ values penetrate their work in obvious ways, such as their choice of research topics and the types of people who are attracted to various fields of study.
3. When asked who you think will win the next presidential election, you reply that you do not know. However, after the election results are reported, you claim that it was obvious all along. This is an example of the: Correct answer: Hindsight bias.
6. Ann Landers’ 1984 survey of women readers’ opinions about romantic affection and sex was probably: …show more content…
By varying just one or two factors at a time- called independent variables- the experimenter pinpoints their influence. An experiment enables the social psychologist to discover principles of social thinking, social influence, and social relations. Independent variable is the experimental factor that is researcher manipulates.
13. You prefer that professors post exam scores (by identification number), rather than returning them individually. It makes you feel better to see how you did in comparison to other students. This is an example of what social psychology phenomenon? Correct answer: Social comparison
(Page 28) One way is through social comparisons. Others around us help to define the standard by which we define ourselves as rich or poor, smart or dumb, tall or short: We compare ourselves with them and consider if they attend a high school with most average students and how that self-concept can be threatened after graduation when a student who excelled in an average high school goes onto an academically selective university. The “big fish” is no longer in a small pond.
16. Education and persuasion tend to change what type of attitudes? Correct answer:
(Page 9) Social psychologists’ values penetrate their work in obvious ways, such as their choice of research topics and the types of people who are attracted to various fields of study.
3. When asked who you think will win the next presidential election, you reply that you do not know. However, after the election results are reported, you claim that it was obvious all along. This is an example of the: Correct answer: Hindsight bias.
6. Ann Landers’ 1984 survey of women readers’ opinions about romantic affection and sex was probably: …show more content…
By varying just one or two factors at a time- called independent variables- the experimenter pinpoints their influence. An experiment enables the social psychologist to discover principles of social thinking, social influence, and social relations. Independent variable is the experimental factor that is researcher manipulates.
13. You prefer that professors post exam scores (by identification number), rather than returning them individually. It makes you feel better to see how you did in comparison to other students. This is an example of what social psychology phenomenon? Correct answer: Social comparison
(Page 28) One way is through social comparisons. Others around us help to define the standard by which we define ourselves as rich or poor, smart or dumb, tall or short: We compare ourselves with them and consider if they attend a high school with most average students and how that self-concept can be threatened after graduation when a student who excelled in an average high school goes onto an academically selective university. The “big fish” is no longer in a small pond.
16. Education and persuasion tend to change what type of attitudes? Correct answer: