Social Psychology

Kerry fights with a classmate who said something insulting resulting in cuts and bruises

A 16 year old gets a 98% on a uni exam and so does the Professor. The teen impresses you, but the Professor does not.

A popular athlete advertises athletic shoes to encourage young adults to purchase the shoes

Only 5% of applicants get into the Master of Psychology (Clinical) program. I only get HDs so I’ll definitely get in.

All three components of love are present in a relationship (passion, commitment, intimacy)

Implicit attitudes can be more powerful than conscious attitudes

A car company seeking to persuade you to purchase their model will emphasize the car's safety features and fuel economy

Two siblings get into a fight and lunge at one another in a fighting stance to threaten violence

I got an 'A' in Science because I studied hard, and I got an 'F' in English because the test was unfair.

Pete decides that jazz is his favorite genre simply because he observed that he listens to it more than other genres

Perry bumps into another person and assumes they did it on purpose and that they will attack her

An employer refused to hire a qualified person because they were 70, and instead hired a less qualified 18-year-old

Resisting strong persuasive arguments by getting practice fighting off weaker versions of the same arguments

JJ calls Lisa a lazy employee for being late to a meeting, then proceeds to make an excuse for being late the same day

____ ____ is logic driven and uses data and facts to convince people of an argument's worthiness

I am afraid of flying however, it's more likely that I might be in a car crash. I won't fly but I will drive my car

Making accurate attributions about others is easy because they are always situational causes

A long-term, committed friendship, in which the physical attraction has died down

Kai likes to snap his chewing gum, which prompts an involuntary reaction of anger from a friend who has always hated it

The marching band performing at a sports team's game is an example of

The tendency for observers to make internal attributions (fundamental attribution error) about whole groups of people

____ ____ is how complexly or simply people think about a particular issue

Lee gets a D on his term paper. If he attributes the grade to the fact that he always has bad luck, he is making a

Tom makes a large donation to an institution with the expressed interest of having a building named in his honor.

A car dealership lists a car for $14,000 and then changes it to $16,000 when you arrive to buy it

What are factors of Kelly’s Model of Attribution

Cold, premeditated, calculated harmful behaviour that is a means to some practical or material end

Maria's car breaks down on the freeway. She believes the breakdown happened because of her ignorance about cars.

Substantial information about a concept, its attributes, and its relationships to other concepts are

Factors that influence conformity

A couple shares both intimate and passionate feelings towards one another, but have made no real commitment

Tina views themselves as an animal lover and eats meat, but feels discomfort when thinking about where meat comes from

What does the 'ABC' model stand for?

____ ____ relies on association with positive characteristics such as positive emotions and celebrity endorsement

Sam avoids friendships with people suffering from mental illness because she is scared they might harm her

Blue is a bad color because it is linked to sadness

Shelly tells their teacher they did not turn in their homework because their dog ate it

Cognitive biases are mental shortcuts that fill in gaps in our information and help us act decisively despite those gaps

People without a good social network have more physical and mental health problems

____ is anassumption or an opinion about someone simply based on that person's membership to a particular group

The extent to which the person we are trying to understand reacts in thesame way to something at different times

Perry sees two people talking loudly during a conversation and thinks they are arguing

Making even the smallest amount of help sound legitimate and useful.

Jet is scared he'll get stage fright during aspeechh, after some thought, he decides it doesn't matter what people think

Ben and Jerry have been together for 1 year, and neither find anyone else attractive or sexually desirable.

Liam believes lefties are more creative than righties. When he meets a creative lefty, it is important evidence.

A young man across the street is a thief because he was seen in the company of other young men with deviant behavior

A friend asks to borrow an unreasonable sum of money, you say no, they then ask for a smaller sum that you agree to

Perry sees two people laughing together and make the assumption that they are laughing about them

If Lee attributes the grade to the fact that he didn't have much time to study that week, he is making an

What are the 2 attributional styles?

Others do bad things because they are bad people and not because of situations

Self-presentation, Member of groups, Relationship to partner, Social roles and Reputation are apart of

Decision making, Self-control, Taking charge of situations and Active responding are apart of

When people are unsure of their own attitudes, one way to infer them is by looking at their behaviours

In the 'ABC' model, Affective is:

A man is disrespected at work, but cannot respond, he may go home and take his anger out on family

Becoming increasingly attracted to someone because of repeated encounters at a common job, school, or a sports center.

Remi states that she is hopeless at ALL sports