Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Jeremy is in love with Carol and views her temper as an endearing example of her "feistiness." Her coworkers, however, interpret Carol's temper as rude and insensitive. The difference between Jeremy and the coworkers illustrates the power of love to influence our __________.

People often construe the world as they do in order to maintain a favorable image of themselves. This assumption underlies the __________ approach.

Spinoza (1663) proposed the idea that when you love someone whom you used to hate, you __________.

Linda tells her professor that her dog is very smart. Every time he hears the word "walkies," he runs to get his leash and stands in front of the door. Linda's professor tells her that her dog has learned to do this because, in the past, pleasant walks always followed the word "walkies." Linda's professor is most likely endorsing a __________ explanation.

Dr. Diehl and Dr. Jzreck both study aggression. However, Dr. Diehl studies the topic from the standpoint of society at large; Dr. Jzreck studies it from the standpoint of the individual. Who is most likely to be the social psychologist?

Social psychologists use the term __________ to describe the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret their social worlds.

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?

Folk wisdom is considered to be __________.

Like social psychologists, personality psychologists focus on __________.

When a social psychologist discusses individual differences, she is discussing __________.

Sheila shows up for a blind date with her hair disheveled and her clothes a mess. Her date, Jamal, thinks, "She must be a total slob!" Jamal's thought about Sheila is an example of __________.

How people select, interpret, remember, and use information to make judgments and decisions is called __________.

Which of the following people have fallen prey to the fundamental attribution error?

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 with one-third of the people who played the Community Game. What do these findings suggest?

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars, even though the granola bars contain 50 percent more fat and 15 percent more sodium than the chocolate bars. According to a social cognition approach, why might Julia do that?

According to your text, one reason why social psychologists study the causes of social behavior is to __________.

A social psychologist asks, "Are there social behaviors that have genetic determinants that evolve through the process of natural selection?" This question is using the __________ perspective.

Aya is eight months old, and her mother pretends her baby food is a train in order to convince her to eat it. Aya's mother is using a rather creative form of __________.

Jake had a hypothesis about the outcome of the Ross and colleagues (2004) study about the Wall Street Game and the Community Game. Jake hypothesized that the players would respond based on their personalities, not just the name of the game they played. His hypothesis is most likely based on which tendency?

What is the role of folk wisdom in social psychology?