Psyc 260 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Social Psychology - The scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the presence or imagined presence of other people. Social Influence - The effect that the words, actions, or presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes or behaviors. Fundamental Attribution Error - The tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of situati...

Research has demonstrated that metaphors about the body and social judgments influence how we think and the decisions we make. If that is true, the next time you are feeling lonely and as if the world is a cold, heartless place, what should you do to change your feelings and why? A. take a nap because "life is but a dream" B. carry something heavy because that is associated with "carrying the weight of the world" C. clean your room because it is associated with "washing away sins" D....

Social Psychology -Answer-The scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the presence or imagined presence of other people. Social Influence -Answer-The effect that the words, actions, or presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes or behaviors. Fundamental Attribution Error -Answer-The tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate t...

social perception - Answer-how we form impressions of, and make inferences about, other people nonverbal communication - Answer-the way in which people communicate without words, whether intentional or not; nonverbal cues include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch, and gaze Vrij, Edward, and Bull (2001) - Answer-tested changes in nonverbal cues when lying vs. when telling the truth - more speech hesitations when lying - longer speech ...

Personality - How someone is different from other people (repeated behaviour) Laypersons view of personality - o collection of traits of terms that describe a person (shy). o These terms pointing out what is different about them. o Should be consistent over time not based off just once. o You either have the trait or you do not. o These terms explain behavior Psychologists view of personality - o Organized collection of adjectives (structure to personality) if you have one of those traits...

The scientific study of how the people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others - Answer-Social Psychology The effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of others have on an individual's thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors - Answer-Social Influence The level of analysis and goal - Answer-What separates social psychology from other disciplines like economics or clinical psychology? The individual in the context of a socia...

prosocial behavior - Answer-any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person altruism - Answer-the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper, selfless kin selection - Answer-the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection norm of reciprocity - Answer-the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future empathy-altruism hypothesis - Answer-the idea that when we fee...

the scientific study of the way people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people - Answer-social psychology the effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behavior - Answer-social influence the tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of situational factors - Answer-funda...

PSYC 2600 – Social Psychology Study Guide