Introducing Social Psychology

What is the core definition of social psychology presented in the text?

What are the three fundamental human capacities, known as the ABCs of social psychology, that we rely on for successful interaction with others?

The mutual and generally equitable exchange of benefits between people, based on the expectation of a future return of those benefits, is known as what?

Who is often referred to as 'the father of social psychology' for developing key ideas like the focus on dynamic interactions among people?

What is the tendency to think that we could have predicted something that we probably would not have been able to predict called?

In research, what is the term for the particular method used to measure a variable of interest?

Which research design's primary limitation is that it cannot be used to draw conclusions about the causal relationships among variables?

In an experimental research design, what is the purpose of random assignment to conditions?

What does Kurt Lewin's equation, Behavior = f (person, social situation), signify?

In the context of research methods, a statistical procedure in which the results of existing studies are combined to determine what conclusions can be drawn on the basis of all the studies considered together is called a:

What is the difference between moods and emotions as described in the chapter?

According to the text, cultural norms in Western cultures are primarily oriented toward what?

What is the primary function of the cerebral cortex in the context of social psychology?

What is the primary difference between observational research and correlational research according to Table 1.4?

A variable that is not part of the research hypothesis but causes both the predictor and outcome variables, thus producing an observed correlation, is known as a:

In the experiment by Anderson and Dill (2000), where participants played either a violent or nonviolent video game, what was the independent variable?

What does 'internal validity' refer to in the context of an experiment?

Evolutionary strategies that favor the reproductive success of one's relatives, sometimes even at a cost to the individual's own survival, are known as:

What is the primary purpose of using a 'cover story' in a social psychology experiment?

According to the 'common sense' quiz summary in Table 1.5, what does research indicate about the saying 'opposites attract'?

What is the name of the neuroimaging technique that records the electrical activity produced by the brain’s neurons using electrodes placed on the scalp?

What are the two types of knowledge, particularly important in social psychology, that contain information about the self, others, and social groups?

In the study by Leon Festinger about a 'doomsday' cult, what type of research design was used?

What is the range of the Pearson correlation coefficient, symbolized by the letter r?

What is the process through which other people change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and through which we change theirs?

The desire to protect and enhance one's own life and the lives of important others is referred to as what fundamental motivation?

In the study by Ross, Lepper, and Hubbard (1975) involving suicide notes, what did the findings demonstrate?

According to the summary of research in Table 1.5, what is the effect of having good friends on the likelihood of catching colds?

In the aftermath of World War II, what phenomenon particularly energized social psychologists to study topics like conformity and obedience?

What is the primary difference between how individuals from individualistic versus collectivistic cultures tend to describe themselves?

The research by Stanley Milgram on obedience and by Solomon Asch on conformity primarily demonstrated the power of what?

What does a research hypothesis need to be in order to be considered 'falsifiable'?

What is one of the main advantages of using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in research, as mentioned in the text?

In the context of the 'common sense quiz' in Table 1.5, what does research show about punching a pillow to reduce frustration?

What is the primary goal of experimental research designs?

What are the ways of thinking, feeling, or behaving that are shared by group members and perceived by them as appropriate called?

According to the text, the field of social psychology expanded into the study of attitudes and cognitive processes during which decades?

What is the main advantage of using an observational research design?

What is the term for a knowledge representation that includes information about a person or group, such as 'Italians are romantic'?

A meta-analysis by Anderson and Bushman (2001) found a clear positive correlation of about what value between playing violent video games and acting aggressively?

What is a major limitation of experimental research designs that are conducted in laboratory situations?

What did Philip Zimbardo's 'prison experiment' in 1973 primarily demonstrate?

What is the term for a research design that involves making observations of behavior and recording those observations in an objective manner?

In factorial research designs, what is the term for the influence of each independent variable on the dependent variable?

What is the primary function of a debriefing at the end of a research project?

The first social psychology textbooks were published in what year?

The study of how our social behavior both influences and is influenced by the activities of our brain is known as:

What is a key benefit of being in a positive mood, according to research cited in the chapter?

What distinguishes an attitude from a schema?

According to the text, by which year is the United States expected to be a majority-minority nation?