Exam 1 - Review

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Corey thinks carefully about what others think of him and often tries to manage the impression he makes on others. Furthermore, he uses remembered information from his past when making decisions. He also is always trying to better understand the behaviors of others and why they act in the ways that they do. This description of Corey is MOST consistent with the _____ perspective.

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Social Cognition

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In her research, Carla measures brain activity in response to stimuli, as well as brain activity and its association with behavior among research participants. Carla’s research is based in which social psychological perspective?

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Social Neuroscience

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The use in social psychology of experiments and other research strategies to test theories regarding social behavior in a more refined manner than intuitive thinking is known as:

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the scientific method.

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Jessica is told by one of her friends that a mutual acquaintance, Alisyn, is a very cold and unfriendly person. When Jessica is introduced to Alisyn, she looks for behaviors in Alisyn that are consistent with the view that she is a cold and unfriendly person. This is an example of a:

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Confirmation Bias

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Which of these statements regarding correlational or experimental research studies is NOT correct? Experimental research studies are used to examine relationships among preexisting individual differences among people., Correlational research studies tend to examine relationships between variables as they naturally occur in the real world., Experimental research studies are used to examine how one variable causes changes in another., Correlational research studies are ideal for assessing variables for which one or more variables cannot ethically or practically be manipulated.

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Experimental research studies are used to examine relationships among preexisting individual differences among people.

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The degree to which a causal conclusion is judged to be established by the results of an experimental research study is known as _____ validity.

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internal validity

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A hypothesis stems most directly from: a theory.

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a theory.

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When Barbara tells her husband to “decide on something and just make it,” what motive of lay epistemology theory does this illustrate?

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the need to reach closure quickly

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Lisa reads Fifty Shades of Grey and thinks it is the best book ever written. Afterward, she flips through several reviews criticizing it but stops to spend time reading a favorable review of the book. Which motive does Lisa’s behavior illustrate?

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the need to confirm what one already prefers to believe

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The theory of lay epistemology is influenced by _____ motives.

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three