What is Social Psychology? - Q. #1

Match the following terms with the correct defintion.

• Social Psychology

• An attribute of a person and includes personality traits and temperment.

• Internal Factor

• Our behavior is determined by internal factors.

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• The failure to realize/recognize that the behavior of another can be due to a situational variable, and not always a trait of that person.

• Dispositionism

• Examines how people affect one another.

• Situationism

• The view that our behavior and actions are determined by our immediate environment and surroundings.

Match the following terms with the correct defintion.

• Individualistic Culture

• A culture that focuses on individual achievement and autonomy and are the greatest to commit the fundamental attribution error.

• Collectivistic Culture

• A culture that focuses on communal relationships with others, such as family, friends, and community are are less likely to commit the fundamental attribution error.

• Actor-Observer Bias

• Tendency to explain our successes as due to internal/dispositional characteristics, but to explain our failures as due to external/situational factors.

• Just-World Hypothesis

• Belief that people get the outcomes they deserve.

• Self-Serving Bias

• Attributing other people's behavior to internal factors while attributing our own behavior to situational forces.

What is the correct term for the following defintion? "The believe about the cause of a result."

• Self-Serving Bias

• Attribution

• Individualistic Culture

• Collectivistic Culture

True or False: Social psychologists focus on how people conceptualize and interpret situations and how these interpretations influence their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

• True

• False

True or False: Behavior is NOT a product of both the situation and the person/characteristics.

• True

• False

In regard to the debate of situational vs. personality/internal characteristics, what side do modern social psychologists take on the matter?

• Situational

• Internal

• Both of them are important/impactful

• Neither are important or impactful

The quizmaster study is a great example of which concept of social psychology?

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Self-Serving Bias

• Actor-Observer Bias

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of an individualistic culture?

• Achievement oriented

• Focus on autonomy

• Dispositional Perspective

• Interdependent

• Analytic thinking style

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of a collectivistic culture?

• Independent

• Relationship oriented

• Focus on group harmony

• Situational perspective

• Holistic thinking style

What is one consequence of westerners' tendency to provide dispositional explanations for behavior?

• Social Psychology

• Actor-Observer Bias

• Self-Serving Bias

• Victim Blaming