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Chapters 1, 2, and 3

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What did Milgram’s obedience study show about the power of the situation?   show
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show It helps explain why certain circumstances that appear unimportant on the surface can have great consequences for behavior, either facilitating in or blocking  
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how do automatic and controlled tasks differ?   show
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show Can react without thinking, it is generally fast and based on instinct, and it does not require conscious processes.  
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show Repeated practice can make some controlled task automatic like walking, talking, writing, driving, speech patterns. Tasks behavior becomes predictable.  
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what is construal?   show
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how is construal related to experience?   show
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show Schemas helps us to understand how to react in certain situations and stereotypes helps rule out any other possibilities of what we assume. It can be accessed automatically.  
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show influence the way we construe situations. Social norms  
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show It influences the way we construe situations  
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Humans are cognitive misers—what does this mean?   show
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What is meant by “human universal”?   show
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. Do humans share any traits with other primates?   show
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show 1. we live in groups 2. we develop language 3. we develop gender roles  
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show The prefrontal cortex is involved in decision making and where we process complex thoughts and emotions. It provided a window into development of social behavior by tracing physical changes in the brain.  
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Why do we say humans are cultural animals, not just social animals?   show
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show Rules and standards understood by members of a group.  
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how do independent and interdependent societies differ in their emphasis on the individual vs. the group?   show
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show Independent is autonomous so personal uniqueness is expected as it is a big part in independent societies. Interdependent societies are all about connection so personal uniqueness will focus more on adapting to relationships, social roles, and groups.  
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show To describe, make predictions, and explain.  
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show Because of our personal observations may be inaccurate to what may take place.  
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show They are predictions about what will happen under particular circumstances  
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show They are the predictions that can be measured with support of empirical data.  
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show People asking question that involves in interviews and written questions.  
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How do random sampling and convenience sampling differ?   show
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show Positive moves in the same direction, negative moves in opposite directions, and zero means there’s no relationship at all.  
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What does the correlation coefficient tell us?   show
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What would a perfect correlation look like?   show
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show It involves measuring two or more variables and assessing whether there is a relationship between them.  
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Does correlation let us determine cause and effect? Why (or why not)?   show
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What 3 conditions must be met for a study to be considered a valid experiment?   show
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show Used to establish cause and effect.  
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show Other variables that may influence the DV  
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what is the difference between confounding and noise?   show
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What does it mean if a result (e.g., a correlation, a difference between means) is statistically significant?   show
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What is a main effect?   show
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What is an interaction effect?   show
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how do internal validity and external validity differ?   show
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show Manipulation check is the measure of success of IV manipulation.  
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show Demand characteristics are features of the experiment that give clues about hypothesis.  
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is there experimenter bias? (how would we reduce it?)   show
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show The degree to which the particular way researchers measure a given variable is likely to yield consistent results.  
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Replication – what is it?   show
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show A committee that examines research proposals and makes judgements about the ethical appropriateness of the research.  
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show A participant signed agreement to participate in a procedure or a research study after learning all of its relevant aspects.  
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What is self-concept?   show
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The sum total of beliefs we have about ourselves: mildly accurate; to see yourself with 100% accuracy is depression   show
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show Self-concept is both stable and malleable because it is multi-dimensional Ex: language around older relatives  
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show a) social roles= 13% b) traits/characteristics= 9% c) demographic characteristics= 12% d) activities and interests= 61% e) future goals= 3%  
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show The self-concept is mildly accurate because humans tend to want to stay positive and self-enhance themselves. The only time it is 100% accurate is during depression.  
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Sources of Self-Knowledge and Self-Evaluation   show
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Reflected appraisal – what is it? why is it often inaccurate?   show
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when are we likely to do social comparison?   show
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upward social comparison   show
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show looking at someone and comparing to someone worse off than one (a lower dimension)  
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lateral social comparison   show
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motives for comparison (what type of comparison other would be chosen? what would be the "direction" of comparison?)   show
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show • Inwardly focused • Autonomous: working independently • Self-concept focuses on traits, abilities and attitudes internally  
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what are the characteristics of interdependent self construal?   show
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how do independent and interdependent self construal affect the way we pay attention to social contexts?   show
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how does gender influence self-construal?   show
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what are some reasons for these differences in gender influence?   show
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self-handicapping   show
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show focuses on people's efforts to maintain on overall sense of self -worth when confronted with feedback or events that threaten a valued self-image.  
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show ensures that a person's behavior fits the demands of the social context  
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what is self-presentation?   show
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Positive distortion often associated with high self-esteem   show
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show -given unconditional positive feedback (ability and notion that they did well has NO standards -always protected from failure (mar doubt their ability to cope)  
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show -observing one's own behavior (self-perception) -Looking at others vs. oneself  
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show organizing structures that help guide the construal of social information, represent a person's beliefs and feelings about the self, both in general and in specific situations  
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show the theory that people sometimes strive for stable, subjectively accurate beliefs about themselves because such self views give them a sense of coherence and predictability  
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