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AP Psych Final Exam Review Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers social psychology - Correct Answer the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another attribution theory - Correct Answer the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the s...

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social psychology - Correct Answer the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate
to one another



attribution theory - Correct Answer the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting
either the situation or the person's disposition



fundamental attribution error - Correct Answer the tendency for observers, when analyzing
another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of
personal disposition



attitude - Correct Answer feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a
patricular way to objects, people, and events



central route persuasion - Correct Answer attitude change path in which interested people focus on
the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts



peripheral route persuasion - Correct Answer attitude change path in which people are influenced by
incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness



foot in the door phenomenon - Correct Answer the tendency for people who have first agreed to a
small request to comply later with a larger request



role - Correct Answer a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the
position ought to behave



cognitive dissonance theory - Correct Answer the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort
(dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our
awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by
changing our attitudes



conformity - Correct Answer adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard

,normative social influence - Correct Answer influence resulting from a person's desire to gain
approval or avoid disapproval



social facilitation - Correct Answer stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the
presence of others



social loafing - Correct Answer the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling
their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable



deindividuation - Correct Answer the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group
situations that foster arousal and anonymity



group polarization - Correct Answer the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through
discussion within the group



group thinking - Correct Answer the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a
decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives



culture - Correct Answer the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large
group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next



norm - Correct Answer an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior



personal space - Correct Answer the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies



prejudice - Correct Answer an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its
members. prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to
discriminatory action



stereotype - Correct Answer a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief
about a group of people



discrimination - Correct Answer unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members

,ingroup - Correct Answer "Us" - people with whom one shares a common identity



outgroup - Correct Answer "them"—those perceived as different or apart from one's ingroup.



ingroup bias - Correct Answer the tendency to favor our own group



scapegoat theory - Correct Answer the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing
someone to blame



other race effect - Correct Answer the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately
than faces of other races. Also called the cross-race effect and the own-race bias



just world phenomenon - Correct Answer the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that
people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get



agression - Correct Answer any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy



frustration-agression principle - Correct Answer the principle that frustration--the blocking of an
attempt to achieve some goal--creates anger, which can generate aggression



mere exposure effect - Correct Answer the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli
increases liking of them



passionate love - Correct Answer an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually
present at the beginning of a love relationship



companionate love - Correct Answer the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom
our lives are intertwined



equity - Correct Answer a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to
what they give to it



self-disclosure - Correct Answer revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

, altruism - Correct Answer unselfish regard for the welfare of others



bystander effect - Correct Answer the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if
other bystanders are present



social exchange theory - Correct Answer the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process,
the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs



reciprocity norm - Correct Answer an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have
helped them



social-responsibilty norm - Correct Answer An expectation that people will help those dependent
upon them



conflict - Correct Answer a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas



social trap - Correct Answer a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing
their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior



mirror-image perceptions - Correct Answer mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when
each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil and aggressive



self-fulfilling prophecy - Correct Answer a belief that leads to its own fulfillment



superordinate goals - Correct Answer shared goals that override differences among people and
require their cooperation



GRIT - Correct Answer Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction, strategy
designed to decrease international tensions.



informational social influence - Correct Answer influence resulting from one's willingness to accept
others' opinions about reality

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