Dispositional variables - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Revision template for the Social Influence topic in AQA Psychology A-Level, written by a straight A* student. Each topic is split into 6 A01 boxes and 4 A03 boxes for 16 markers. Includes past paper questions for each topic. Easy to print out and in order. Topics include: Types Of Conformity, Explanations For Conformity, Factors Affecting Conformity: Asch’s Line Study (1951), Conformity To Social Roles, Explanations Of Obedience: Milgram’s Research (1963), Explanations Of Obedience: Situat...

Social Influence - the effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors Social Psychology - the scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people Construal - the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world Individual Differences - the aspects of people's personalities that make them different from...

Original social psychology branch of psychology that studies the effect of social variables on individual behavior, attitudes, perceptions and motives; also studies group and intergroup phenonmena social cognition process by which people select, interpret and remember social information social perception process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes attribution theory social-cognitive approach to describing the ways the social perceiver use...

Bidirectional - correct answer - Reciprocal relationship between physical and psychological health E.g. poor health <-> depression Transactional - correct answer - Continuous process of change among multiple variables E.g. Cumulative processes such as downward spirals (emphysema -> smoking to combat fatigue and depression -> inc. scar lung tissue -> emphysema worsens) Psychologi...

Which of the following would a social psychologist most likely study? a) does exposure to media violence increase aggression b)do divorce rates differ within socioeconomic classes c) what factors contribute to the development of depression d) Are ppl with higher IQs happier than those with lower IQs - Answer-does media exposure violence increase aggression Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on - Answerunderstanding the immediate situatio...

AQA A Level Psychology Paper 1 studies Questions and Answers 100% Pass Types of and explanations for conformity - Lucas - Answer-Students conformed more on harder maths questions and if they had less confidence in their maths ability Conformity: Asch's research - Perrin and Spencer - Answer-Repeated Asch's study on engineering students, only one student conformed out of 396 trials Conformity to social roles: Zimbardo's research - Reicher and Haslam - Answer- Repeated the experiment on ...

CNIT 422 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed General Strain Theory Crime and Delinquency are adaptation to stress Frustrations leads to negative emotion (Strain) 3 Major types of deviance-producing strain Failure to achieve positively valued goals Removal of positive/desired stimuli Exposure to negative stimuli What are types of negative emotion that can result from strain? What is most important? Anger- Most Important Fear Envy Depression Anxiety Emotion Vicarious Strain Expe...

Primacy Effect - ANSWER-- our impressions are usually swayed the most by information received early in an interaction False Consensus Bias - ANSWER-- overestimation of the degree to which the beliefs and opinions of others are similar to our own Factors that Affect Impression Formation: Central Traits - ANSWER-- certain descriptions (e.g., a warm vs. cold person) influence impressions more than others because they provide unique information and are associated with a large number of other c...

[Incorrect - Misread the least likely and started backwards so assumed that it wanted the most likely] Question 2 - Passage 1 Based on Figure 1, which patient is LEAST likely to benefit from therapy with immunosuppressors? A patient whose transplanted kidneys are associated with miRNA expression patterns characterized by: A. high levels of miR-155 B. low levels of let-7c. C. high levels of miR-30a-3p. D. low levels of miR-10b. C. Least likely to benefit from therapy with immun...

A summary of the dispositional variables explanation for obedience topic for AQA A Level Psychology's Social Influence module.