Chapter 12 Psych Quiz

The effect of situational factors and other people on an individual’s behavior.

• Social Psychology

• Sense of Self

• Social Influence

• Social Cognition

Unwritten rules/expectations for appropriate behavior in a certain circumstance.

• Social Norms

• Social Influence

• Social Psychology

• Person Perception

The process of placing people into groups based on similar characteristics.

• Social Psychology

• Social Categorization

• Person Perception

• Social Norms

Deliberate Mental Processes involved in decision making are...

• Implicit Cognition

• Explicit Cogniton

• Mental Processing

• Social Categorization

Network of assumptions or beliefs about the relationships among various types of people.

• Implicit Personality Theory

• Social Categorization

• Social Norms

• Person Perception

The attribution error in which you ignore the external factors that others might have to deal with

• Self-Serving Bias

• Just World Hypothesis

• Hindsight Bias

• Fundamental Attribution Error

The attribution error in which your successes are because of your behavior, and your failures are due to external factors

• Hindsight Bias

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Self-Serving Bias

• Just World Hypothesis

an unpleasant state of psychological tension that occurs when two thoughts or perceptions are inconsistent

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Hindsight Bias

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Cognitive Lapse

a negative attitude towards people who belong to a specific social group is known as prejudice.

• True

• False

stereotypes form groups called "ingroups" and "outgroups" to classify groups of people.

• True

• False