Midterm 2 Study Guide - Social Psychology - Fall 2001 | PSYC 2606, Study notes of Social Psychology

Download Midterm 2 Study Guide - Social Psychology - Fall 2001 | PSYC 2606 and more Study notes Social Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Social Psychology Midterm #2 Study Guide Fall 2001 Exam 2 is on Tues, 10/16. It will have the same format as exam 1. As with exam 1, this exam will cover material from both the book and lecture and will contain both factual and application questions. The study guide covers all the material you are responsible for. Also note that the first application paper is due on 10/18. There are no make-up papers allowed, so be sure you have your paper turned in by 9:30 that day and that you follow all formatting guidelines in the assignment. Chapter 3: Social Cognition I. What is a schema and what are 4 types that we are particularly concerned with in social psych? II. What 3 effects can schemas have? For each one, be able to recognize relevant experiments from class and the book that demonstrate the effect A. Why do we think schemas have the effects they do on memory? B. What are discounting and bolstering, and how do they contribute to schema-consistent memory advantages? C. What are memory intrusions and how are they related to schemas? How is this relevant to the Matt Brown example from class. D. Under what circumstances will we remember schema-inconsistent information better? E. What is the self-fulfilling prophecy? How does it work and how is it related to schemas? 1. How might it affect research results and what should experimenters do to avoid it? F. What is thought suppression? What ironic effect has it been shown to have and how does this relate to automatic and controlled processes (p. 96-98) G. What are judgmental heuristics? 1. What is the availability heuristic? (P. 74) 2. What is counterfactual thinking? When are we most likely to engage in it? (P 87) 3. What is the representativeness heuristic? a. What is base rate information and how does it figure into the representativeness heuristic? b. How is this related to the Matt Brown example we did in class? B. Why does the propinquity effect occur? Know the role of mere exposure (p. 331) XI. Which is the more accurate statement: that opposite attract or that birds of a feather flock together? In other words, what effect does similarity have (p. 342)? A. How do social validation and negative inferences help to produce greater liking for more similar people? XII. What is the role of physical attractiveness? Know about the blind data study of Hatfield (1966). A. What assumptions do we make about attractive people (the “what is beautiful is good” stereotype)? Why are these assumptions made? B. What types of attractiveness ratings do composite faces receive and why? C. How much cultural similarity or variation is there in what is found attractive? XIII. Do we like people who like us? What role does self-esteem play in this? (P. 344) XIV. What are the evolutionary explanations for attraction and mating? What 2 assumptions are made in these explanations? A. What 3 types of studies support this position (i.e., desired qualities in a partner, # of desired sexual partners, and reactions to infidelity)? B. For each piece of evidence supporting the evolutionary theories, what alternative explanations have been advanced? XV. Adult attachment styles: A. How is this related to the idea of infant attachment styles? What is the “strange situation” and how is it used to assess infant attachment? B. What are the 3 infant attachment styles? C. How did Hazan & Shaver assess adult attachment styles? What styles did they find? D. What is the hypothesized relation between infant and adult attachment style? E. What evidence shows that adult attachment styles are likely to affect other things besides just romantic relationships? XVI. What are the major theories of attraction? Be sure to note that these theories also apply to long- term relationships and love. A. social exchange theory (p. 353 for attraction and p. 362 for long-term relationships) B. equity theory (p. 354 for attraction and p. 364 for long-term relationships)