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5.5.3 Test (TST): Social Psychology Test Psychology Points Possible: 50 Name: Valentina Moncrieffe Date: Short Answer For each short-answer question, be sure to fully answer what the question asks, and answer in complete sentences.
- Define self-fulfilling prophecy and confirmation bias. How are they different from each other? (5 points) Self-fulfilling prophecy means , process through which an originally false expectation leads to its own confirmation. Confirmation bias are effects in information processing. They differ because of what is known as the behavioral confirmation effect in which a person's expectations contribute to that person's behavior.
- Richard knows he's a take-charge kind of person. He is a good student, and knows it is because of his hard work. What type of attribution is he using, and why do you think this? (5 points) The type of attribution is external attribution. He explains his situation as being caused by working hard. He clarifies himself as a good student with the cause of him working hard. In this attribution, a person is simplifying what is happening to him or her or another individual based on what the person has done and what the situation is..
Application and Critical Thinking For these questions, answer all parts of the question completely. Use complete sentences.
- John and Kate met two weeks ago, and they have been on four terrific dates. They each feel a very strong attraction toward the other, and they wish they could be around each other all the time. Their relationship is based only on having fun together, and does not include honestly sharing difficult aspects of life. Each of them has secretly thought they might be falling in love, but they have not yet been open about how they feel. Neither of them has told their friends or their families about their new relationship. Explain these theories of love, and how John and Kate’s situation relates to each: (15 points)
● Zick Rubin’s theory of attachment, caring, and intimacy; The need to be taken care of or just the need of something in a relationship. ● Elaine Hatfield’s theory of passionate and companionate love; Tenderness and/or affection. ● Sternberg’s triangular theory. describes types of love based on three different scales: intimacy, passion, and commitment. I
- Josiah didn’t think much about gun control until he was in a class discussing it. The more people talked, the stronger he felt that everyone should be allowed to have any kind of gun they wanted. After the class, he ended up joining a gun club that got together and shot guns for fun. One weekend a politician who favored gun control was going to speak in his town. The president of the gun club thought they should go and demonstrate where the politician was going to give his speech. The president told them to shout at the speaker and not let him give his speech. Even though Josiah wasn’t sure it was a good idea, he didn’t say anything. The president told all of the members to
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