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Social Psychology Studies
Flash cards for popular social psychology studies.
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/14/2011

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(STUDY) Facial feedback hypothesis
Definition
-facial expressions effect how we feel
- those who imitaded a happy expression felt happier, sad sadder.
- With mirror, the effect was greater
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(STUDY) 2 Factor theory of emotion
Definition
Hypothesis: When internal cues are unclear, peoples emotions are guided by others behavior
Results: Drug uninformed participants were effected by participants happiness or anger.
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(STUDY) Individualistic vs. Collectivistic
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Hypothesis: People from collectivistic cultures are more likely to think of themselves as interdependent as well as the opposite.
Results: Chinese students talked about their family in relation to themselves
US Students talked about achievements .
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(STUDY) Self Esteem correlational study
Definition
People with high self esteem are seen as well-adjusted
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(STUDY) Dark Side of Self Esteem
Definition
People with high self esteem are really annoying to be around when their ego is threatened.
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(STUDY) Implicit self esteem
Definition
Measured by reaction times . What words do you more easily associate with your self concent. Sunshine / Poison / etc.
People seemed about the same across cultures.
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(STUDY) Cultural differences (Miller American vs Indian children / adults)
Definition
We learn our cultures biases over time
Participants asked to explain behaviors.
Americans focus on personal causes.
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(STUDY) Actor Observer Effect (Harret)
Definition
Explain risks your friends or you take behind the weel.
Resulted in more personal attributions for explaining friends risks.
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(STUDY) Confirmation Bias
Definition
Asked to interview someone from list of questions, told they were interacting with introvert or extrovert.
Those told they had introvert asked more introverted questions like "have you ever felt left out"
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