Studied by 8 people
Walton
________: conducted an experiment in which they told female engineering students that it was typical to go through periods of social stress- this intervention eliminated the large gender difference between gpas.
Max Ringlemann
________: conducted social research in the 1880s.
Multi cultural research
________: examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures.
William McDougall
________, Edward Ross, and Floyd Allport: wrote the first three textbooks in social psychology.
Kurt Lewin
________: fled to the US in the early 1930s.
social brain
The ________- made possible through advances in tech.
Social cognition
________: the study of how we perceive, remember, and interpret info about ourselves and others.
Hot vs
________ cold= the conflict between wanting to be right and wanting to feel good about oneself.
Interactionist perspective
________: behavior is a function of the interaction between the person and the environment.
social psych
Norman Triplett: published the first research article in ________.
Behavior economics
________ focuses on how psychology relates to economic decision making.
social psychology
the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context
Norman Triplett
published the first research article in social psych
Max Ringlemann
conducted social research in the 1880s
William McDougall, Edward Ross, and Floyd Allport
wrote the first three textbooks in social psychology
1936 Gordon Allport
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Kurt Lewin
fled to the US in the early 1930s
interactionist perspective
behavior is a function of the interaction between the person and the environment
Confidence and Crisis 1960s
Mid 1970s
dominant research method
lab experiments
An Era of Pluralism
Mid 1970s-2000s
social cognition
the study of how we perceive, remember, and interpret info about ourselves and others
cross-cultural research
examine similarities and differences across a variety of cultures
multi-cultural research
examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures
social neuroscience
the study of the relationship between neural and social processes
embodied cognition
focuses on the close links between our minds and the positioning, experiences, and actions of our bodies
the social brain
made possible through advances in tech
PET
positron emission tomography
ERP
event-related potential
TMS
transcranial magnetic stimulation
fMRI
functional magnetic resonance imagining
social psychology
the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context
interactionist perspective
an emphasis on how both an individual's personality and environmental characteristics influence behavior
social cognition
the study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others
behavioral genetics
examines the effects of genes on behavior
evolutionary psychology
uses the principles of evolution to understand human behavior
cross-cultural research
research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures
culture
a system of enduring meaning, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
multicultural research
research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures
embodied cognition
an interdisciplinary subfield that examines the close links between our minds and the positioning, experiences, and actions of our bodies
social neuroscience
the study of the relationship between neural and social processes
Hot perspective of Social Psychology
Perspective that focused on emotion and motivation
Cold perspective of Social Psychology
Perspective that focused on cognition
Behavior Economics
Focuses on how psychology relates to economic decision making
PET - Positron Emission Tomography
Imaging test that can help reveal the metabolic or biochemical function of your tissues and organs
ERP - Event-related Potential
Small voltages generated in the brain structures in response to specific events or stimuli
TMS - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression
fMRI - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagining
Measures the small changes in blood flow that occur with brain activity
