Social Psychology Final

Whether two or more factors are naturally associated. Correlation research allows us to predict, it tells us there is a relationship but not necessarily a cause and effect relationship.

Manipulate some factor to see its effect on another

To which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations.

degree to which an experiment absorbs and involves its participants.

The I knew it all along phenomenon

Are mental templates in which we organize our worlds. Self schemasThe specific believes in which we define ourselves. Perceiving ourselves as athletic, fat, smart

Info that is relevent to the self is processed quicker and remembered better.

People have difficult preicting the duration and intensity of their future emotions.

We become accustomed to good events in our lives (getting a new car or a raise). the novelty wears off and then we want more and better.

When a feeling or thought is ambiguous, we infer it by observing our behavior in the situation in which it occurs.

Desire to engage in activity because it is enjoyed.

Desire to engage in activity for rewards or pressures

When there are compelling extrinsic reasons for a behavior, people underestimate intrinsic reasons.

The tendency to understimate how long it will take to complete a task.

Differing implicit (auotomatic) and explicit( conciously controlled) attitudes toward the same object. Verbalized explicit attitueds may change with education and persuasion; implicit attitudes change slowly with practice that forms new habits.