PSY 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Determinant, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Implicit-Association Test
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Midterm study guide: chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. These are the concepts and theories that will potentially be on the test. Well: study guide: doing social psychology research (plus lectures in class) (chapter 2) Relationships among direct appraisals, perceived self, and self-concept and reasons for this link. Personal self vs. relational self vs. collective self. Ideal self; ought self; and higgins self-discrepancy theory. Affective forecasting and why it is difficult. How self-esteem relates to hostility and defensiveness. Determinants of basking vs suffering pain of comparison according to self-evaluation model. Thin slices of behavior and what they predict. Effects of having a baby face on impression formation. Main conclusions from research on effects of nonverbal behavior (e. g. , facial expression, body posture) on self-perception and other-perception. Kelly"s covariation theory and different types of information used to make attributions. Fundamental attribution error - and why it occurs. Priming effects on impression formation and motivation.
