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What is a construal? Is it objective? |
Way people interpret their social world. They are subjective. |
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What is social cognition? How do people explain human behavior? Are they often accurate? |
How people think about themselves and their social world They use social cognition and investigate like social psychologists Not always accurate |
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What is the fundamental attribution error? What is often underestimated? |
It is the tendency to believe a person's actions are a result of personal traits rather than social factors The power of social influence is underestimated |
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Who applied gestalt principles to social psychology? |
Kurt Lewin |
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What is naive realism? |
The belief we are seeing things "as they really are" |
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What is the interactionalist perspective? |
Personality and social environment are equally important in determining human behavior |
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What are the two primary motives driving construals? |
1. The need to feel good about ourselves 2. Need for accuracy |
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How do we protect our self-esteem? |
1. Self-justification 2. Justifying suffering |
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When there's a conflict between protecting self-esteem and finding truth which do we tend to protect? |
Self-esteem |
