Review Sheet for New
Material for Social Psych Final Exam
The
Bad News! -
There will be a “cumulative” section! It will be a matching section involving
study conclusions and the matching study
What
does the concept of “cognitive miser” mean?
General
theme question: what evidence did we discuss showing that Humans are not
strictly rational in their decision making process (How do we show that
judgment is relative?)
Schemas
Heuristics
(be able to explain each and give examples of each –both empirical and real
world)
Anchoring & adjustment heuristic
Availability heuristic
Representativeness heuristic (base
rate information)
Attitude Heuristic
-
halo effect (what is beautiful is good)
-
the false consensus effect
Framing
effect (invariance violation)
- remember the decision making handout
– the disease question & the money question
Violating
concept of total assets = total assets (movie ticket study)
Counterfactual
thinking
Olympic medallists
Reference
points & Contrast effects
Endowment
effect – mug studies
Ignoring
Statistics:
Regression to the mean
Miconceptions of chance
Illusion
of control – Langer’s research
Hot-hand phenomenon
Social
Comparison Theory
Motives
Comparison others (upward vs downward
comparisons)
Self-enhancement
vs self-accuracy
Tesser’s Self-Evaluation Maintenance
Theory
Password
study
Swann’s Self-Verification Theory
Self-Handicapping:
Behavioral vs self-reported
Gender differences: why?