Bachelor of Social Science Psychology Flashcards
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Which term describes the phenomenon in which individuals perform worse on a task when others are watching because they are aware of being evaluated?
Answer: Evaluation apprehension leading to impaired performance
Evaluation apprehension causes arousal; for complex or poorly learned tasks, this arousal impairs performance — the 'choking under pressure' component of social presence effects.
According to Piaget, a child who understands that the amount of liquid stays the same when poured into a differently shaped container has achieved:
Answer: Conservation
Conservation is the understanding that quantity remains constant despite changes in shape or appearance, typically achieved in Piaget's concrete operational stage (around age 7).
Which research ethics principle requires that participants be fully informed about the true nature of a study after any deception has been used?
Answer: Debriefing
Debriefing is the post-study process in which researchers explain the study's true purpose, reveal any deception used, and address any distress caused.
In signal detection theory, a 'hit' occurs when:
Answer: The signal is present and the participant says 'yes'
A hit is the correct detection of a stimulus that is actually present; the participant responds 'yes' when the signal is truly there.
Which concept from humanistic psychology refers to the discrepancy between an individual's self-concept and their ideal self?
Answer: Incongruence
Rogers used 'incongruence' to describe the gap between who a person perceives themselves to be (self-concept) and who they want to be (ideal self), which causes psychological distress.
Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme outlier values in a dataset?
Answer: Mean
The mean is calculated using every score, so extreme outliers pull it toward them; the median and mode are resistant to outliers.
The phenomenon of 'groupthink' identified by Irving Janis is most likely to occur when a group:
Answer: Is highly cohesive, isolated, and lacks structured decision procedures
Janis found groupthink most likely in cohesive, insulated groups under pressure that lack systematic decision-making procedures, leading to suppression of dissent and illusions of unanimity.