According to Festinger’s social comparison theory, when do people compare themselves to others? When…

The field of social psychology relies on the ________ method to gain accurate information about social behavior.

Suppose a researcher thinks that the amount of sleep someone has influences their ability to recall learned words. She manipulates the amount of sleep that participants are allowed by having them either sleep 8 hours or 2 hours (in 24 hrs.) and then measures the amount of words they can remember from a learned list. The words recalled by participants is the _____ and the hours of sleep they are allowed is the _____.

What kinds of organisms are capable of identifying themselves in mirrors and thus have a sense of self?

Franklin loves to garden and spends most of his free time planting unique flowers and herbs. Kevin spends most of his free time in his yard but it is because his parents’ pay him to maintain the yard. Kevin has _____ motivation to garden while Franklin has _____ motivation.

The major drawback of correlation studies is that they

Suppose a student teacher with a particularly bad class (e.g., yelling, misbehaving) had a supervisor come in to evaluate the student’s teaching only to report that the class seems to be filled with obedient angels. What might explain this instance?

Dr. Santos is interested in examining the question of if people who grew up around domestic abuse are likely to be involved in abusive relationships. What will be the limitations of her findings?

Upward social comparisons:

Jack is very personable in all different situations. He’s often called a social chameleon because he can seemingly change who he is to fit a situation. Jack can be described as being ________.