Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. In one of our Key Concepts in Social Psychology, we learned that we construct our social reality. (a) In the study we describe about the hostile media phenomenon, what was the main finding for both groups of participants? (1 pt) (b) And how did this pattern shift when people knew more about the Beirut massacre? (1 pt) (c) How was this finding also confirmed in the newer research we copied in our class on the confirmation bias (i.e., briefly describe the study and their original results (not our in-class results))? (1 pt) (d) We also learned in that class that showing people more data and telling them to be unbiased isn’t enough to overcome the confirmation bias. List one of the ways from lecture that does work to get people to change their minds about the data. (1 pt)

What do you think you are most likely to remember from this class material 5 years from now?

Two professors disagree about whether overall amount of time spent studying or student’s type of studying will improve their learning the most. They decide to each encourage their classrooms to do either more hours of studying or different types of studying. These professors both explain to their students which study method they are encouraging and tell them they’ll be collecting surveys throughout the semester to test this hypothesis. The professor who thinks type of studying matters the most also changes how her class is organized. She inadvertently devotes more attention and effort into her class and challenges her students to do more to further their own learning. Which of the following problems does this pose?

Two professors disagree about whether overall amount of time spent studying or student’s type of studying will improve their learning the most. They decide to each encourage their classrooms to do either more hours of studying or different types of studying. These professors both explain to their students which study method they are encouraging and tell them they’ll be collecting surveys throughout the semester to test this hypothesis. The professor who thinks type of studying matters the most also changes how her class is organized. She inadvertently devotes more attention and effort into her class and challenges her students to do more to further their own learning. Which of the following problems does this pose?

Two professors disagree about whether overall amount of time spent studying or student’s type of studying will improve their learning the most. They decide to each encourage their classrooms to do either more hours of studying or different types of studying. These professors both explain to their students which study method they are encouraging and tell them they’ll be collecting surveys throughout the semester to test this hypothesis. What potential problem could this cause?

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. Much research has been conducted on the so-called shooter task or shooter paradigm. (a) Describe the shooter task. (1 pt) (b) Describe the two dependent variables they test in these studies (1 pt). (c) What did they find when they compared regular participants to police officers on this task (for both of the dependent variables)? (2 pts)

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) According to Peter Glick and Susan Fiske (2001), sexism can take two forms: benevolent and hostile sexism. Define both types of sexism. (2 pts) (b) List 2 ways that each type negatively impacts women or what negative effects are correlated with having high scores in each (2 pts)

Gabriela’s softball team is planning to steal their main competitor’s mascot. Gabriela will conform for many reasons EXCEPT [blank1]. First-year college students may be more susceptible than seniors to informational social influence because [blank2]. Imagine that you are attending a new high school and would like to make friends. On the first day of school, you observe that all of the students in your homeroom are crumpling paper into balls and throwing them on the floor. You begin to do the same. You conformed to the group’s behavior due to [blank3]. Teenagers are often more susceptible to influence attempts from peers than from their parents. This is because peers become more important to teenagers than their parents are. This example represents the influence of Bibb Latané’s (1981) concept of [blank4] on normative conformity.

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) Describe an example of a microaggression. (1 pt) (b) Describe a classic emotion-based finding from dehumanization research. (1 pt) (c) Describe a newer, explicit way of measuring dehumanization. (1 pt) (d) What are 2 major consequences of dehumanization? (1 pt)

The primary advantage of experimental research over correlational research is that experiments: