Questions with chapter 1
Question 1
Solomon Asch came up with two models explaining how people form particular impressions of others they haven’t seen before. Name and explain the two models.
Question 2
What is the difference between the elemental approach and the holistic approach?
Question 3
In social psychology there are five general models of the social thinker that can be identified, one of which is the activated actor model. Explain this model.
Answer suggestions with chapter 1
Question 1
- The Configural Model: this model hypothesizes that people form a unified view of others which denies variation. This means that if a particular behavior does not fit into one’s overall impression of a person, one may interpret the behavior so that it aligns.
- The Algebraic Model: this model does not begin with a unified whole, but starts with the observation of a number of isolated evaluations which are collected into a summary evaluation. It hypothesizes that people add up traits to form a total picture.
Question 2
According to the elemental approach (Wundt, Ebbinghaus), information comes to us, forming ideas. These ideas then become associated through contiguity in space and time. According to the holistic approach (Gestalt; Kant), the mind organizes the world according to an order of grouping.
Question 3
The activated actor model considers individuals as being activated actors. Without being aware of it, people’s social concepts are quickly cued by their social environments. As a result they also almost inevitably cue the cognitions, affect, evaluations, motivation and behavior that are associated with these social concepts.
Questions with chapter 2
Question 1
What model states that people have the tendency to rely on relatively automatic processes depending on situational demands?
Question 2
What is the difference between subliminal priming and conscious priming?
Question 3
What is meant by chronically accessible concepts?
Question 4
Name and explain three examples of a controlled process.
Question 5
Our tactics to move between unconscious, automatic
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