Question 1

Consider the following situation: Madeline does very poorly on a term paper she has written. If Madeline is motivated by the need to feel good about herself (the self-esteem approach), what kinds of construals might she make about this?

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Question 2

Jacqui is fired by her employer because she just can't seem to learn the tasks her job involves. If Jacqui is motivated by the self-esteem approach, how will she respond to the firing?

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Question 3

What are the risks of making the fundamental attribution error?

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Question 4

Describe how people tend to interpret the behaviors of themselves and others.

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Question 5

Jason's doctor recently told him that he needs to start eating healthier and lose some weight. If Jason is more motivated by the need for accuracy (social cognition approach), what would he likely think and do after this visit?

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Question 6

Compare the self-esteem approach and the social cognition approach in terms of the motivations assumed to underlie human behavior.

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Question 7

Define the term "fundamental attribution error" and provide an example of this phenomenon that might occur in daily life.

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Question 8

Compare the importance that behaviorist and Gestalt approaches attach to such "mentalistic" concepts as thoughts and feelings. To which of these schools of thought is contemporary social psychology more closely related and why?

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Question 9

Two groups at your university are at odds. Design an intervention based on the research by Ross and colleagues regarding "naïve realism" that might get them to change their opinions of the other group.

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Quiz 1: Introducing Social Psychology