Download Social Psychology Video - Winston Knoll Collegiate

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What is Psychology?
Part I
Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks after watching the video. (4 marks)
Behavioural, Clinical, Cognitive, Emotions, Personality Theory, Physiological Psychology,
Psychology, Social Cultural
1. ______________________________________________ attempts to explain not only
the extremes of behaviour but also the complexities and contradictions in all human
beings.
2. _______________________________________________ is just beginning to learn how
the brain how the brain affects behaviour and how behaviour affects the brain.
3. The __________________________________________ approach to psychology to
originated with the work of Sigmund Freud.
4. The _________________________________________ approach to psychology
emphasizes how behaviour is shaped by environment.
5. The ____________________________________ approach to psychology is concerned
with how such things as thoughts, memories and problem solving strategies affect our
lives.
6. The ______________________________________________ approach to psychology
emphasizes how societal norms, roles and situations influence or actions.
7. _________________________________________________ attempts to do three
general things, it tries to understand how all people are alike, how people are uniquely
different and finally why a particular person does a particular act.
8. __________________________________________ are what primarily drives our lives
and is more important than hunger or sex drive
Part II
Answer the following questions AFTER having watched the video. (3 marks)
1. Given what the experts stated what do you think the purpose of sleep is? Why? (2)
2. What brought you into the field of psychology? (1)
Social Psychology
Part III
Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks after watching the video. (4 marks)
Attribution Theory, Individuals, Just World Hypothesis, Prejudice, Self Serving Bias, Social
Psychology, Social Roles, Stereotypes
1. The unit of analysis for social psychologists is the ______________________________
within the context of groups.
2. __________________________ are like scripts or expectations we have on how
different groups or peoples are going to act.
3. People develop __________________________________ in an effort to protect their
own sense of self.
4. _______________________________________________ starts from the assumption
that we are motivated to make sense of our own and other actions we constantly
attribute causes to those actions.
5. The ____________________________________________ is where we tend to take
credit for success and blame others for failures.
6. The ____________________________________________ can be summed up by the
statement bad things happen to bad people.
7. Our attitudes are affected by one of the most important influences on our lives
______________________________________________.
8. _______________________________________________ seeks to understand how we
think about and relate to others.
Part IV
Answer the following questions AFTER having watched the video. (4 marks)
1. During the video it was one of the speakers argued that we tend to blame the individual
more often than the situation for an outcome. Do you agree or disagree? Why? (3)
2. During the video a prison experiment was discussed that showed that good people can
be convinced to act badly depending on their social role. Can you think of any real life
examples of this happening? (1)