Principle of Social Psychology Flashcards

Key terms and ideas f

12 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Actively sensing, organizing and interpreting what is experienced by your senses.
Perceiving
____________ express a belief about an entire group of people without recognizing the individual differences among members of the entire group.
Stereotype
________present an interpretation, conclusion, or prediction about the nature of the world.
Beliefs
The idea of _________ is one of the ways humans have distinguished between beliefs supported by strong reasons or evidence from beliefs for which there is less support.
Knowing
List the three stages of "Knowing".
1. Garden of Eden 2. Anything Goes 3. Thinking Critically
People in this stage of "knowing" see no one point of view as any better than another.
Anything Goes
People in this stage of "knowing" see the world in terms of black and white.
Garden of Eden
People in this stage of "knowing" they recognize some viewpoints are better than others.
Critical Thinking
Describing the world in ways that can be verified through investigation.
Reporting
Describing the world in ways that are based on factual information yet going beyond this information to make statements about what is currently unknown.
Inferring
Describing the world in ways that express an evaluatiob based on certain criteria.
Judging
What are the nine steps to "The Thinker's Guide to Moral Decision Making"?
1. Make Morality a Priority 2. Adopt the Ethic of Justice 3. adopt the Ethic of Care 4. Universalize Your Moral Choices 5. Treat Peopleas ends, Not Means 6. Accept Responsibility 7. seek to Promote Human Kindness 8. develop an Informed Moral Intuition 9. Choose to Be a Moral Person