This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Psychology & Sociology has 20 clues. Answers range from 6 to 27 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Tries to explain how people make judgments about the causes of other people’s behavior.
Attribution criteria that states only this person acts this way.
Attribution criteria that asks “Does the individual usually behave this way?”
The group agreement of the behavior of another.
When explaining someone else’s behavior, it is common to overemphasize their internal attribution rather than their external attribution.
Theory that says that people are more likely to attribute situational factors on their failures and vice versa with their successes.
Persuasion and attitude change.
Systematic error in thinking that affects the decisions and judgments that people make.
Fast, instinctive, emotional type of thinking.
Slower, more deliberate thinking and decision making, more logical.
Psychologist responsible for developmental stages much like Freud’s psychosexual stages.
First developmental stage in Piaget’s theory; learning about the world through movements and sensations, object permanence.
Second developmental stage in Piaget’s theory; begin to think symbolically, egocentric thinking (inability to see from another's perspective).
Third developmental stage in Piaget’s theory; logical thinking emerges, begin to understand the concept of conservation.
Last developmental stage in Piaget’s theory; Abstract thought and hypothetical ideas emerges, Ethics, politics, social/moral issues explored.
An experiment that studied the effects of authority figures and committing immoral acts in the presence of one.
Experiment that studied the perceived power when given the roles “prisoner” and “guard”.
Behavior based on external factors.
Behavior based on internal characteristics.
A definitive criteria by which attributions take shape.