#12 Social Behavior

Question 1

what is the bystander affect?

Answer 1

You are less likely to receive help in a crowd of people then a smaller group (example one person sees someone drowning and decides that they do not need to help them since someone else will this continues through an entire crowd of people)

Question 2

what is social inhibition?

Answer 2

you give up/change aspects of yourself to be part of a group (example Daniel says he loves icecream, you do not love icecream the rest of your group is like yes! lets go get icecream so you do so as well even though you do want it you still feel it is more important to not fight the majority opinion then stay true to yourself

Question 3

Social Facilitation

Answer 3

Certain aspects of ourselves plus our behaviors are encouraged by a group (example going to a cafe to study because other people are studying so you will feel more guilt if you do not study)

Question 4

How do good looking people have a hand up on the world in general name three different examples

Answer 4

1. Attractive people command more attention
2. Attractive people are more likely to get higher paying job: better grades
3. Are more trusted

Question 5

Halo effect

Answer 5

The assumption that an attractive person is well kept and they are also smart. Example (one good thing means to someone else they definitely are a good person)

Question 6

Kinds of stereotypes

Answer 6

Gender
Age
Ethnicity
Occupation
Economic class
Religion
Political affiliation

Question 7

what are stereotypes examples of?

Answer 7

Representative hearistics (short cuts)
-probabilities
-Inaccurate representation
-Subjectively biased
based on expectations

Question 8

Representative Hearistics

Answer 8

occurs when we estimate the probability of an event based on how similar it is to a known situation. (example thinking that because someone is wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase, that they must be a lawyer)

Question 9

What do people believe if someone is attractive

Answer 9

They assume they have intelligence and positive traits

Question 10

Schemas

Answer 10

Learned patterns that become automatic over time about a cluster of organized knowledge in a group, or sequence of events

Question 11

Self serving bias

Answer 11

Taking credit for ones own positive behavior then blame outside behavior for ones negative actions

Question 12

Modesty bias

Answer 12

Giving credit for positive outcomes plus taking credit for negative ones

Question 13

Self handicapping strategy

Answer 13

When we set ourselves up for failure and then when we fail the task and create a situational explanation when failure happens

Question 14

Spotlight effect

Answer 14

The tendency to think that more people notice small details about you than they do actually notice (acne, rips in jeans etc)