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Social Psychology

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examines the influence of social processes on the way people think, feel and behave

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Social Cognition

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Initial Impressions: initial perceptions make a difference; and have shown strong effects
A person presented with positive traits first was found to be more sociable and happier

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Social Influence:

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the presence of others energizes performance

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Social Norms:

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shared expectations about thoughts, feelings and behavior; can vary by time and place; culturally sensitive

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Social Role:

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Social Role: a set of norms which characterize how people in specific social positions should behave

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Role Conflict:

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Role Conflict: norms accompanying different roles may clash

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Conformity:

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Conformity: the adjustment of people’s behavior, attitudes and beliefs to a group.

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Informational social influence:

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: follow the opinions of those we believe have accurate knowledge and believe they are doing the right or correct or desirable thing.

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Normative social influence:

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conform to obtain rewards that come from being accepted by other people while trying to avoid rejection.

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Situational Influence on behaviors:

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Situational Influence on behaviors: see others engaging in a behavior, likely to be influenced by it

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Asch Conformity Study

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When people were alone they got the answer correct
When in a group only ~ 25% appeared to remain completely independent in their responses.

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Factors which affected conformity

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Group size: conformity increased from 5-35% as group size increased
After 5 this stabilized

Presence of a dissenter: when someone else dissents he/she serves as a model and it significantly reduces conformity

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Cognitive Dissonance

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an unpleasant state that arises when a person recognizes inconsistencies in actions, attitudes and beliefs.

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Strategies to reduce dissonance:

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Focus on more supportive beliefs
Reduce the importance of the conflicting belief
Change the conflicting belief

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Attitudes

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a positive or negative evaluative reaction toward a person, object or concept

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Attitude Strength: ABCD

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the durability or impact of an attitude
Durability: if it lasts over time
Impact: if it impacts behavior or thoughts

Cognitive: beliefs about the object
Affective: emotional feelings about the object
Behavioral: predisposition to act in a certain way toward an object

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Attitudes do not necessarily determine or predict our behavior

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influenced by several factors
Attitudes influence behavior more strongly when the counteracting situational factors are weak

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Attitudes

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a greater influence over our behaviors when we are aware of them and when they are strongly held

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Group effects-Social Loafing:

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reduced effort that occurs when people work in groups

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Group Polarization:

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group discussions lead to more extreme positions

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Groupthink:

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groups may be less effective to keep agreement among members

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Persuasion

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the deliberate effort to change or impact one’s attitude

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Norm of reciprocity:

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: the golden rule; to get you to comply with a request you are given an unsolicited favor or gift

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Door in the face technique:

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persuader makes a large request expecting you to reject and then makes a smaller request believing you will be more likely to comply

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Foot in the Door:

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a persuader gets you to comply with a small request and then presents a larger request thinking you will now be more likely to comply

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Low-balling:

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the persuader gets you to commit to an action then before you perform it the “cost increases”

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Obedience:

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Obedience: a form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority

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Altruism

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WHEN U DO SOMETHING THAT DOESNT BENEFIT U

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Diffusion of responsibility:

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when others are present the responsibility to help is divided among those present

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Bystander Effect:

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people are less likely to provide help when in groups

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Bystander Research

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Bystander Research Bystander won’t help if they don’t notice Decide if it is an emergency If an emergency: intervene or not Take on responsibility: begin to question self-efficacy and confidence Intervene regardless of cost

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Who we are more willing to help:

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People who are more similar to us Women are more likely to be helped than men Perceived responsibility: more likely to help those who we view as “true victims” Gender, Race and SES are all variables that impact rates of altruism.

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Attraction

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Situational Factors: Proximity: being near increases likelihood; Exposure/availability increases attraction Psychological Factors Similarity in attitudes, values and interests Physical Factors Body Shape: males as inverted triangles, females as hour glass Symmetry: bilaterally symmetrical more attractive

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Matching Hypothesis

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people tend to opt for those at their same level of attractiveness

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Gender Differences:

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males and females place significant emphasis on physical attraction in early stages of relationships, but the strength of this feature may not last as long for women (

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Passionate Love:

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Passionate Love: intensely emotional and physical

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Companionate Love:

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Companionate Love: deep affection, share emotional intimacy and friendship

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Intimacy:

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Intimacy: sense of closeness and sharing

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Passion:

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Passion: emotional, physical

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Commitment:

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efforts to maintain the relationship with difficulties and costs

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Tell me the triangle

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ans

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Prejudice:

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Prejudice: negative attitudes towards people based on membership in a group

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Stereotypes:

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Stereotypes: characteristics we attribute to people based on their membership in a group

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------------------ impact our impressions and attributions

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Prejudice and stereotypes impact our impressions and attributions

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Discrimination

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Discrimination: treat people differently and unfairly based on group affiliation

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Illusory correlation:

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Illusory correlation: people tend to overestimate the number of confirmations of an association between social traits.

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Self-serving bias:

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We attribute our successes to personal factors and our failures to situational forces.

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Fundamental Attribution Error (Bias):

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In contrast to the self-serving bias, we assume others’ failures are due to personal or internal or dispositional factors.

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collectivistic cultures

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People from collectivistic cultures are less prone to the fundamental attribution error or the self-serving bias

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counter biases

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but learning about them is one way to start the process.

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group membership

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Group Membership: We categorize ourselves as “in group” or “out group” and view our members in more favorable terms. Desire to put things into categories had some

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Homogeneity Bias:

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Homogeneity Bias: believe those in the “out group” are all the same, although we see the diversity within our own group

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group conflict.

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Working on a common task or goal (superordinate goal) is an effective way to reduce in/out group conflict.

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solutions for complex challenges such as systemic racism and bias.

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Teaching about implicit biases and challenging incorrect assumptions can be helpful in reducing negative stereotypes and behaviors. Direct contact with individuals from another group reduces prejudice. Intergroup contact can increase a new intergroup identity encouraging more positive and realistic perceptions of those in the other group. Direct contact through the development of intergroup friendships is a particularly successful method to reduce prejudice and negative attributions.