CH 11 - Social Psychology

Question 1

Social psychology

Answer 1

-study of how we think about, influence, relate to each other

Question 2

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 2

• when analyzing other’s behavior, we overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the situation

Question 3

Social thinking

Answer 3

• roles affect our attitudes

- cognitive dissonance: bring attitudes on line with our actions

Question 4

Social influence

Answer 4

-conformity: adjusting our behavior or thinking toward a group standard
Most likely when:
1. We feel incompetent or insecure
2. In a group where everyone agrees
3. Admire group status
4. Not committed to any response
5. Know that others will observe our behavior
6. Our culture respects social standards
-ex. asch line test

-obedience
Stanley Milgram study

-group influence
Social facilitation, social loafing, deindividuation, group polarization

Question 5

Social facilitation

Answer 5

-responses on individual tasks are stronger in the presence of others

Question 6

Social loafing

Answer 6

-less effort exerted when individuals contribute toward attaining a common group goal

Question 7

Deindividuation

Answer 7

-loss of self awareness and self restraint that occurs in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

Question 8

Group polarization

Answer 8

group strengthens everyones attitudes

Question 9

Social relations

Answer 9

• prejudice: unfair negative attitude towards a group
• human passions
  Aggression, attraction

-altruism

Question 10

social roots of prejudice

Answer 10

=prejudice: unfair and negative attitude towards group, act by discrimination

• just world phenomenon - people in bad situation must have deserved it
• ingroup bias
• forming categories

Question 11

Influences on aggression

Answer 11

• biological influences: genetics
• psychological influences: frustration
• social-cultural influences:modeling

Question 12

Psychology of attraction

Answer 12

• proximity
• physical attractiveness
• similarity

Question 13

attitude

Answer 13

feelings based in beliefs that influence how we respond to certain events

Question 14

foot in the door phenomenon

Answer 14

-people who agree to a small request will find it easier to agree to a larger one later

Question 15

groupthink

Answer 15

desire for agreement in a group overrides a realistic approach