Ch 12 Flashcards
interested in all sects of personality and social interaction
social psychology
pertaining to indiivudals, emotions, attitudes, the self, social cognition
intrapersonal analysis
pertaining got pairs of groups, helping behavior, aggression, prejudice, attraction, group cohesion and conflict
interpersonal analysis
2 levels of analysis
intrapersonal and interpersonal
behavior determined by immediate environmental surroundings
situationism
behavior determined by internal factors
disposition
belief about cause of a result
attributing
3 attributions
locus of control, stability, controllability
valid reason for behavior, nothing to do with you but people see it as internal behavior
fundamental attribution error
avoid info that’s negative to someone you like
halo effect
what is with halo effect in individualistic culture
increased
what is with halo effect in collectivist culture
decrease
attributing other people behavior to int factors while attributable our own behavior to situational factors
actor observer bias
explains successes as die to dispositional characteristics and failure as due to situational characteristics
self serving bias
belief people get outcomes that they deserve
just world hypothesis
pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group
social roles
a groups expectations of what is appropriate and acceptable behavior for its members
norms
knowledge about seq of events except in a specific setting
scripts
our evolution of a person place or object
attitude
3 components of attitude
affective, behavioral, cognitive
which component of attitude deals with feelings
affective
which component of attitude deals with how we behave
behavioral
which component of attitude deals with belief and knowledge
cognitive
psychological discomfort arising from holding 2 or more inconsistent attitudes behaviors or cognition
cognitive dissonance