Ch 13: Social Psychology Flashcards
What is social psychology?
How people think about, influence, and relate to other people
What is the bystander effect and what is it a diffusion of?
People are less likely to help when others are present. (Diffusion of responsibility)
What is social cognition?
How people select, interpret, remember, and use social information.
What is a fundamental attribution error?
Overestimate the importance of internal traits and underestimate the importance of external causes.
What is positive illusions?
Views of ourselves that are not necessarily rooted in reality.
What is self-serving bias?
Tendency to take credit for success and deny responsibility for failure.
What is self-objectification?
Tendency to see oneself primary as an object in the eyes of others.
What is a stereotype threat?
A self-fulfilling fear about being judged on the basis of a negative stereotype about their group.
What is a social comparison?
Process by which we evaluate our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to other people.
What are attitudes?
Opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas
What is persuasion?
Trying to change someone’s attitude (and behavior)
What is altruism?
An unselfish interest in helping someone else
What is egoism?
Helping others for personal gain
What is aggression?
Social behavior with the objective of harming someone (physically or verbally)
