ch 16 social psychology notes

Question 1

hitting an opponent who was just aggressive against someone on the team

Answer 1

hostile aggression

Question 2

advance a cause, silent, premeditated

Answer 2

instrumental aggression

Question 3

building blocks of social cognition

Answer 3

schemas

Question 4

a preference/aversion to a certain person or group

Answer 4

implicit bias

Question 5

scientific study of peoples thoughts, feelings, and behavior influenced by others

Answer 5

social psychology

Question 6

boxing, war, bullying

Answer 6

instrumental aggression

Question 7

when we are made aware of our attitudes, they will most likely guide our actions

Answer 7

looking glass effect

Question 8

people are motivated to have consistent attitudes and behaviors, when they do not they feel unpleasant mental tension

Answer 8

cognitive dissonance

Question 9

lose self awareness, restraint and anonymity

Answer 9

deindividuation

Question 10

underestimates situation and overestimate disposition

Answer 10

fundamental attribution error

Question 11

victory –> take credit
loss –> blame disposition

Answer 11

self serving bias

Question 12

deeply process the argument, logic, facts of the message

Answer 12

central route

Question 13

situation with the majority of the group members privately reject the norm but go along with it anyways

Answer 13

pluralistic ignorance

Question 14

to get attention, for a cause, emotionally charged

Answer 14

hostile aggression

Question 15

people are attracted to people who share similar interests

Answer 15

reciprocal liking

Question 16

healthy and symmetrical faces predicts how often you date

Answer 16

physical attractiveness

Question 17

target/blame someone for something that is not their fault

Answer 17

scapegoating

Question 18

typical accepted behavior

Answer 18

social norms

Question 19

like someone because they like you

Answer 19

reciprocal liking

Question 20

social facilitation

Answer 20

Zajonc

Question 21

people see members of own group as more diverse and judge other groups as more similar

Answer 21

outgroup homogeneity

Question 22

poorer performance in front of others

Answer 22

social inhibition

Question 23

good looking/well known speaker, heart tugging ad

Answer 23

PERIPHERAL route

Question 24

hands off leadership

Answer 24

laissez-faire

Question 25

more often you see a celebrity, the more likely you are to love them

Answer 25

mere exposure effect

Question 26

highlighting the features to a product+explaining why it works

Answer 26

central route

Question 27

influenced by incidental cues versus central merits

Answer 27

PERIPHERAL route

Question 28

if it affects self, blame situation and if it affects others, blame disposition

Answer 28

actor-observer effect

Question 29

start with small request and move to bigger ones

Answer 29

foot in the door

Question 30

unselfish concern for others

Answer 30

altruism

Question 31

risk of confirming sterotypes about an individiuals group

Answer 31

stereotype threat

Question 32

remember faces of same race, 9 months recognize own race

Answer 32

other race effect

Question 33

"everyone assists in discussion" leadership

Answer 33

democratic

Question 34

frustration makes aggression more likely (what theory)

Answer 34

frustration aggression hypothesis

Question 35

people feel less accountable in the presence of others

Answer 35

social loafing

Question 36

blue vs brown eyes study (discrimination)

Answer 36

Jane Elliott

Question 37

no action is taken because others are present

Answer 37

bystander effect

Question 38

belief that we should assist others in need without expecting any payback in return

Answer 38

social responsibility norm

Question 39

spread of behaviors, attitudes, and affect (emotions) through crowds and other social aspects

Answer 39

social contagion

Question 40

nearness, familiarity (what attraction factor)

Answer 40

proximity

Question 41

"make all decisions" leadership

Answer 41

autocratic

Question 42

shock conformity study

Answer 42

Milgram

Question 43

decision of group becomes more extreme than actual beliefs

Answer 43

group polarization

Question 44

start with a large request and shorten it to your actual request

Answer 44

door in the face

Question 45

role playing prison study

Answer 45

Zimbardo

Question 46

cognitive bias causes people to overestimate how much others are like them, think our belief is typical

Answer 46

false consensus effect

Question 47

people perform better (an easy task) in the presence of others

Answer 47

social facilitation

Question 48

desire for harmony in a group leads to bad decisions and modify beliefs to have harmony, agree even if you dont

Answer 48

groupthink