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Ch. 2 Social Psychology Flashcards

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Attribution Theory

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  1. the idea that you assing attributes or chrarcteristics to things or people that you dont necessarily know to be true
  2. “that man is a completlely irrational terrible person because he cut me off on the highway!”= you dont know that to be true
  3. attributes –> attribution
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Fundamental Attribution Error

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  1. when behavior is overly described or explain & blamed on dispositional causes (thats just the way something is)
  2. “that policer officier hates me and thats why he decided to pull me over, not because i was speeding…”
  3. extenuate your errors
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Cognitive dissonance

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  1. cognitive dissnonance is the act of experiencing a discomfort or split in beliefs when it comes to smoething you think you like… you tell ourself that you must like something because youre doing it in the first place (even though deep down you really dont like it)
  2. Joe is being hazed @ college & his parent sask him how the fraternity is going… he says he likes it, even though he does not but is still doing it
  3. stem away from, splitting, people pleasers
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  1. Halo effect
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  1. the idea that when you think someone is attractive you also think that theyre amazing and trustful and kind and funny, a good person, and smart etc, because they are attractive..
  2. “Bobby is so dreamy! He must go and help the homeless all the time…”
  3. dream guy, overly pbsessive girls
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  1. Self-serving bias
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  1. when you think that bad characterisitics about yourself are situational & caused by the situation you’re in. Not because you actually have that trait
  2. “i failed that test because that teacher sucks….”
  3. extenuate, excuse yourself, clueless
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  1. Social loafing
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  1. assuming that everyone else is going to do what you’re supposed to do (usually in a group)
  2. not playing your position on the soccer field because you assume that the other girls are gonna defend it for you
  3. loafing..loaf of bread..you’re such a loaf
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  1. Deindividuation
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  1. the idea that when you are in a group you are able to de-personalize things and are able to lose your sense of social identity…you stop being an individual and become just a “group member”
  2. KKK
  3. Blenders, blending in, wussies
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  1. Groupthink
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  1. when you dont bring up an alternative idea even when you could spare the group and make group harmony because you have the right info
  2. cuban missle crisis
  3. “i should of stepped up & said something”
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  1. Culture
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  1. the social, traditional, physical & identity of a civilization
  2. it is culture for men in india to greet one another with a kiss

..music, the way people dress, language, etc

  1. different for everyone, countries identity
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  1. Norm
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  1. something that is considered normal, usual, or frequent…
  2. its a norm in NYC to walk on the right side of the sidewalk
  3. Norm–>normal—>usual—> everyone assume it
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  1. Social control
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  1. when someone or something has (inwardly or outwardly) control over something that would be left to the determinates of soceity itself
  2. Jimmy and all this frineds who run the kickball field told everyone that if they play with Marvin they cant play dodgeball
  3. NYC has a lot of it
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  1. Minority influence
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  1. when a minority or lesser group (in size) is still able to make a recognizeable impact
  2. In CA, the native americans were able to start a civil rights movement even though there were few of them
  3. we can do it…so can minorities
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  1. In group bias
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  1. when you have the tendency to have a favoritism towards someone or something that you associate with (in a group)
  2. Reggie is on my kickball team and he is 50x better than whoever this new hotshot is.
  3. default to friends
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  1. Scapegoat theory
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  1. a person that you go to blame something on…when something goes wrong you want to blame sombody so you choose the easiest target
  2. minorities are usually scapegoats
  3. blame it on the goat
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  1. Just-world theory
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  1. “you get what you deserve”. thinking that the good people get the good things becuse they deserve it & that if you encounter misfortune you deserve it too
  2. the stripper was dressed like a (gross deragatory term), she deserved to be raped
  3. “blaming the victim”
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  1. Aggression
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  1. extreme anger or the act of beng outwardly upset in an offensive way
  2. Joey has a lot of agression, everytime he loses his game he throws his controller as hard as he can at the wall
  3. anger, meanie pants, Luke
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  1. Frustration-aggression principle
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  1. im mad that something bad happened, but i cant do anything about it SO then i can take it out on someone else
  2. americans taking out their anger about terrorism on random Muslim people
  3. guilty by association
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  1. Mere-exposure effect
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  1. the idea that the more you are around something, the more you are going to like it just bc you are in its presence more often
  2. i tend to like the people in my class a lot because i spend a lot of time with them
  3. commonalities..friends by default
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  1. Reward theory of attraction
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  1. the idea that we tend to like people who make us feel rewarded & appreciated
  2. you are okay with having that one friend who always asks for money because they are so grateful & compliment you a lot
  3. the mean girls to regina george
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  1. Self-disclosure
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  1. revealing things about yourself to others
  2. telling someone you arent BFF’s with details about your home life
  3. that drunk lonely guy at the bar
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  1. Altruism
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  1. acting selflessly because you genuinely care about the welfare of other people
  2. Homeless shelter owners have altruis,
  3. all true to you
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  1. Bystander effect
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  1. the idea that when in a more serious situation, you are not gonna do something about it because you assume that someone else around you will
  2. helping a man with an asthma attack on the street…everoyne watches assuming one out of EVERYONE will do something
  3. sitting ducks in the help department
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  1. Social exchange theory
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  1. cost-benefit analysis
  2. “should i throw this banana peel away?…im too lazy to walk to a trashcan…but then will someone slip on it?…”
  3. what is the easiet for me vs. what will happen if im selfish/lazy
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  1. Self-fulfilling prophesy
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  1. the idea that you already have a thought in your head about something, then you act a certain way so it fits your original thought
  2. “im gonna hate those new 3rd graders that come in..”

*they arrive*

“wow, yup i hate them theyre so annoying”

  1. dont disprove yourself
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  1. Superordinate goals
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  1. a common goal that is bigger than ourselves and causes us to work together
  2. builiding a new cafeteria for the camp even when the camp has 6 teams… everyone has to work on it together
  3. super-goal, cant do it alone

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