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CH12 - social psychology Flashcards

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attitudes

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evaluations of people objects ideas and behavior

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message source

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the characteristics of a person who delivers a persuasive message, known as an ATTITUDE COMMUNICATOR, impact the message effectiveness

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characteristics of the message

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not just who, but what the message is like affects attitude. two sided messages including communicators position and the one theyre arguing against are more effective.

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characteristics of the target

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target may determine whether the message will be accepted.

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routes of persusasion

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central route
peripheral rout

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central route processing

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occurs when the recipient thoughtfully considers the issues and arguments involved in persuasion.
people are swayed in their judgments by logic merit and strength of arguments

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peripheral route processing

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occurs when people are persuaded on the basis of factors unrelated to the nature or quality of the content of a persuasive mssage.
factors that are irrelevant or extraneous to the issue such as who is providing the message, how long the arguments are, or emotional appeal influence the target.

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central route processing targets

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highly involved, motivated, attentive

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peripheral route processsing targets

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uninvolved, unmotivated, inattentive

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Cognitive dissonance

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the psychological tension that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes or thoughts. (Leon Festinger)

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ways to reduce cognitive dissonance

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modifying one or both of the cognitions
changing the perceived importance of one cognition
adding cognitions
denying that the two cognitions are related

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social cognition

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the way people understand and make sense of others and themselves

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schema

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sets of cognition about people and social experiences.
schemas organize information stored in memory, represent in our minds the way the social world operates, and give us a framework to recognize, categorize and recall information relating to social stimuli

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impression formation

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the process by which one person organizes information about another person to form an overall impression of that person

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central traits

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traits people pay particular attention to in order to help form an overall impression

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attribution theory

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seeks to explain how we decide on the basis of samples of an individuals behavior what the spefici causes of that person behavior are

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situational causes

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causes brought about by somethin in the enviornment

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dispositional cause

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prompted by a person disposition

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attribution biasses

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the halo effect
assumed similarity bias
the self serving bias
the fundamental attribution error

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the halo effect

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a phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics

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assumed similarity bias

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to think o f people as being similar to one self even when meeting them for the first time

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self serving bias

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the tendency to attribute success to personal factors and to attribute failure to factors outside oneself

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the fundamental attribution error

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tendency to over attribute others behavior to the dispositional causes and the corresponding failure to recognize the importance of situational causes.

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behavioral economics

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how individuals biases irrationally affect economic decisions

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social psychology

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the study of the ways in which peoples thoughts feelings and actions are affected by others and the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations

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social influence

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the process by which the actions of an individual or gorup affect the behavior of others.

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norms

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informal beliefs, expectations, and standards about what is appropriate behavior for group members

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conformity

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a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs of standards of other people

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compliance

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the type of behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure.

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techniques to gain compliance

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foot in the door technique
door in the face technique
thats not all technique
not so free sample

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foot in the door technique

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begins when someone asxk a target to comply with a small trivial request leading to a significantly larger request

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door in the face technique

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begins w a exceedingly larger ask, to be less compliant when the small ask is requested

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thats not all technique

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a great deal is offered but immediately after offered incentives discounts and bonus to clinch a deal

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not so free sample

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the norm of reciprocity; we treat people as they treat us. receiving a free sample activates the norm, and makes us feel like we should return the favor.

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industrial organizational psychology

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considers issues such as worker motivation, satisfaction, safety and productivity.

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obedience

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a change in behavior in response to the commands of others.

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stereotype

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a set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a specific group and its members.

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prejudice

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a negative/positive evaluation of a gorup and its members.

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descrimination

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behavior directed toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group

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self fulfilling prophecy

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expectations about the occurence of a future event or behavior that act to increase the likelihood the event or behavior will happen

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social identity theory

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we use group membership as a source of pride and self worth

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ethnocentric

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viewing the world from ones own perspective and judging others in terms of their group membership

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Implicit Association Test (IAT)

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allows measurement of attitudes about which people might not be consciously aware, as well as attitudes they wish to keep hidden from others.

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ways of reducing prejudice and descrimination

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  1. increasing contact between the target of stereotyping and the holder of the stereotype
  2. making values and norms against prejudice more conspicuous
    3 providing information about the targets of stereotyping
  3. reducing stereotype threat
  4. increasing the sense of social belonging of ethnic minority students.
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interpersonal attraction or close relationships

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the factors that lead to positive feelings for others

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factors that initially attract two people to each other

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proximity
mere exposure
similarity
physical attractiveness

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Types of love (per robert sternberg)

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Decision/commitment
intimacy component
passion component

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aggression

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the intentional injury of or harm to another person both on a societal level and on an individual elvel

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microagressions

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small daily slights put downs and insults often perpetrated against members of marginalized groups based on race gender and sexual orientation

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instinct theories approache to aggression

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the prevalence of aggression not only in humans but in animals as well, propose that aggression is primarily the outcome of innate or inborn urges

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catharsis

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aggressive energy constantly builds up in an individual until the person finally discharges it.
the longer the energy builds up the greater the amount of aggression displayed when it is discharged

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prosocial behavior

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helping behavior;

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frustration

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the experience of having ones goals thwarted or blocked which produces anger which leads to a readiness to act aggressively

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diffusion of responsibility

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  1. noticing a person event or situation that may require help
  2. interpreting the event as one thtat requires help
  3. assuming responsibility of helping
  4. deciding on and implementing the form of helping
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stress

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peoples response to events that threaten or challenge them.

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psychophysiological disorders

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medical problems that are influenecd by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties.

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types of stressors

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cataclysmic events
personal stressors
posttraumatic stress disorder
background stressors

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General Adaptive Syndronme (gas)

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  1. alarm and mobilization
  2. resistance
  3. exhaustion
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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

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the relationships among psychological factors, the immune system, and the brain

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stress consequences

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direct physiological effects
harmful behaviors
indirect health related behaviors

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coping

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efforts to control reduce or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress

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types of coping

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  1. emotion focused coping - manage emotions in the face of stress
  2. problem focused coping - attempts to modify the stressful problem or source of stress
  3. avoidant coping - wishful thinking (less effective)
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learned helplessness

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when people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled

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resilience

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the ability to withstand overcome and actuall thrive after profound adversity.

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effective coping strategies

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  1. turn a threat into a challenge
  2. make a threatening situation less threatening.
  3. change your goals.
  4. modify your phsyiological reactions to stress
  5. change the situations that are likely to cause stress
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ethnicity

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shared national origins or cultural patterns.

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