Ch6: Social Psychology Flashcards
incongruity
falling short of your ideal self
looking-glass self
idea that a person’s sense of self develops from the perspective of others
social behaviorism
the idea that the mind and self emerge through communicating with others
mores
norms that are highly important and enforced
folkways
norms that are not as highly important or enforced
anomie
social condition in which people are not provided with norms or guidance
differential association
idea that deviance is a learned behavior resulting from interactions between individuals and their communities
labeling theory
idea that deviance is society’s response to a person
structural strain theory
idea that deviance is the result of strain
Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
(1) obedience and punishment orientation
(2) self-interest
(3) interpersonal accord and conformity
(4) authority and social-order maintaining orientation
(5) social contract orientation
(6) universal ethical principles
attribution theory
how individuals attribute their actions
halo effect
tendency to believe the people have inherently good or bad natures
Iron Law of Oligarchy
as organizations grow, they become less able to adapt
bystander effect
Kitty Genovese effect
social loafing
tendency to exert less effort if evaluated as a group
group polarization
members of a group move towards more extreme views of their own opinions
Milgram
test of giving shocks to other people as a measure of obedience
normative social influence
based on what others will think
informational social influence
based on doing the right thing
nonverbal communication
not using words
elaboration likelihood model
discusses how people can be persuaded by content (central route) or secondary characteristics (peripheral route)
reciprocal determinism
interaction between person’s behaviors and environment
behavioral genetics
role of genes in behavior
