Chap 13 social psych

Question 1

What are attributions

Answer 1

Motivation to understand others and their behaviours and find an explanation

Question 2

What is dipositional

Answer 2

The behaviour is placed bc this person has certain characteristics or effort or emotion

Question 3

What is situational in attributions

Answer 3

Use situation or external factors for behaviours

Question 4

What is an interaction in attribuiton

Answer 4

We take a look between the person and the situation

Question 5

What is the fundamental attribution error

Answer 5

When we explain someones behaviour when we dont know them or the factors for their behaviours

Question 6

What are some exceptions with the fundamental attribution error

Answer 6

Were less likely to fall into that if compassion kicks in, when we know the person well,if were part of a collectivist culture or when explaining out own behaviours

Question 7

What is the actor observer bias

Answer 7

The same behaviour is explained differently whether we are the actor or we see someone else act like that

Question 8

What is the self serving bias

Answer 8

How do we explain our success or failure

Question 9

What is false consensus effect

Answer 9

We believe that others share our opinions when they do

Question 10

What is conformity

Answer 10

When we change our behaviours to match what others think or believe

Question 11

Whos is the one who studied conformity

Answer 11

Solomon asch

Question 12

When is conformity higher

Answer 12

When its unanimous, out loud, ambiguous , when theres doubt in our own knowledge ,when we admire, when we have low self-esteem, locus of control , collectivism ,women and teens

Question 13

Why do we conform

Answer 13

Because of normative and informal social influences

Question 14

What is normative social influence

Answer 14

We want to be accepted and liked / included

Question 15

What is informal social influence

Answer 15

We have the need to be right and have a good judgment in case we have to turn to them and follow them

Question 16

who is the pioneer of group think

Answer 16

JANIS

Question 17

What is group think

Answer 17

It is a maladaptive way of thinking in a group
This is when we chose one to be a leader and we become a yes man which leads to bad decisions

Question 18

How do we counter act group think

Answer 18

The leader must encourage critical thinking and also assign a devil’s advocate

Question 19

Who is known for studying social roles

Answer 19

ZIMBARDO

Question 20

What happens when you give people power

Answer 20

They get drunk out of it and become their role.

Question 21

What is agression

Answer 21

An action that is there to harm ,hurt or destroy something or someone that does not wat to be harmed

Question 22

Who is more likely to use verbal agression

Answer 22

Girls

Question 23

Who is more likely to use physical agression

Answer 23

Boys

Question 24

What is instrumental agression

Answer 24

When we agress something/someone to get something out of it

Question 25

What is hostile agression

Answer 25

When our goal is to hurt them

Question 26

Why are people more agressive

Answer 26

Because of genetics, when theres little activity in the MAOA gene , there’s a high probability of having aggression

Question 27

In the brain what is linked to agression

Answer 27

Low serotonin, having a smaller frontal love and the amygdala is linked to agression

Question 28

What do hormones and agression have in common

Answer 28

When people have high testosterone and stress hormones they are said to be more aggressive

Question 29

What can also influence aggression in people

Answer 29

Intense physical pain and hot days

Question 30

How can people become aggressive

Answer 30

Via observation or modelling

Question 31

What is another form of learning agression

Answer 31

The violence in the media, if were constantly shown aggressive behaviours, we hare more likely to cope them ( ESPECIALLY CHILDREN)

Question 32

What is desensitization

Answer 32

When were exposed to the media too much and we tolerate violence,have less empathy for people in real life and give lenient sentences to criminals

Question 33

What can be done with aggression

Answer 33

Nature and nurture help a child become less aggressive

Question 34

What are some prosocial behaviours

Answer 34

to help someone regardless of that they are doing

Question 35

What is altruism

Answer 35

To help someone else only to want to help and not to gain anything form it

Question 36

What is reciprocal alturism

Answer 36

I help you, you help me

Question 37

What is reciprocity norm

Answer 37

TO help those who help us

Question 38

What are the 2 reasons of the bystandard effect

Answer 38

Diffusion of responsibility and inforamtional social influence, and if we feel we are not skilled enough were no going to help

Question 39

What is pluralistic ignorance

Answer 39

We cope other people doing nothing because we don’t know what to do

Question 40

Who are the 2 who studied the bystander effect

Answer 40

Darley and Latanne

Question 41

How to combat the bystander effect

Answer 41

We must know when something is going on,we must decide its an emergency , we have to take responsibility and help

Question 42

Things we can do to encourage others to help

Answer 42

Request someone to help us, and be direct

Question 43

what is the door in the face technique

Answer 43

Making a large request and know they will say no, but make a smaller request ( what we want) and get a yes