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Chapter 13 Flashcards

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What is the Social Psychology ?

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The study of how people influence others’ behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes

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What is mass hysteria ?

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A contagious outbreak of irrational behaviour

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3
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What is attribution ?

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Refers to the process of assigning cause to behaviour

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What is conformity ?

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The tendency to alter our behaviour as a result of group pressure

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What is deindividuation ?

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The tendency to engage in atypical behaviour when stripped of your usual identity

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What is groupthink ?

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An emphasis on group unanimity at the expense of critical thinking

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7
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What are cults ?

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Groups that exhibit intense and unquestioning devotion to a single cause

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What is obedience ?

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Adherence to orders from those of higher authority

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What is prosocial behaviour ?

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Behaviour intended to help others

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What is antisocial behaviour ?

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Includes aggresive acts

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What is bystander nonintervention ?

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When people see someone in need but fail to help them

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What is pluralistic ignorance ?

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Error of assuming that no one in a group perceives things as we do

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13
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What is diffusion of responsibility ?

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Reduction in feelings of personal responsibility in the presence of others

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14
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What is social loafing ?

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When people slack off in groups

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15
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What is the enlightment effect ?

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Exposure to reasearch

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16
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What is aggression ?

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Behaviour intended to harm, either physically or verbally

17
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What is relational aggresion ?

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Form of indirect aggresion involving spreading rumours, gossiping, and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation

18
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What is an attitude ?

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A beleif that includes an emotional component

19
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What is cognitive dissonance ?

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An unpleasant state of tension b/w two opposing thoughts

20
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What is the self-perception theory ?

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Proposes that we acquire our attitudes by observing our behaviours

21
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What is the impression management theory ?

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Proposes that we don’t really change our attitudes, but report that we have changed them

22
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What is Foot-in-the-Door ?

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Starts with a small request and moves to a larger one

23
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What is Door-in-the-face ?

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Starts big but then backs off

24
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What is the low-ball technique ?

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Starts with a low price, then “adds on” all the desireable options

25
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What is “But you are free” technique ?

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Gives the impression of choice

26
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What is a stereotype ?

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A belief about the characteristics of members of a group that is applied generally to most members of the group

27
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What are prejudices ?

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Drawing negative conclusions prior to evaluating the evidence

28
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What is the ultimate attribution error ?

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Attributing negative behaviour of some group entirely to thier disposition

29
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What is adaptive conservatism ?

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Evolutionary principle that creates a predisposition toward distrusting anything or anyone unfamiliar or different

30
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What is in-group bias ?

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We favour those within our group compared to those without

31
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What is out-group homogeneity ?

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The tendency to view people outside of our group as similar

32
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What is discrimination ?

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The act of treating members of out-groups differently from members of in-group

33
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What is the scapegoat hypothesis ?

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Arises from a need to balme other groups for our misfortunes

34
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What is the just-world hypothesis ?

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Claim that out attributions and behavious are shaped by a deep-seated assumption that the world is fair and all things happen for a reason

35
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What are explicit prejudices ?

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The forms of prejudice we are aware of

36
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What are implicit prejudice ?

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Prejudices that are automatic/unconscious

37
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What are jigsaw classroom ?

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Educational approach designed to minimize prejudice by requiring all children to make independent contributions to a shared project

38
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What is social comparison theory ?

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We seek to evaluate our our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others

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