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CHAPTER 13 Flashcards

1
Q

Social Psychology is the study of ______

A

Study of how people influence (and are influenced by) the
behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes of other people and groups

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2
Q

Humans are a ______ species in how they interact with each other.

A

Social

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3
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What is the theory that assumes that we evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others

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Social Comparison Theory

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4
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Rachel sees her friends brand new car, and decides to get a new car herself right after. This is an example of __________

A

Upwards social comparison

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5
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John sees his friends broken bicycle, and thinks to himself how much he appreciates his working one. This is an example of ________

A

Downwards social comparison.

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6
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________ occurs when emotions, attitudes, or behaviour is spread and shared through a group of people.

A

Social Contagion.

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7
Q

A protest that is peaceful randomly escalates into a violent one after one person breaks a window is, this is known as ________ .

A

Mass hysteria

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8
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Riots, protests, are common examples of ______-

A

Collective Action.

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9
Q

An urban legend or superstitions of a culture are examples of ________

A

Collective knowledge

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10
Q

the feeling of energy
and harmony when a group shares a common
experience.

A

Collective effervescence

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11
Q

When your favorite band starts chanting the chorus of a song, and the entire arena joins in sync.

A

Collective effervescence

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12
Q

Ross and colleagues created this theory regarding the process of falsely assigning causes to behaviors and underestimating the real reason.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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13
Q

____ is the process of assigning the cause of a behavior is related to the person.

A

Internal Attributions

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14
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____ is the process of assigning the cause of a behavior is related to the situation or the environment.

A

External Attributions

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15
Q

This study by __________ showed that Participants believed the author’s
true beliefs were similar to the topic they
were assigned to write

A

Jones and Harris

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16
Q

Changing behavior due to pressure from another person or group is known as ________

A

Conformity

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17
Q

This study showed that people will choose wrongly from a set of lines if confederates influence the wrong answer.

A

Asch Conformity Study

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18
Q

A person is a smart student when alone, but with friends that are gang members, he does small crimes. This is an example of _______

A

Deindividuation (engaging in atypical
behaviour when stripped of your
usual identity)

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19
Q

tendency to make decisions/actions that
focus on group unanimity at the expense of critical
thinking and objectivity

A

Groupthink

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20
Q

The Stanford Prison Experiment is a great example of _________.

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Deindividuation

21
Q

Three of your friends say that you should steal a chocolate bar, you think its stupid but do it because they all think its a good idea. This is an example of ________

A

Groupthink

22
Q

Groups that exhibit intense and unquestioning
devotion to a single cause

A

Cults.

23
Q

Which one of these IS NOT a trait of cults.
1. Have a charismatic leader who fosters/demands loyalty
2. Isolated and disconnected from the outside world
3. Members are not free to leave, surveilled, controlled
4. Being able to ask Questions

A
  1. Being able to ask Questions
24
Q

You see a regular-looking car and a guy gets out with a police uniform, he seems suspicious but because of his uniform, you think that you should just comply. This is an example of ______

A

Obedience

25
Q

A study by _______ involved measuring obedience using electric shocks.

A

Milgram’s Study

26
Q

Behavior intended to help others is known as _________

A

Prosocial

27
Q

Behavior intended to harm others is known as ______

A

Antisocial

28
Q

Kitty Genovese is a good example of the ____________ effect

A

Bystander Effect

29
Q

occurs when the presence of other people
reduces the chance that someone will intervene or help in a
situation where help is needed.

A

Bystander Effect

30
Q

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

A

Pluralistic Ignorance

31
Q

reduction in feelings of personal
responsibility in the presence of others

A

Diffusion of responsibility

32
Q

You hear a scary scream but everyone around you is unnoticing, so you disregard it. This is a good example of ________

A

Pluralistic Ignorance.

33
Q

_______ occurs when people
put in less effort when working in a
group versus when working alone

A

Social loafing

34
Q

helping other people for unselfish reasons is known as _______

A

Altruism

35
Q

behavior intended to harm
another person, specifically verbally or physically

A

Aggression

36
Q

Attitude is closely correlated to actual behavior (TRUE / FALSE)

A

FALSE

37
Q

A study regarding how much participants were likely to base enjoyability of a boring task based on being given cash was done by this person.

A

Leon FESTINGER

38
Q

an unpleasant state of psychological tension that
arises when we have conflicting beliefs or inconsistency between our
thoughts and our actions

A

Cognitive dissonance

39
Q

The Two pathways to persuasion were ______ and ______

A

Central route (informational content)
Peripheral Route (surface aspects, rhetoric)

40
Q

A persuasion technique that starts with small request and
moves to a larger one

A

Foot-in-the-door

41
Q

A persuasion technique that starts big but then backs off

A

Door-in-the-face

42
Q

A persuasion technique that starts with a low price then
“adds-on”

A

Low-ball technique

43
Q

a set of belief (positive/negative)
about the characteristics of a group and its
members

A

Stereotype

44
Q

Drawing negative conclusions about
a person/group based on their group identity

A

Prejudice

45
Q

behavioural manifestation of
prejudice

A

Discrimination

46
Q

______ means that we favour those within our group compared to those without

A

In-group bias

47
Q

__________ is the tendency to view people outside of our group as similar

A

Out-group homogeneity

48
Q

TRUE / FALSE “Prejudice can be both implicit and explicit”

A

TRUE

49
Q

How to combat prejudice

A

Intergroup prejudice can be reduced through
contact:
A) groups should cooperate toward shared goals
B) contact between groups should be enjoyable
C) The groups should interact on equal status
D) Group members should disconfirm negative
stereotypes
E) Group members should have the potential for
friendship

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