Chapter #13 Flashcards
What is Social Psychology?
understanding how the presence of others affects our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
What are Social Norms?
Rules that Regulate social life.
what is Conversational distance?
how close people stand to each other when talking.
-this can increase with social comfort.
What are Sexual/ Romantic scripts?
set of unsaid rules that specify proper sexual/dating for a person.
-ex. what happens on the first date.
what is the gender nature of CAN/USA romance scripts?
-men are active, aggressive and in control
-Women are reactive and naive.
What was the Flip Side video about?
Women switched roles with the stereotypical male at a bar.
-Reversing gender roles.
what is the mere exposure effect/ the girl next door affect?
the tendency to like a person more if we are exposed to the person repeatedly.
Social Characteristics: Homophily?
that tendency to have contact with people who are similar.
Personal characteristics: Matching phenomenon?
the tendency for men and women to choose partners who match them.
-similar attitudes, intelligence and attractiveness.
physical attractiveness?
important across all relationship types and sexual orientations.
-more important to males than females.
the interpersonal market?
Women’s Worth
-historically based on attractiveness
Men’s Worth
-historically based on success.
Reinforcement theory: we like people who confer rewards on us?
interacting with similar others is emotionally, socially and materially rewarding.
evolutionary theory: sexual strategies theory?
mating is about reproduction
-healthy fertility and youth.
likability?
you might think your friends are hotter than they are.
-you are attracted more towards someone’s personality then someone’s physical attractiveness. “looks aren’t everything”.
what is Persuasion?
the process of influencing attitudes and behaviours through communications.
-tipping, flirting, volunteering.
what is conformity?
taking actions or adopting attitudes as a result of group pressure.
-tendency to act or think like the people around us.
what is obedience?
following orders from a person perceived to be in a position of authority.
what is social cognition?
how we think about and feel towards others.
what is the validity affect?
the tendency to believe something is true simply because it has been repeated.
what is the familiarity effect?
the tendency for people to become more positive towards people they become more familiar with.
