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chapter 13 - social Flashcards

1
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what is social psychology?

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the branch of psychology that deals with how the individuals is affected by others
studies interactions between the person and the situation

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what is mimicry?

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taking in for ourselves that behaviours emotional displays and facial expressions of others

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what is the chameleon effect?

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non conscious mimicry of others that involves automatically copying others without realizing it

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what are social norms?

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guidelines for how to behave in social context

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what is social facilitation?

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improvement in performance because others are present
seen in both physical and mental tasks

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6
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what is social loafing?

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tendency to expend less individual effort when working in a group than when working alone

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what is group polarization?

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when people if similar views form a group, discussion within group makes their views more extreme

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what is groupthink?

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pursuit of social harmony, the group makes decisions without open exchange of ideas
leads to less thinking

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what is conformity?

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adjusting out behaviour or thinking to fit in with a group standard

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what are the two types of social influence explains conformity?

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normative social influence: they know they are wrong but they want to belong on the group
informational social influence: starts doubting themselves

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11
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what is destructive obedience?

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does something bad because a higher up was giving orders

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12
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what factors increase obedience?

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remoteness of victim
closeness of authority figure
someone else does the dirty work
when all other participants obey no one disobeys
personal characteristics not important

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13
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what is the by standard effect?

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finding that people are less likely to provide needed help when they are in groups than when they are alone

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14
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what contributes to the bystander effect?

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diffusion of responsibility
pluralistic ignorance

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when are bystanders most likely to help?

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appears to be in need, deserving of assistance
is a woman or you see a similarity in them to yourself
insmall town or rural area
you feel guilt
see someone else helping
not preoccupied
you are in a good mood

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16
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what are social roles?

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specific sets of expectations for how someone in a specific position should behave

17
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what are attributions?

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judgements about causes of our own and other people’s behaviour and outcomes

18
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what is depositional attributes?

A

believe behaviours caused by the person’s inner traits

19
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what is situational attributes?

A

believe behaviour caused by aspects of the situation

20
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what is a fundamental attribution error?

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when someone does something they don’t think about the impact if the situation

21
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what is a self serving bias?

A

use dispositional attributions for success and situational attributions for failure

22
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what is an implicit attitude?

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an attitude of which the individual is unaware of

23
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what is a stereotype?

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generalized impressions based on social categories

24
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what is prejudice?

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negative stereotypical attitudes towards all members of a group

25
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what are the social roots of prejudice?

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social inequality
us vs them

26
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what is attraction?

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physical proximity
similarity
physical attractiveness

27
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what is passionate love?

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a state of strong attraction interest and excitement that is delt so strongly that people are absorbed in each other

28
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what is compassionate love?

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deep caring, affectionate and strong attachment or commitment

29
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what is a secure adult attachment?

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warm responsive parenting = secure attached baby

30
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what is avoidant adult attachment style?

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cool rejecting parenting = avoidant attached baby

31
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what is ambivalent adult attachment style?

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ambivalent inconsistent parenting = ambivalent attached baby

32
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what are attitudes?

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positive or negative evaluative reactions towards a stimulus

33
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what is persuasion?

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source, message and receiver

34
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what is the foot in the door technique?

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get them to agree to something small so they will agree to something larger later

35
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what is the door in the face technique?

A

ask them something large expecting a rejection, then they are more likely to agree to a smaller ask

36
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what is the self perception theory?

A

says that we infer our attitude by observing out behavious

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