Chapter 13 vocab Flashcards
Social psychology
the section of psychology and how it deals with a social interactions and aspect in terms of how it came about and how it effects others and yourself.
attribution theory
to understand the behavior of others one tries to attribute feelings, beliefs, and intentions with them.
fundamental attribution error
overemphasis personal characeteristics while igorning situtional factors when judgeing someone.
attitude
a settled way of feeling or seeing someone
peripheral route persuasion
persuasion that does not rely on intrintic merits of an agurement.
central route persuasion
convincing others by stating facts or outcomes of the outcome
role
a set of behaviors expected of someone in a socail setting
cognitive dissonance theory
mental discomfort of holding two conflicting beliefs
conformity
When one changes their thoughts or beliefs to better match them with the group they are interacting with
normative social influence
a person comforms to be accepted and belong in a group. Doing this is because it will not cause them to be regected.
informational social influence
when one conforms to get an understanding or knowledge because they think someone else is right
social loafing
when one puts less work into getting to the end goal when in a group than they would by working alone
diendividuation
the center part of the brain
group polarization
Groups make more extreme decisions than they would alone
group thinking
a basic conclusion that didnt need complex thinking
prejudice
a preconceived judgement
