Chapter 16: Social Psychology

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Social psychology

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Study of how others influence our thoughts feelings and actions
Ex. Conforming

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Reciprocity

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Mutual dependence action or influence
Equal exchange of favors
Ex. I do this you do that for me

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Attribution

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An explanation for the cause of behaviors or events

Ex. Why it happened

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Fundamental attribution error

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Miss judging the causes of others behaviors as due to internal dispositional causes rather than external situational ones

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Saliency bias

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Focusing on the most noticeable factors when explaining the cause of behavior
Ex. Blame the victims

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Just word phenomenon

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See to believe that people generally get what they deserve

Ex. Mess with the bull you get the horns

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Self serving bias

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Can credit for our success and externalizing are failures

Ex. Bad things aren’t my fault

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Attitude

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Learned predisposition to respond cognitively affectively and behaviorally to particular object
Ex. Sassy

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Cognitive dissonance

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A feeling of discomfort resulting from a mismatch between attitude and behavior or between two competing attitudes
Ex. Have to write a report on soemthing u don’t agree with

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Prejudice

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Generally negative attitude towards members of a group; includes thoughts feelings and behavioral tendencies
Ex. I don’t like black people

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Stereotype

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A set of beliefs about the characteristics of people in a group that is generalized all group members; also, the cognitive component of prejudice
Ex. Black people cant swim

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Discrimination

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Negative behaviors directed at members of a group

Ex. Only hanging out with white people

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In group favoritism

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Viewing members of the angry more positively than the members of an outgroup
Ex. Only liking the popular kids

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Outgroup homogeneity affect

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Judging members of an outgroup as more like in the starburst the members of the ingroup
Ex. Labeling Iraqis towel heads to make it more acceptable to kill them

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Interpersonal attraction

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Positive feelings toward another

Ex. Thinking somebody is a baddie

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Proximity

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Attraction based on geographic closeness

Ex. Being closer is so better

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Need complementarity

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Attraction toward those with qualities we admire but personally lack
Ex.

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Need compatibility

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Attraction based on sharing similar needs

Ex. Both like making money

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Romantic love

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Intense feeling of attraction to another within an erotic context and with future expectations
Ex. Being in luv

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Companion love

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Strong and lasting attraction characterized by trust, caring, tolerance and friendship
Ex. Tru luv

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Conformity

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Changing behavior because of real or imagined group pressure

Ex. Everybody says yes so u say yes

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Normative social influence

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Conforming to group pressure out of a need for approval and acceptance
Ex. Doing drugs bc everybody else is doing drugs

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Norm

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Cultural role of behavior prescribing what is acceptable in a given situation
Ex. Personal space

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Informational social influence

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Conforming because of the need for information and direction

Ex. Thinking others are smarter than u

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Reference groups

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people we conform to our go along with because we like and admire them and want to be like them
Ex. I wanna be superman so I act like him

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Obedience

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Following direct commands usually from authority figure

Ex. Cleaning my room when my moms says too

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Deindividuation

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Reduce self-consciousness inhibition and personal responsibility that sometimes occurs in a group, particularly when the members feel anonymous
Ex. If one other person agrees you’re okay

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Group polarization

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Groups movement towards either riskier or more conservative behavior, depending on the members initial dominant tendency
Ex.

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GroupThink

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Faulty decision-making that occurs when a highly cohesive group strives for agreement and avoids inconsistent information
Ex. Silly thinking

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Aggression

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Behavior intended to harm someone

Ex. Hitting somebody

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Frustation aggression hypothesis

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Blocking of the desired goal frustration creates anger that may lead to aggression
Ex. Mom says you can’t go to the movies so you get mad

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Altruism

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Actions designed to help others with no obvious benefit to the helper
Ex. Do good for no reason

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Egoistic model

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Helpings that motivated by anticipated gain later reciprocation increase self-esteem or voidance of distress and guilt

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Empathy Altruism hypothesis

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Helping because of empathy for someone in need

Ex. Having a good heart

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Diffusion of responsibility

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The dilution of personal responsibility for acting by spreading it among all other group members
Ex. Saying it wasn’t my fault

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Foot in the door Technique

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A first small request is used as a set up for later larger request
Ex. Curby vacuums