Class 1 Flashcards
social psychology
scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context
aggression
behavior whose purpose is to harm another (negative affect causes it)
frustration-aggression hypothesis
principle stating that animals aggresswhen their goals are frustrated
cooperation
behavior by two or more individuals that leads to mutual benefit
group
collection of people who have something in common that distinguished them from others
prejudice
positive or negative evaluation of another person based on their group membership
common knowledge effect
tendency for group discussions to focus on information that all members share
group polarization
tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than any member would have made alone
groupthink
tendency for groups to reach consensus in order to facilitate interpsonal harmony
dindividuation
phenomenon that occurs when immersion in a group causes people to become less aware of their individual values
diffusion of responsibility
tendency for individuals to feel diminshed responsibility for their actions when they are surrounded by others who are acting the same way
social loafing
tendency for people to expend less effort when in a group than when alone
bystander intervention
the act of helping strangers in an emergency situation
altruism
behavior that benefits another without benefitting oneself
kin selection
process by which evolution selects for individuals who cooperate with their relatives
reciprocal altruism
behavior that benefits another with the exception that those benefits will be returned in the future
mere exposure effect
tendency for liking to increase with the frequency of exposure
passionate love
experience involving feelings of euphoria, intimacy, and intense sexual attraction
companionate love
experience involving affection, trust, and concern for a partner’s well-being
comparison level
cost-benefit ratio that people believe they deserve or could attain in another relationship
equity
state of affairs in which the cost-benefit ratios of two partners are roughly equal
social influence
ability to change or direct another person’s behavior
hedonic motive
motivated to experience pleasure and to avoid experiencing pain
approval motive
motivated to be accept and to avoid being rejected
accuracy motivr
motivated to believe what is right and to avoid believing what is wrong
fun facts
dynamic interplay between person and situation (situations influence individuals and people don’t realize that)
fast intuitive response is to cooperate
slower deliberate response is less cooperative
social brain hypothesis that humans have huge neocortex
altruistic personality: moderately stable across time, personality might do with agreeable, empathy, moral reasoning
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bystander effect
effect whereby the presence of others inhibits helping
with more bystanders, less people intervene
what are the bystander intervention key steps
fun fact
they are: notice, interpret as emergency, take responsibilty for helping, decide how to help, provide help
