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What is social psychology?

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The way thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by “other” people or the situations more broadly

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Actual

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individual who is present and influence your behavior
ex: parents tell you to clean your room or friends inviting/not out

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Imagined

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Not an actual person. No one actually told you that
ex: your inner critic talking to you

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What is sociology?

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social class, social structure, and institutions

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Similarities between social psychology and sociology?

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focus on power of social situations

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Difference between social psychology and sociology

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sociology focuses more on society whereas social psychology focuses more on the individual

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Similarities between social psychology and personality psych

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both try to explain human, social behavior

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Difference between personality psychology and social psychology

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social psych aims to identify universal properties of human behavior whereas personality psychology focuses on individual differences

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3 ways to test a hypothesis

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correlational, experimental, and field/observational studies

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Correlation

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A number that represents the strength or common trend of a relationship between 2 variables (-1 to 1)

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what is a laboratory experiment?

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a procedure used to test whether one event (manipulated) causes another event (measured)

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why is random assignment important in laboratory experiments?

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-helps remove bias, confounding variables, and individual differences
-makes it more representative of the population

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independent variable

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-the variable that is being applied
-control condition

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dependent variable

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the variable that is influenced

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Field study

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aka observational study
-the study or experiment conducted in its natural setting
-ex: see people drink at northgate

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Why is it important to recognize differences between correlations, field experiments, and experiments

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To find the best fit for what you’re looking for

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what is a group?

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-2 or more people who interact and are interdependent in a sense that their needs and goals cause them to interact with each other
-a collection of people, usually people who are doing/being something together

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why are groups important?

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-safety
-sense of belonging/ identity

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ingroup

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a group you belong to

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outgroup

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-percieved as part of a different group
-group you’re not in

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What are the 2 characteristiscs of groups?

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social norms and social roles

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what are social norms?

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-norms about acceptable and sometimes expected behaviors
-universe vs. culturally defined
-ex: different greetings

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what are social roles?

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-specify how particular people in the groups should behave
-purpose is functionality
ex: if managers know their roles, everyone works better

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what is social facilitation?

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the tendency for people to do “better” on simple or well rehearsed tasks in the presence of others

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what people/experiments are associated with social facilitation?

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Triplett: bike race experiment and came up with social facilitation
Zajonc: studied WHEN social facilitation occurs
All behave faster in the presence of others (roach experiment of them racing and one has spectators)
The presence of others causes physiological arousal and makes people rigid (display dominant response)

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What is social loafing?

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-tendency for people to reduce effort when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance cannot be evaluated (no consequences)
-no evaluate concerns= no increase in arousal (won’t change behavior)

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What is deindividuation?

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-The loosening of normal constrains when people are in a crowd, leading to an increase in impulse and deviant acts
-increases obedience to group norms (sometimes we don’t think and just do it)
-ex: might do something on gameday that we normally would not

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What might cause deindividuation?

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-anonymity by blending in with large groups
-the more anonymous, the more likely you are to do horrible tasks
-diffusion of responsibility
-heightened arousal

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What are consequences of deindividuation?

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reduced sense of identity

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Do more people facilitate optimal decisions?

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No because there is groupthink. We all know something the others don’t

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What is groupthink?

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when maintaining group cohesiveness becomes more important than solving the problem
ex: challenger space shuttle. A red flag but only 1 person brought it up, so others dismissed it. Everyone in hindsight said the person was right

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What is group polarization?

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the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than initial beliefs of members

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3 things that influence moral behavior

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-social facilitation
-groupthink
-deindividuation

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what is social influence?

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influence others have on our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors

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what is conformity?

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-changing our behaviors so we are more like the people around us.
-A change in a behavior or a belief as a result of real or imagined norms in a group

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what are social norms?

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rules of how to act in various situations
-implicit vs explicit

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What are 2 types of social norms?

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explicit: clearly defined. typically written out (class rules, work rules, hat @ MSC)
implicit: unspoken rules but still expected to be followed

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Why do people conform?

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-Informational social influence and normative social influence
-want to know what we’re thinking/doing is the right thing

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what is informational social influence?

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Conformity from a concern to act in a socially approved way determined by how others act (desire to be correct)
ex: you are driving when suddenly all the cars start to merge into one lane. You do the same without necessarily knowing why

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What is the Autokinetic Effect study?

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-conducted by Sherif, 1936
-to see we would conform to be correct
-people estimated how much the dot was moving. was not moving at all because it was tricking the brain
-when alone: answers did not change
-with others: overtime answers started to come together
INFORMATIVE SOCIAL INFLUENCE

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What is normative social influence?

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-conforming out of the desire to BELONG not be correct
-ex: dressing like people around you

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Asch’s study

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-thought conformity was overblown
-test if people thought something was ambiguous, they would not conform.
-people matching two lines together with an obviously correct answer.
99% of people chose correctly when alone
76% of people conform at least once in a group
Conclusion: presence of incidental may make us deny our own unambiguous correct judgements
NORMATIVE SOCIAL INFLUENCE

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What increases social influence?

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-increase: increasing group size (up to approx. 4 ppl)
-decrease: presence of just 1 dissender

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What is obedience?

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following a direct order or command typically from someone in power

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What experiment is associated with obedience?

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-Stanley miligram experiment: blind obedience
-Teacher punishes with shock. 65% shocked to the end
-Conclusion: human nature cannot be counted on to insulate man from brutality at the hands of his fellow man when orders come from what is perceived as a legitimate authority

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what is compliance?

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acting in accord with a request

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What is Cialdini’s 6 principles of compliance?

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getting people to say yes- all abt perception
1. friendships
2. authority
3. social validation
4. consistency
5. reciprocity rule
6. scarcity principle

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what is social validation in terms of Cialdini’s principles

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normative social difference, if everyone does something, you want to do it too

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what is consistency in relation to Cialdini’s principles

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once committed to a position, more willing to comply w requests consistent with this position
-want our beliefs to align w each other so we are more likely to comply w those beliefs (cognitive dissonance)

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what are 2 methods of using consistency in Cialdini’s principles

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foot in the door: initial request then larger request
ex: experiment with political candidate marketing and signs
if YES to small request, YES to larger one
lowball procedure: offer a good deal then change to less desirable deal

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what is persuassion?

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-change in belief, attitude, or behavior as a result of receiving a message
-Well meaning: education manipulative: mind control
-More long-term than changing attitude (if you believe this is the right thing to do, don’t need outside sources to tell you)

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Perception vs compliance

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perception is changing beliefs
compliance other person has a more neutral perspective

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what are source characterisitcs?

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characteristics of person delivering message including attractiveness, credibility, and expertise

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what are 2 ideas of source characteristics?

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halo effect: one positive trait (attractiveness) suggests that the other traits are also “good” (trustworthiness, intelligence, etc)
attractiveness: why do attractive people persuade us? “if i do it it’s like we’re like them

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what are the 2 components of source credibility?

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expertise and trustworthiness

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what is the sleeper effect?

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overtime, people separate from messenger

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what is message characteristics?

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aspects of the message itself
-quality of the message
-stronger arguments are better (ex:comprehensive exam before graduating)
-vivid images: lead to attitude change because we think it’s true)

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What is one sided vs 2 sided?

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1: solely advocates for one
2: advocates but 1 but acknowledges other side

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what is the elaboration likelihood model/ model of persusaion

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-How our attitudes can change
-explain how people process stimuli differently and how these processes change attitudes and consequently behavior

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what is deep/central route of attitude change?

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-Uses direct, relevant, logical messages assuming audience is motivated and will think carefully about what is presented
-Deliberating on relevant info: strength of arguments and require thought and effort

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what is needed to consider something deeply?

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1) ability (time and mental load)
2) motivation

-personal relevance contribute
-people focus most intently on issues that involve them directly

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what is FAP?

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-Fixed action patterns
innate behavior that occur in a fixed manner every time elicited –even after stimulus is gone
-same across all species

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what is the shallow route in the Elaboration Likelihood Model?(ELM)

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-influenced by incidental cues that trigger automatic acceptance without much thinking
-Not thinking carefully about what you’re saying
-Relies on psychological techniques like FAP
-cognitive missers (don’t like to think too deeply
-heuristics
ex: attractiveness

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when do people over-rely on heuristics?

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when ability to process is slow

65
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presenting the message of education

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info may be framed as objective info. (Ex: car salesperson saying they are a product consultant. Not there to sell you but show and educate you on what cars they have)

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worth of mouth

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we trust people we know more when making decisions

67
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Maven

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an expert (friend) that knows people and are most likely to get asked for their opinion.

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Lowball procedure

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offer a good deal then change to less desirable deal

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Door-in-the-face

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large request expecting rejection, follow with smaller request (their target all along)

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And that’s not all

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presenting an initial large request and then, before the person can respond, immediately making the request more attractive

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Sunk cost trap

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cognitive bias that causes people to stick with a plan, course, or approach that isn’t working because of how much has already been invested in it

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Psychological reactance

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-people resent being controlled
-emerges when people experience a threat to or loss of their free behaviors

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what is the principle of Defending Against Unwelcome Persuassion? and what is type of it?

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People who are subjected to weak versions of a persuasive message are less vulnerable to stronger versions later on
- Stinging: more aggressive; confronted participants with their gullibility

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Social comparison

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people value their worth by in comparison to others
-We prefer to compare to those who are even worse than we are

75
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Downward social comparison

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we seek out and compare ourselves to less fortunate

76
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Collective self-esteem

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if our self-esteem is shaken by a personal setback, we can focus on our group’s success and prestige

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Sociometer model

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self-esteem depends on perceived social value that fluctuates as one feels valued by those around him or her

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Social integration

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groups tend to form when people become dependent on one another for the satisfaction of their needs

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Evaluation apprehension

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the fear felt by an individual who is performing a task in front of others or being judged by others

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Key ingredients to teamwork

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shared mental representation of task and group unity

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Group cohesion

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the extent to which group is united in the pursuit of common goals and objectives
-Performance quality influences cohesion more than cohesion influences performance

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Common knowledge effect

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tendency for groups to spend more time discussing info that all members know and less time examining info that only a few members know

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Social identity theory

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people’s self-concepts and self-esteem are influence by groups they belong in

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What is Tuckman’s theory?

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groups usually pass through several stages of development as they change from a newly formed group into an effective team

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what are the 5 stages to group development?

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1.) Forming
2.) Storming (find themselves in conflict)
3.) Norming (roles develop)
4.) Performing (group can work to achieve goals)
5.) Adjourning phase (group disbands)

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what are attitudes?

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opinions, feelings, and beliefs about a person, concept, or group

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Stereotyping

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a way of using info shortcuts about a group to effectively navigate social situations or make decisions
-Inescapable ways to deal with huge amounts of social info

88
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Prejudice

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how a person feels about an individual based on their group membership

89
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Discrimination

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when a person is biased against an individual because of the individuals social category and they ACT on that stereotype

90
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Stigmatized groups

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groups that suffer from social disapproval based on some characteristics that sets them apart from the majority

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“Culture of honor”

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cultural background that emphasizes personal or family rep and social status

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Research confederate

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an actor working w the researcher

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Social cognition

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the way we think about the social world and how we perceive others

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Social attribution

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when we make guesses about the motives of others

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fundamental attribution error

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the way we attribute people’s actions to personality traits while overlooking situational influences
-Allows person to maintain their self-esteem while dismissing bad behavior to others (ex: sports team roughness)

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Complex experimental designs

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an experiment w 2 or more independent variables

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what is a type of naturalistic observation

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Electronically activated recorder (EAR)- methodology where participants wear a small audio recorder that intermittently records snippets of ambient sounds around them

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“Basking in reflected glory”

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tendency for ppl to associate themselves w successful people/groups

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Survey research

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method of research that involves administering questionnaire to respondent

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Implicit Association Test? (IAT)

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computer categorization task that measures strength of association between specific concepts over several tries
(non-conscious research method)

101
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what is priming?

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exposing people to tone stimulus makes certain thoughts, feelings, or behaviors more important
(non-conscious research method)

102
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TMT (terror management theory)

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proposes that humans manage anxiety that stems from inevitability of death by embracing frameworks of meaning like cultural values and belief
(non-conscious research method)

103
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social/behavioral priming

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priming to unwittingly influence behavior
(non-conscious research method)

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Manipulation check

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measure used to determine whether manipulation of the independent variable has had its intended effect on the participants
(non-conscious research method)

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Archival research

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examination of records (ex:archives, stats, speeches, letters, tweets)

106
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Samples of convenience

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participates have been recruited in a way that prioritizes convenience over representativeness and what is an example of it?

107
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WEIRD culture

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western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic countries

108
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What are 5 ethical guidelines?

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1.) Informed consent
2.) Privacy
3.) Risk and benefits
4.) Deception (demand characteristics)
5.) Debriefing

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