Final Exam Flashcards
social psychology
the study of how social influence on behavior
social thinking
the process in our mind we go through trying to make sense of others thoughts
Heider
creator of attribution theory
attribution theory
how someone might explain another’s behavior
situational attribution
you think that someone might not act like this all the time (usually only thought if you know the persons personality)
dispositional attribution
you think it’s the person’s personality instead of situational (usually happens with strangers)
fundamental attribution error
The tendency to make dispositional attributions about others and underestimate the influence of the situation and shaping peoples behavior
attitudes
an attitude is a set of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors towards a particular person/group
Beliefs
stereotype???
Central route persuasion
Giving solid logical evidence to convince somebody to do something
Peripheral route persuasion
Using role models and celebrities and bullshit like that to convince somebody to do something
Foot in the door phenomenon
if someone already started doing something, they are more likely to follow through with the rest of it
social roles
Based on the role you play, you will act a certain way
Festinger
created the theory of cognitive dissonance
cognitive dissonance
When your actions don’t match up with your beliefs, so your change your beliefs to match up with your actions
Social influence
how people around you influence your behavior
Conformity
Submission (to a request)
Asch
well known for conformity experiments
Milgram
experiments of obedience (to authority)
social norms
the way one is expected to act to fit in
obedience
an order (from authority) that causes behavior
social facilitation
The way you perform based off if people are watching. If you’re good at something you perform even better if you’re bad at something you perform even worse.
social relations
any relationship or interaction between two more individuals
antisocial relations
The opposing group that you are not in and how you act towards those people
In group
The group you are in
Outgroup
The group you are not in
in group bias
in group bias is the tendency to favor ones group over other groups. in group bias, it effects our perception of others, giving preferential treatment to a member of our own group excluding other groups.
Prejudice
how do you think of a certain group and the discriminatory actions you take.
Stereotypes
Small little prejudices, everybody knows
Discrimination
The process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on their groups
Racial prejudice
How do you think a group of race should act
explicit prejudice
Things that you believe and you know you believe
Implicit prejudice
things you aren’t exactly aware that you believe
implicit association test
A test that tests your implicit prejudice
priming
A technique in which the introduction of one stimulus influences how people respond to a subsequent stimulus
Just world phenomenon
The belief in karma
Scapegoat theory
The tendency to blame someone else for one’s own problems
Own race bias
The phenomenon by which own race faces are better recognizing faces of another race
prosocial relations
The relationship relationships you have with friends and lovers
attraction
The amount you want to be friends or be in love with someone
proximity
The closer you are to somebody and the more you see them the more likely you will be to fall in love or be good friends
mere exposure effect
Being around somebody a lot will help you become friends or lovers by getting closer to them
Physical characteristics
if someone is attractive, you’re more likely to like them right off the bat
Passionate love
Sympathetic immune system arousal paired with cognitive appraisal. arousal from any source can enhance one motion or another depending on how we interpret and label the arousal.
autonomic arousal
Immune system arousal due to passionate love
companionate love
After passionate love wears off companionate love stays. this love keeps sexual attraction but isn’t obsessive like before.
equity
Equal treatment of both partners
self-disclosure
Becoming vulnerable with the other to bond
anxiety disorders
mental health disorder characterized by feelings of WORRY ANXIETY OR FEAR that are strong enough to interfere with one’s daily activities
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
constantly worrying without being able to control it
panic disorder
anxiety that causes panic attakcd
specific phobia
anxiety you get over very specific things
obsessive compulsive disorder
Excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
obsessions
Excessive thoughts
compulsions
repetitive behavior
PTSD
anxiety and other awful symptoms over past event
exposure therapy
being exposed to something that causes anxiety to change the anxiety about it
depressive disorders
disorders that involve depression
depression
mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest
major depressive disorder
A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
seasonal affective disorder
seasonal depression
light therapy
literally therapy by light exposure (winter depression)
bipolar disorder
back and forth from mania to depression
mania
excessive positive emotion
