Introduction to Social Psychology Flashcards
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social psychology
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- branch of psychology that looks at how B and social interactions influence each other
IMAGINE HOW ACTUAL, IMAGINED, OR IMPLIED PRESENCE OF OTHERS INFLUENCE US
2
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social psych and common sense
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- social psychologists and philosophers address similar questions about human nature
- social psychologists use controlled experiments to do this
- conclusions reached by folk psych and common sense are
1. unreliable
2. oversimplified
3. contradictory
3
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social psych and sociology
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- share interest in situational and societal influences on B
- difference in level of analysis (SP = individuals, S = broad societal factors)
- SP wants to identify universal properties of human nature, regardless of social class or culture
4
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social psych and personality psych
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- share interest in individuals and reasons for B
- PP focuses on individual differences and aspects of personalities that make them different from others
- SP emphasizes processes shared by most people that make them susceptible to social influence
5
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main conflicts in SP
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- need to feel good about ourselves
- need to be accurate about ourselves and our social world
6
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cost of protecting our self-esteem
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- gives inaccurate perception of the world
- causes us to justify out actions
7
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self-esteem
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evaluation of our self-worth in relation to others
8
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self-worth
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- relatively stable
- evaluation of our own traits, characteristics, capabilities
9
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self-esteem approach
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- most people need to maintain a + view of themselves
- will often sacrifice need to be accurate to protect our self-esteem
- may modify attitudes about painful situations to justify our participation
10
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social cognition approach
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- incorporation of human cognitive abilities into theories of social B
- includes:
1. reasoning abilities
2. decision making
3. judgments about others
4. explanations of B in others
11
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social psych and social problems
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much effort to attempt to understand societal issues
12
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main components of social psych
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- attraction
- attitudes
- groups
- social influence
- social cognition
13
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hindsight bias
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overestimate how well we could have predicted an outcome after it has occurred
14
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basic research
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- find out why people behave the way they do
- try to find explanations
- developing theories and concepts
- conducted for intellectual curiosity
15
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applied research
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use knowledge and apply to a particular problem
