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L8: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards

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What is social psychology?

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The study of how the real or imaginary presence of other people influences our thoughts, feelings and actions.

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Who works in the field of social psychologists?

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Social psychologists

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Can humans survive in isolation?

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NO

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What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?

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The tendency to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the effect of personal disposition

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What can impact the FAE?

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  • culture
  • context
  • perspective
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Foot in the Door Phenomenon?

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the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

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Example of Foot in the Door Phenomenon?

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when a friend asks to borrow a small amount of money, then later asks to borrow a large amount

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What study supported the Foot in the Door Phenomenon?

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-homeowners study
- first put a small sticker in the window
- then obnoxious sign

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What is the Door in the Face Effect?

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the approach to someone with an un reasonable request, after getting turned down, a follow-up moderate request becomes more acceptable

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Example of Door in the Face Effect?

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when a friend asks to borrow a larger amount of money, then later asks to borrow a small amount of money

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What is the Foot in the Door phenomenon based around?

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Compromise

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What is Cognitive Dissonance ?

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the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent

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Whats the attitude follow behaviour principle?

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We cannot directly control all our feelings but we can influence them by altering our behaviour

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Peripheral Route Persausion

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uses attention-getting cues to trigger quick emotion-based judgements

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Example of Peripheral Route Persausion

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Endorsements by famous peoples

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Central Route Persuasion

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offers evidence and arguments that trigger careful thinking

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Example of Central Route Persuasion

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support using convincing arguments, like strong stats or ideas

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Who’s more susceptible to Central Route Persausion

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People who are already compassionate about a particular topic or who are naturally analytic

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What is Conformity?

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Adjusting our behaviour or thinking to coincide with a group standard to avoid rejection and gain social approval.

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What study supported the findings of Conformity?

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-Solomon Asch
- Comparative line questions
- researchers’ friends were in on it
- gave the wrong answer on purpose

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What are the two types of social influence?

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-Normative
-Informational

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Normative Social Influence

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involves conforming to avoid rejection and gain social approval

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Where is Normative Social Influence commonly seen?

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in cultures that value group harmony

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Informational Social Influence

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involves people conforming cause they believe others are correct, occurs in ambiguous situations

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Where is Informational Social Influence commonly seen?
- following crowds without fully understanding the situation - buying a product cause someone you like said to
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Examples of Conformity in Everyday Lives:
- clapping - eating habits - social media
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Pros of Conformity?
- it can promote pro-social behaviours - ex. influencing people to donate money
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Cons of Conformity?
- it can lead it negative outcomes - ex. engaging in bad behaviour such as bullying
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What is obedience?
When an individual complies with a direct command, typically from an authority figure, due to - the perception of their legitimacy - fear of consequences - desire to comply with social norms
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What did Stanley Milgram investigate regarding obedience in his study?
- put individuals up to a task that conflicted with their views as instructed by an authoritative figure -asked individuals to shock learners every time they gave the wrong answer -despite participants' pleads they continued to administer shocks ( was an actor)
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What is Social Facilitation?
In the presence of others: -Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks -worsened performance on difficult tasks
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Example of Social Facilitation
-experts versus amateurs in front of a crowd - pool players - home team advantage
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Social Loafing
occurs when people exert less effort when working in a group then when there working alone
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Examples of Social Loafing
- people exert less energy when clapping in a room with more people - blindfolded, people tug less hard when told there pulling with a group then alone
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What is Deindividulization?
occurs when individuals lose their sense of self-awareness and self restraint in a group situation that fosters arrousal
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Examples of Deindividulization:
- mob behaviours - trolling online on the internet
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What social context does social loafing occur in?
group setting
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What social context does social facilitation occur in?
individual being observed
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What social context does social facilitation occur in?
group setting that encourges arrousal
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What is GroupThink?
the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternative
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What just prejudice essentially translate to?
Pre judgement
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3 Ingredients of Prejudice:
-negative emotions -stereotypes -discrimination
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What is a sterotype?
a generalized belief about a group of people
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What is discrimination?
unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group or its members often based on physical appearance
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Implicit Bias vs Explicit Bias
Implicit = automatic associations that can influence individual behaviour/ judgements Explicit =An influential conscious attitude
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How do you measure Implicit Bias?
IAT- implicit associations test
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Ingroup vs Outgroup Prejudice
ingroup "us" - people with whom we share a common identity with outgroup "them" - those perceived as different from ingroup
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What is agression?
Any physical or verbal behaviour intended to harm someone
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Contributive Factors to Agression
1. Biological 2. Psychological 3. Social- Cultural
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Biological Agression
- heredity (twins) - biochemical factors (testosterone) -neural factors - (head injuries)
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Psychological Aggression
- Dominating behaviour - Alcohol Ingestion - Frusturation - Low self-control - behaviour rewards
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Social Cultural Agression
- deindividualization - rejection from a group - violent media - parent models (lack of father involvement)
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3 Areas of Attraction
1. Proximity 2. Physical Attractiveness 3. Similarity.
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Attraction- Proximity
geographic closeness provides opportunities to breed linking
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What is the more exposure effect?
the tendency for repeated exposure to novel stimuli to increase our liking of them
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Attraction - Physical Attractiveness
physical appearance trumps sincerity, intelligence and personality
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Attraction- Similarity
-Opposites retract - the more alike people are the more their liking endures - we like those who like us
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What is passionate love?
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a romantic relationship
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What is Companionate love?
The deep affection and attachment we feel for someone with whom our life is intertwined - characterized by trust, calmness and stability
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What is companionate love and love route in?
- culture ( devoirce rates ) - equity ( financial status, equal benefit between partners )
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Whats one of the number one things that studies show foster a good long term healthy relationship?
partners equally share household chores
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What is Altruism ?
the unselfish regard for the welfare of others
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Bystander effect
the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present -opposite of altruism
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Diffusion of responsibility
when a person takes less responsibility for something or is less likely to act in a situation, due to the presence of others
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Happiness fosters....
helpfulness
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Doing good...
feels good
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What is a social trap?
refers to a situation where individuals or groups make decisions that seem good in the short term but lead to negative consequences in the long term. I
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What is a conflict?
A perceived incompatibility of actions goals or ideas
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Example of a social trap:
hoarding toilet paper during the pandemic
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What is enemy perceptions?
enemy perceptions are the mental images and beliefs we have about those we consider threats, which can drive behaviour, often escalating tensions and conflicts.

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