Lecture 5: Social Psychology 2

Question 1

When are people more likely to donate?

Answer 1

People find it easier to empathize with a single identified person in crisis

Question 2

What is Prosocial behaviour?

Answer 2

Acting in a way that assists others towards their goals

Question 3

What is the norm of reciprocity?

Answer 3

The automatic tendency to help others who have helped in the past or are expected to in the future

Question 4

What is the other-race effect (ORE)

Answer 4

the tendency to dee individuals of other races are more similar looking - and harder to distinguish - than people of our own racial group

Question 5

People are more likely to…

Answer 5

help a member of their own racial group than a member of a different racial group

Question 6

Motivation to give can be self-serving and we need to…

Answer 6

perceive ourseleves positivity and donating to charitable causes can help to manage feelings

Question 7

What is a stereotype?

Answer 7

A stereotype is a mental representation or schema we have about a group, similar to gender expectations, stereotypes are learned early in life

Question 8

When comparing crime reports to news reports, the researchers found…

Answer 8

Black people were overrepresented as perpetrators of crime and white people were overrepresented as victims of crime

Question 9

How can stereotypes be inaccurate?

Answer 9

We use average differences between groups to judge the characteristics of a single member of the group

Question 10

What is stigmatizing?

Answer 10

is describing or regarding someone as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval

Question 11

What is prejudice?

Answer 11

is an adverse opinion formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge

Question 12

How do we overcome prejudice?

Answer 12

Contact hypothesis: is a proposal that prejudice can be reduced through sanctioned, friendly and cooperative interactions between members of different groups working as equals toward a common goal

Question 13

Another way to overcome prejudice?

Answer 13

Shifting the social norm towards inclusion in an environment can reduce instances of prejudice

Question 14

Babies show a preference for people who ___ and a bias against those who ___?

Answer 14

1. are helpful
2. harm others

Question 15

Why do people engage in prosocial behaviour?

Answer 15

helps society succeed, increases the odds of genetic surivial

Question 16

When are people most likely to use stereotypes to form impressions?

Answer 16

When they are tried, evidence suggests that stereotypes are energy-saving devices