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Module 3 - Social Psychology Flashcards

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what was Rousseau idea on the nature of the humankind?

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man is by nature good and only institutions make him bad

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what was Hobbes idea on the nature of the humankind?

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man by nature is nasty and brutish , it the the civilising constraints of society that keeps the nature of the human intact

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name the perspectives to social psychology

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  1. cognitive
  2. learning
  3. motivational
  4. biological
  5. cultural
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what is the cognitive perspective

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  • the emphasis is on how perception affects behaviour
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what is the leaning perspective

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the emphasis is on the principles of reinforcement and imitation
- the tendency to focus on observable behaviour and ignore cognition. Responses based on prior learning

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what is the motivational perspective

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emphasis on basic human needs

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what is the biological perspective

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emphasis on evolutionary past and genetic disposition

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what is the cultural perspective

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emphasis on how culture affects social behaviour

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what are the 4 levels of analysis in social psychology

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  1. intra- personal level
  2. inter -personal level
  3. inter -group level
  4. societal level
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define intra-perosonal?

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based on what goes inside the person?

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define inter-personal?

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interaction between 2 people

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define inter-group?

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based on group level behavior

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define societal leve?l

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cultural effects on behavior

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what did freud draw attention to

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  • the study of unconscious
  • the developmental aspects of personality
  • talking cures (therapy)
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what was the basic human condition according to Freud?

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always following pleasure seeking instincts

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what did hobbes claim in terms of human instincts

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he claimed that persons baser instincts were curbed by external sanction

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when were external restraint of society internalized according to freud

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during childhood

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what did freud believe in terms of impulses?

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  • forbidden impulses could never be rules out
  • impulses can be denied but will always return and reassert themselves
  • as a consequence, there will always be a conflict between instincts and the demands of society
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what are the 3 sub- systems involved in conflict?

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ID, EGO, SUPERGO

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What is ID

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  • contains most basic urged i.,e drink, rest,
  • the need to gain sexual pleasure
    ID work in the pleasure principle
  • ID demands satisfaction in the moment and does not care about the consequences
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what is ego?

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  • works on the reality principle

- ties to satisfy the ID pragmatically in accordance with societal

22
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what is super ego?

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represents the internalised rules of parents and society

  • feel guilty when you go against the rules
23
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What are the defence mechanisms?

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displacement
reaction formation
projection
isolation

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what is displacement ?

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impulses redirected into a safer course

25
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reaction formation?

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original wish supplanted with the opposite

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projection?

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urges are projected onto others

27
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isolation ?

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awareness of memories but not emotions.

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what is the oedipus complex

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  • boy wants to sexually possess the mother - hates the father
  • fears that the father may find out and castrate him
  • leads to CASTRATION ANXIETY
  • the problem gets resolved by the boy giving up the desires for his mother
  • the boy identifies with the father, in hope to find some like his mother
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what is the electra complex?

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  • girl realises thats she does not have a penis, which she regards as a catastrophe
  • feels that she has been castrated already, develops penis envy
  • turns to her father who has a desirable organ in the hope that he will give her a penis substitution in the form of a baby
  • she turns her sexual attention to the father - hates the mother
  • develops anxiety over her desires, resolves it by identifying with the mother
30
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what age is oral stage

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0-2 years

31
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what age is anal stage

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2-4

32
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what age is the phallic stage

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4-6

33
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what type of complexes develop in the phallic stage

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electra and oedipus

34
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what age is the latency stage

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6-12

35
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what age is the genital stage ?

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12 +

36
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what were the problems with freuds claims ?

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  • never studied children
  • ideas not falsifiable
  • little experimental evidence to support his claims
37
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What is an attitude?

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is a positive or negative reaction towards a stimulus, such as a person, `action, object or concept

38
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what does attitude comprise of and give examples ?

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  • cognitive - i.e belief, knowledge
  • affective i.e feelings, emotions
  • behavioural i.e act, behave
39
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name the techniques which are used to measure attitude

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  • likert scales
  • the bogus pipeline
  • electromyography (EMG)
40
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Explain the technique likert scales

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  • these depend on all honesty
  • some times people do not tell the truth
  • they sometimes give socially desirable answers
41
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explain the bogus pipeline technique?

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  • hooked up to impressive looking apparatus and are usually told that it measures minute changed in their muscle
  • if the respondent believe that the apparatus assesses their true opinions than there is little point in lying
42
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explain the electromyography?

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measures the activity of facial muscles

  • when people experience emotion such as happiness or sadness different facial muscles moves
43
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explain the study conducted by LaPiere 1934?

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he investigated the relation between racist attitude and behaviour

  • toured with a Chinese couple, stopped many restaurant and hotels and only one refused to serve them
  • he then went back and wrote to all the places he had been to and asked whether they would accomodate a chinese couple - 92% said no but had accommodated them when they were in front of them
  • showed that attitude does not always predict behaviour
44
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to demonstrate the relationship between attitudes and behaviour what must we consider

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  1. When we have a positive attitude towards the behaviour
  2. When norms support our attitudes
  3. when the behaviour is under our control
45
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are our attitudes relatively stable?

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yes

46
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what is one reason relates to attitude change ?

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cognitive dissonance

47
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what is cognitive dissonance

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the inconsistency between attitudes and behaviour

48
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why does cognitive dissonance cause our attitude to change?

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behaviour is irrevocable so we have to change our attitudes

49
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Attitude can changed by a host of factors, what are these?

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if the source is credible, trustworthy, attractive and likeable

and if the message id presented

  • quick
  • long and without hesitation
50
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how do emotional appeals also change our attitude

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fear can work in some circumstances such as

  1. the message evokes moderate strong fear
  2. the message provides a feasible (low cost) way to reduce the threat
51
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what is one way to avoid attitude change ?

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through rehearsal of counter arguments

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