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Module 4: Social Psychology Flashcards

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phenomenon of explaining other peoples behaviours are due to internal factors and our own behaviours are due to situational forces

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actor-observer bias

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prejudice and discrimination toward indivduals based solely on their age

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ageism

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motivated by feelings of anger with intent to cause harm or pain to another person

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hostile aggression

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motivated by acheieving a goal and does not neccessarily involve intent to cause pain or harm

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instrumental aggression

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humans desire to help others even if the costs outweigh the benefits of helping

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altruism

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group majority influences an indivduals judgement, even when that judgement is inaccurate

unequal lines experiement

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Asch effect

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evaluations of or feelings toward a person, idea, or object that are typically positive or negative

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attitude

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explanation for the behavior of other people

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attribution

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a person, often an adolescent, being treated negatively repeatedly and over time

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bullying

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situation in which a witness or bystander does not volunteer to help a victim or person in distress

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bystander effect

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type of persuasion

logic-driven arguments using data and facts to convince people of an arguments worthiness

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central route persuasion

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psychological discomfort that arises from a conflict in a persons behaviors, attitudes, or beliefs that runs counter to ones positive self-perception

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cognitive dissonance

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culture that focuses on communal relationships with others such as family, friends, and community

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collectivist culture

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type of love consisting of intimacy and commitment, but not passion.

associated with close friendships and family relationships

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companionate love

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person who works for a researcher and is aware of the experiment, but who acts as a participant; used to manipulate social situations as part of the research design.

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confederate

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seeking out information that supports our stereotypes while ignoring information that is inconsistent with our stereotypes

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confirmation bias

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when indivduals change their behaviour to go along with the group even if they do not agree with the group

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conformity

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type of love occurring when intimacy, passion, and commitment are all present

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consummate love

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repeated behavior that is intended to cause psychological or emotional harm to another person and that takes place online.

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cyberbullying

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tendency for no one in a group to help because the responsibility to help is spread throughout the group

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diffusion of responsibility

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negative actions toward indivduals as a result of their membership in a particular group

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discrimination

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describes a perspective common to personality psychologists, which assers that our behaviour is dteremined by internal factors, such as personality traits and temperament

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dispositionism

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capacity to understand another person’s perspective-to feel what he or she feels

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empathy

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persuasion of one person by another person, encouraging a person to agree to a small favour, or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favpur or purchase of a larger item

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foot-in-the-door technique

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strengthening of the original group attitude after discussing views within the group

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group polarization

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tendency to overemphasize internal factors as attributions for behavior and underestimate the power of the situation

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fundamental attribution error

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group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus

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groupthink

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tendency for people to form social networks, including friendships, marriage, business relationships, and many other types of relationships, with others who are similar.

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homophily

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prejudice and discrimination against indivduals based solely on their sexual orientation

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homophobia

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in-group

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group that we identify with or see ourselves as belonging to

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preference for our own group over other groups

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in-group bias

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culture that focuses on indivdual achievement and autonomy

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indivudalistic culture

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conformity to a group norm prompted by the belief that the group id competent and has the correct information

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informational social influence

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internal attribute of a person, such as personality traits or temperment

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internal factor

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ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve

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just-world hypothesis

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theory that people value goals and achievements more when they have put more effort into them

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justification of effort

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conformity to a group norm to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by the group

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normative social influence

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change of behavior to please an authority figure or to avoid aversive consequences

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obedience

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group that we do not belong to- one that we view as fundamentally different from us

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out-group

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one person persuades another person; an indirect route that relies on association of peripheral cues (such as positive emotions and celebrity endorsement) to associate positivity with a message

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peripheral route persuasion

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process of changing our attitude toward something based on some form of communication

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persuasion

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nagative attitudes and feelings towards indivduals based solely on their membership in a particular group

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prejudice

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voluntary behavior with the intent to help other people

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prosocial behaviour

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prejudice and discrimination toward indivduals based solely on their race

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racism

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give and take in relationships

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reciprocity

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type of love consisting of intimacy and passion, but no commitment

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romantic love

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act of blaming an out-group when the in-group experiences frustration or is blocked from obtaining a goal

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scapegoating

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persons knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

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script

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sharing personal information in relationships

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self-disclosure

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treating stereotyped group members according to our biased expectations only to have this treatment influence the indivdual to act according to our stereotypic expectations, thus confirming our stereotypic beliefs

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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tendency for indivduals to take credit by making dispositional or interal attributions for positive outcomes and situational or external attributions for negative outcomes

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self-serving bias

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prejudice and discrimination toward indivduals based on their sex

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sexism

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describes a perspective that behaviour and actions are determined by the immediate environment and surrounding; a view promoted by social psychologists

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situationism

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humans act as naive economists in keeping a tally of the ratio of costs and benefits of forming and maintaining a relationship, with the goal to maximize benefits and minimize costs

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social exchange theory

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improved performance when an audience is watching versus when the indivdual performs the behavior alone.

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social facilitation

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exertion of less effort by a person working in a group because indivdual performance cannot be evaluated spereately from the group, thus causing performance decline on easy tasks.

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social loafing

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groups expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for the thoughts and behaviours of its members.

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social norm

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field of psychology that examines how people impact or affect each other, with particular focus on the power of the situation

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social psychology

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socially defined pattern of behaviour that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

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social role

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Stanford University conducted an experiment in a mock prison that demonstrated the power of social roles, social norms, and scripts

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stanford prison experiment

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specific beliefs or assumptions about indivduals based solely on their membership in a group, regardless of their indivdual characteristics

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stereotype

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model of love based on three components: intimacy, passion, and commitment; several types of love exist, depending on the presence or absence of each of these components

sternberg

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triangular theory of love

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