Social (key terms from textbook) Flashcards
Social influence
When an individual’s behaviour, attitudes and emotions are affected by those of another.
Confederate
Someone who helps someone else to do something.
Hierarchical
A system of social organisation that is ranked from top to bottom.
Socialisation
The process by which we learn the rules and norms of society through socialising agents, such as teachers and parents.
Autonomy
Acting on one’s own free will.
Agency
When one acts as an agent for another.
Moral strain
Experiencing anxiety, usually because you are asked to do something that goes against your moral judgement
Target
The person being acted upon.
Source
Those providing the influence.
Androcentric
(in relation to a study) focused on men.
Fascism
Extreme intolerant views based on a right-wing political perspective
Stereotype
An overgeneralised belief about someone or something typically based on limited information
Discrimination
The practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way.
Anti-semitism
Hostility against Jews.
Intergroup conflict
Real conflict experienced between different groups.
Superordinate goals
Goals that can only be achieved by cooperation of all group members together.
Personal identity
Our own unique qualities, personality and self-esteem.
Social identity
The attributes of the group to which we belong
In-group favouritism
Seeing our own group and members in a positive light as unique.
Negative out-group bias
Seeing members of a different group as all the same and in a negative light.
Heterogeneous
All different- in-group heterogeneity is the term given to this bias according to social identity theory.
Homogenous
Equal or similar- out-group homogeneity is the term given to this bias according to social identity theory.
Sociometric data
Quantitative data gathered about personal/social relationships
