Social Psyc

Question 1

Social psychology

Answer 1

Study of individual or group is influenced by the presence and behavior of others

Question 2

Social psychology

Answer 2

Study of individual or group is influenced by the presence and behavior of others

Question 3

Groups

Answer 3

2 or more people meeting for more then a moment

Question 4

Grpups

Answer 4

2 or more people meeting for more then a moment

Question 5

Dyad

Answer 5

2 people

Question 6

Primary group

Answer 6

Family and close friends

Question 7

Secondary group

Answer 7

A large impersonal gathering like school or work

Question 8

Sanctions

Answer 8

Expectations for a group -punishments and rewards for behavior formally or informally

Question 9

Factors of Indoctrination

Answer 9

1. Crossroads (venerable person)
2. Soft sell
3. New reality
4. The dear leader
5. Create an enemy
6. Peer pressure
7. Sociopathic narcissist (leader)

Question 10

Subculture

Answer 10

A small group within a larger group that share common goals, ideas, values and lifestyle that is different from the norm

Question 11

Group think

Answer 11

How a group affects the way individuals in the group think

Question 12

Evaluation apprehension

Answer 12

Concern for how people will view you

Question 13

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 13

Assuming someone else will help

Question 14

Causal crowd

Answer 14

A group that just happens to be together

Question 15

Expressive crowd

Answer 15

A group that is gathered together that shows excitement or emotion like a funeral or wedding

Question 16

Acting crowd

Answer 16

A group that has a common goal like a protest

Question 17

Mob

Answer 17

Disorderly crowd normally angry

Question 18

Altruism

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Unselfish concert fro the needs and interests of others

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Prosoical behavior

Answer 19

A form of altruism where groups demonstrate care for others without benefit to themselves

Question 20

Social exchange theory

Answer 20

Weighing decisions on costs and benifts

Question 21

In group

Answer 21

A group where people feel like they belong

Question 22

Out group

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A group where someone feels disrespected or like they don’t belong

Question 23

Stereotype

Answer 23

Over simplified beliefs and generalizations about a group of people

Question 24

Discriminate

Answer 24

Negative action against a person in a group

Question 25

Learned theory

Answer 25

Racism is taught through socialization

Question 26

Competition theory

Answer 26

During an economic crisis people look for someone to blame like immigrants

Question 27

Frustrated aggression theory

Answer 27

People frustrated at there situation find a scapegoat

Question 28

Ignorance theory

Answer 28

Making uneducated negative judgments about a group

Question 29

Social inequities

Answer 29

People given unequal opportunities and rewards for people in different groups

Question 30

Intersectionality

Answer 30

Privileges have different weights and you can have compounding factors that make you more or less privileged

Question 31

White fragility

Answer 31

Reactions of grief when faced with privileges Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

Question 32

Factors that increase conformity likelihood

Answer 32

Group size (4-5) Group unanimity (everyone appears to agree) Public vs private (when you can answer in prove conformity goes down) Self esteem Ambiguous situation/difficult task (look for others on what to do) Status of group members

Question 33

Deindviduation

Answer 33

People become anonymous in a crowd and feel they have more freedom