Social Psych Flashcards
what is social pscy?
studies the effect of social variables on indvd’s + group/intergroup phenomena
ABC’s of social psyc?
Affective states (feelings/emotions), Behaviour, Cognition
What do social psych researchers want to know?
CAUSATION: what, when, why people do
What is social cognition?
how we process info about our social world
What is social perception>
process of how we understand + categorise behaviours of others
social interaction
process by which ppl interact w each other
what is the person perspective?
features/characteristics that indvid carry into social situations; demograph features, personality features etc.
situtational perspective
environ events/ circumstances outside the person; social norms depending on where they are
interaction <=> person + situation?
our personal perspective interacts w/ situational perspective
what is attribution theory?
we tend to give casual explainatino for someone’s behaviour, often crediting internal disposition (peronsality; they are rude) or external situations (situational; they were tired, stressed)
What is the theory of consistency information in the covariation model?
does the subject behave the same towards the stimulus in diff situations?
What is the theory of consensus information in the covariation model?
do other people behave the same towards the stimulus?
What is the theory of distinctive information in the covariation model?
does the actor behave the same toward diff stimuli?
What level of consistency information does the covariation model rely on to attribute behaviour?
The covariation model relies on a high level of consistency to assess the attribution as either external, internal or interaction
what is the correspondence bias?
the tendency to infer that traits correspond w behaviour
what is the fundamental attribution error?
the tendency to over-attribute behaviour to personality traits + underest. situational influences
what did they learn from the quiz show paradigm experiment?
people who made judgements of their knowledge/intelligence underest. social roles that influence their ratings
what is the actor-observer effect/bias?
the tendency to attribute our own behaviour mainly to external causes but the behaviour of others mainly to internal causes.
why do we jump to conclusions when attributing other people’s behaviours to internal causes?
perceptual salience- focus on the person> situation when observing others / focus on situation when observing our own behaviour
explain how situations lack salience
people notice the situation, but might give it less weight when observing other people’s behaviour
how are insufficient cognitive resources are bias for judgements of attribution?
it is hard; we have automatic thoughts that attribute things to internal causes when assessing someone else’s behaviour. takes EFFORTFUL thinking to see from external causes.
cultural attribution differences
western (indvd) cultures; dispositional <-> Eastern (collectivist) cultures; situational
what is the tripartite model of attitudes objects?
Affective, behavioural, cognitive components of attitude objects
what are the explicit + implicit distinctions of attitudes?
explicit= conscious, deliberate (rate from 1-5, agree -> disagree) e.g. how much do you like coke/pepsi?
implicit= unconscious, automatic (when introspection fails, covert attitudes, attitudes unwilling to express)
