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earliest social psych experiments

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before the 1900s

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year of the first social psychology textbooks

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1908

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“the father of social psychology”

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Kurt Lewin

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cognitive dissonance (Leon festinger)

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a conflicting situation where discomfort is produced when ones actions does not reflect their personal beliefs. this results in changes of behaviors, beliefs, or attitudes in order to restore balance

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social cognition

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how our knowledge of our social worlds develops through experience and how those knowledge structures influence memory (info processing, attitudes, judgement)

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things that impact social behavior

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individual characteristics, personality traits, desires, motivations, emotions

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social situation

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-the people you interact with everyday. friends, family, religous groups, people on TV, people we read about, people we think about, ect.

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social influence

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the process through which other people change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and through which we change theirs.

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person-situation interaction formula (kurt lewin)

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B(behavior) = f(P(internal factors)E(external factors)

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characteristics of newborns

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recognize faces & respond to human voices

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characteristics of young children

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learn language, develop friendships with other children

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characteristics of adolescence

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start to become interested in “other relationships”

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characteristic of most adults

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partner up and have children

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characteristic of most people

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get along with others

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skills of our genetic code

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make judgements, help others, and enjoy working together in social groups

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evolutionary adaptation

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the assumption that human nature and much of our social behavior stems largely from our evolutionary past

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fitness

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how much having a given characteristic helps an organism survive/reproduce at a higher rate than others who do not have the characteristic

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self-concern (motivation)

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the motivation to protect and enhance the self and people who are close to us

(food and water, protection)

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other-concern (motivation)

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the motivation to affiliate with, accept, and be accepted by others

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Kin selection (self-concern)

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strategies that favor the reproductive success of relatives, even if it is at the cost of the individuals survival

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ingroup (self-concern)

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those whom we view as being similar and important to us and whom we share close social connections

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the fundamental goal of affiliating ourselves with other people

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finding a romantic partner to have children with

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the reason humans generally behave morally to eachother

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they understand that it is wrong to harm other people and it is important to display compassion and altruism

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socially disapproved actions

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negative behaviors (bullying, cheating, aggression, stealing)

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the fundamental motivation of other concern means…

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hostility and violence are the exception of human behavior, rather than the rule.

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internal attribution causes

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specific to the person

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external attribution causes

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social, luck, weather, ect.

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unstable attribution causes

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temporary influence

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stable attribution causes

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enduring/permanent

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controllable/uncontrollable attribution causes

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power over some things but not others

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Actor (attribution)

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the person producing a behavior

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observer (attribution)

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person observing a behavior

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fundamental attribution error

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an overestimation of the importance of external factors when seeking an explanation of an “actors” behavior

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Representativeness heuristic

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matching a person and a stereotype/physical characteristic rather than available reliable information

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false consensus effect

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tendency to overvalue the prevalence of ones own beleifs, values, and behaviors

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self esteem

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the degree to which we have positive or negative feelings about ourselves

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positive illusions

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positive views of self that are not necessarily rooted in reality

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self serving bias

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tendency to take credit for successes and deny failures

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self objectification

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tendency to see self as an object in others eyes

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Stereotype threat

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fast acting fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype of a group

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social comparison

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evaluation of self in comparison to others (thoughts, behaviors, abilities)

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circumstances where attitude can predict behavior

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if its strong, rehearsed and practiced, or if its about an issue with direct implications for the persons life

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self perception theory (bem)

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we make inferences about our attitudes by perceiving our behaviors

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self persuasion

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people are not coerced, they choose it themselves through self persuasion

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communicator (speaker) in terms of persuasion

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traits and characteristics

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medium (text) in terms of persuasion

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matched to the audience

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target (audience) in terms of persuasion

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demographics, strength, attitude

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message (subject) in terms of persuasion

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rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)

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elaboration likelihood model

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central & peripheral routes

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central route (ELM)

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engage the audience thoughtfully with sound, logical arguments

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Peripheral route (ELM)

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engage the audience through personal appeal, emotion, and on occasion trickery.

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Altruism

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unselfish interest in helping others in order to benefit them

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egoism

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helping someone else for personal gain

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prosocial behavior

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helping others (influenced by media, empathy, personality, mood)

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antisocial behavior

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Negatively impacting society/others

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biological agression influences

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limbic system, frontal lobe, serotonin, hormones, ect.

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psychological agression influences

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personality, aggressive thoughts, observational learning

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conformity

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a change in behavior to fit more closely with the standards of a group

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Psychological conformity factors

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influence because we want to be right (AKA informational social influence), influence because we want to be right (AKA normative social influence)

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cultural conformity factors

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Individuality, cultural collectivism

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deindividuation

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erosion of personal identity when in groups

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prisoners dilemma

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the idea that two totally rational people will not work together even when its in their best interest to do so

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social loafing

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tendency to put in less individual effort in group because of reduced accountability

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social contagion

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spread of action, emotion, and ideas based on imitation

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social facilitation

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improvement of individual based on presence of other

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risky shift

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group decision

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group polarization effect

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an individuals position gets strengthened because of group discussion or interaction

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groupthink

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making decisions based more on group harmony than on being the “right” decision

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mere exposure effect

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we like things that we are around more

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consensual validation

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we are attracted to people who are like us

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Wuv?

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social exchange theory

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social relationships involve an exchange of goods (the objective is to minimize costs and maximize benefits)

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investment model

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a model of long term relationships looking at how commitment, investment, and availability of attractive alternative partners predict satisfaction and stability in relationships

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