Social Psych

Question 1

What is social psychology

Answer 1

Seeks to understand how peoples behaviours are influenced by other people

Question 2

What is social cognition

Answer 2

The way which people perceive and interpret themselves and others

Question 3

What are attitudes

Answer 3

Relatively enduring evaluations of things and people

Question 4

What is the ABC model of attitudes

Answer 4

A: active component
B: behavioural component
C: cognitive component

Question 5

What are two factors that determine how attitudes effect behavior

Answer 5

Attitude specificity, attitude strength

Question 6

What are implicit attitudes

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An attitude of which the person is unaware they have

Question 7

Who investigated ways to reduce implicit prejudices

Answer 7

Bertram gawaronski

Question 8

What is aggression

Answer 8

Broad range of behaviours intended to harm others

Question 9

What are 5 factors that lead to liking someone

Answer 9

Similarity, proximity, self discloser, situation, attractiveness

Question 10

Who came up with the triangular love theory

Answer 10

Robert sternberg

Question 11

What are the 3 elements of the triangular love theory

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Intimacy, passion, commitment

Question 12

What is a reason for attitude change

Answer 12

Cognitive dissonance and self perception theory

Question 13

What is cognitive dissonance

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Emotional discomfort people experience when they hold two contradictory beliefs

Question 14

Who came up with cognitive dissonance

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Festinger (1957)

Question 15

What is self perception theory

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Suggests that when people are uncertain of their attitudes they inter by observing their behavior

Question 16

Who came up with self perception theory

Answer 16

Daryl bem (1972)

Question 17

What are the elements needed for persuasion

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Message, source, receiver

Question 18

What is central route persuasion

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Emphasizes the content of the message using facts and logical arguments

Question 19

What is the peripheral route to persuasion

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Relies on superficial info like attractiveness of spokesperson

Question 20

What decisions off of persuasions will likely last longer

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Central route

Question 21

What are 3 techniques to percussion

Answer 21

Foot in the door, door in the face, appeals to fear

Question 22

What are stereotypes

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Fixed overgeneralized beliefs about a person or group

Question 23

What is prejudice

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Negative and unjust feelings about individuals inclusion in a particular group

Question 24

What is the mere catagorizador effect

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The mere act of categorizing individuals into groups cause them to identify themselves as us or them

Question 25

What is realistic conflict theory

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Argues competition arises between different groups because of conflict over scarce resources

Question 26

What is social identify theory

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Suggests in social situations individuals often identify as a member of the group

Question 27

What 3 process may prejudice emerge from

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Social categorization, social identity and social comparison

Question 28

What are attributions

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Casual explications of behavior

Question 29

What are two categories of attribution

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Dispositional: focus on peoples traits as a cause of their behaviour Situalational: focus on environmental factors as cause of behaviour

Question 30

What is the fundamental attribution error

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Tendency to use dispositional attributions to explain other people

Question 31

Who thought of fundamental attribution error

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Lee Ross

Question 32

What is the actor observer effect

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Discrepancy between now we explain other peoples behavior and how we explain our own behavior

Question 33

What is the self serving bias

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Tendency people have to attribute their successes to internal causes and their failures to external ones

Question 34

What are norms

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Social rules about now members of a society are expected to act

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What are describe norms

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Agreed on expectations about what members of a group do

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What are injustice norms

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Agreed on expectations about what members of a group ought to do

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What are social roles

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Set of norms ascribed to a persons social position

Question 38

What is conformity

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Tendency to yield to social pressure

Question 39

What is obedience

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Act of following direct commands, usually given by an authority figure

Question 40

What is social facilitations

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An effect in which the presence of others enhance performance

Question 41

What is social loafing

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When people exert less effect on a collective task than they would on a comparable individualistic task

Question 42

What is group polarization

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Intensification of an initial tendency of individualist group members brought about by discussion

Question 43

What is group think

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Form of faulty group decision making that occurs when group members strive for unanimity

Question 44

What is attruism

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Self-sacrificing behaviour carried out for the benefit of others