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Social Psych Flashcards

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What is social psychology

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Seeks to understand how peoples behaviours are influenced by other people

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What is social cognition

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The way which people perceive and interpret themselves and others

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What are attitudes

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Relatively enduring evaluations of things and people

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What is the ABC model of attitudes

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

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What are two factors that determine how attitudes effect behavior

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Attitude specificity, attitude strength

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What are implicit attitudes

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An attitude of which the person is unaware they have

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Who investigated ways to reduce implicit prejudices

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Bertram gawaronski

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What is aggression

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Broad range of behaviours intended to harm others

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What are 5 factors that lead to liking someone

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Similarity, proximity, self discloser, situation, attractiveness

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Who came up with the triangular love theory

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Robert sternberg

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What are the 3 elements of the triangular love theory

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Intimacy, passion, commitment

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What is a reason for attitude change

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Cognitive dissonance and self perception theory

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What is cognitive dissonance

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Emotional discomfort people experience when they hold two contradictory beliefs

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Who came up with cognitive dissonance

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Festinger (1957)

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What is self perception theory

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

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Who came up with self perception theory

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Daryl bem (1972)

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What are the elements needed for persuasion

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Message, source, receiver

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What is central route persuasion

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Emphasizes the content of the message using facts and logical arguments

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What is the peripheral route to persuasion

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Relies on superficial info like attractiveness of spokesperson

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What decisions off of persuasions will likely last longer

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Central route

21
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What are 3 techniques to percussion

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

22
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What are stereotypes

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Fixed overgeneralized beliefs about a person or group

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What is prejudice

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Negative and unjust feelings about individuals inclusion in a particular group

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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

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What is realistic conflict theory

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

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What is social identify theory

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

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What 3 process may prejudice emerge from

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Social categorization, social identity and social comparison

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What are attributions

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Casual explications of behavior

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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

30
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What is the fundamental attribution error

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Tendency to use dispositional attributions to explain other people

31
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Who thought of fundamental attribution error

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Lee Ross

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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

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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

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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

36
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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

38
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What is conformity

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Tendency to yield to social pressure

39
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What is obedience

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

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What is social facilitations

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An effect in which the presence of others enhance performance

41
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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

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What is group polarization

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

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What is group think

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

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What is attruism

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Self-sacrificing behaviour carried out for the benefit of others

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