Social Psych

Question 1

Social Psychology

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The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Question 2

Attribution Theory

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• Explaining someone’s behavior by crediting the situation or the person’s disposition

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Dispositional attribution vs Situational attribution

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Got cut off and the person is a jerk vs Cut someone off because you were late

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Fundamental attribution error

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Underestimating the situation and overestimating personal disposition

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Attitude

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Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs that predispose us to respond

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Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon

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Tendency to agree with a small request and later comply with a larger one

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Role

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A set of expectations that defines how one ought to behave in a particular social position

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Philip Zimbardo

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• Stanford prison experiment
• “The power of the situation was stronger than the individual” – Zimbardo

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Cognitive Dissonance

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The discomfort felt when two thoughts are inconsistent

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To relieve Cognitive dissonance and tension

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• Bring our attitudes into line with our action
• Avoid situations and information that increase dissonance

Question 11

Solomon Asch’s Line Study demonstrated the idea of what?

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Social Compliance

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Conformity

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Adjusting behavior to fit within group standards

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Normative Social Influence

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Influence gained by a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Informational Social Influence

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Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept other’s opinions about reality

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The Stanley Milgram Experiment

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• Teacher shocked learner (all fake)
• Complying with AUTHORITY

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Social Facilitation

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Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

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Social Loafing

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The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their effort toward a common goal

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Deindividuation

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Loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

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Group Polarization

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The enhancement of a group’s prevailing indications through discussion within the group

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Groupthink

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When the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

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Prejudice

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An unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members

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Stereotype

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A generalized belief about a group of people

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Discrimination

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Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group

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Targets of prejudice

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• Racial and ethnic groups
• Gender
• LGBTQ

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Just-world Phenomenon

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The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

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Minimal Group Identification

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The minimal conditions required for discrimination to occur between groups

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Scapegoat Theory

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• The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame