Social Psych Flashcards
foot in the door technique
do someone a small favor and they are more likely to do a bigger favor later
Social Psychology
scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another
Attribution Theory
explaining someone’s behavior by crediting the situation or the person’s disposition
Dispositional attribution
blaming someone’s behavior on personality and/or ability
Situational attribution
explains an individual’s behavior by pointing to external factors and circumstances
Fundamental Attribution Error
Underestimating the situation and overestimating personal disposition
Attitude
feelings, often influenced by our beliefs that predispose us to respond in a particular way
Role
a set of expectations that defines how one ought to behave in a particular social position
Situation was demonstrated in what experiment?
phillip zimbardo’s prison experiment
Explain phillip zimbardo’s prison experiment
Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment: college age males volunteered for experiment. ⅓ were made prisoners and ⅔ were made guards. They could use social isolation, but couldn’t hurt them. All to encourage compliance. By day 3 the guards developed disparaging attitudes towards prisoners and ⅓ of them became tyrannical. Prisoners eventually broke down, rebelled or became passively resigned and the experiment was shut down after only 6 days.
Cognitive Dissonance
the discomfort felt when two thoughts are inconsistent
Solomon Asch’s Line Study demonstrates
normative social compliance
(explain)
conformity
adjusting behavior to fit in with group standards
Normative Social Influence
has to do with desire for approval
influenced gained by a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
Informational Social Influence
has to do with willingness
influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Explain Stanley Milgram Experiment
two people, in separate rooms. One is a teacher, one is a learner. The teacher will read 3 words to a learner. If they don’t remember the words the teacher will shock them. Learner is pretending to be shocked
Demonstrates obedience and authority
Philip Zimbardo –>
Stanely Milgram –>
Solomon Asch –>
- role and situation
- obedience to authority
- conformity and normative social influence
