Social Psych

Question 1

Study of:

Answer 1

1. how people relate to each other
2. development + expression of attitudes
3. people attributions about own behavior and that of others
4. reasons people engage in prosocial + antisocial behavior
5. how presence and actions of other influence way people behave

Question 2

Attitude

Answer 2

set of beliefs and feelings

Question 3

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Answer 3

reason attitudes are difficult to change

Question 4

dissonance

Answer 4

people are motivated to have consistent attitudes and behaviors. when they don’t the experience mental tension

Question 5

Attribution Theory

Answer 5

tendency to give a causal explanation for someone’s behavior , often blaming the: situation or personal disposition

Question 6

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 6

explaining another behavior, tend to underestimate impact of situation and overestimate impact of personal disposition

Question 7

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

Answer 7

tendency to agree to a big favor and 1st agreed to a small request

Question 8

Normative Social Influence

Answer 8

influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

Question 9

Conformity

Answer 9

adjusting behavior/thinking to align with group standard

Question 10

Informational Social Influence

Answer 10

resulting from willingness to accept others opinion about reality

Question 11

Norms

Answer 11

understood rule for accepted/excepted behavior

Question 12

Stanley Milgram

Answer 12

• wanted to learn about obedience

- people conform but will they obey others? 65% did

Question 13

Obedience is higher with:

Answer 13

• authority figure
• supported by prestigious institute
• no partner
• victim is depersonalized and distant

Question 14

Philip Zambaro

Answer 14

• stanford prison experiment

- believes in the power of the situation

Question 15

Social Facilitation

Answer 15

tend to perform simple or known tasks better in presence of others

Question 16

Social Impairment

Answer 16

tend to preform worse in difficult or new take in presence of others

Question 17

Social Loafing

Answer 17

people in groups work less when working toward a common goal then when working individually

Question 18

Deindinduation

Answer 18

loss of self awareness + self esteem

- occurs in group situations

Question 19

Bystander Effect

Answer 19

tendency for bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

Question 20

In Group Bias

Answer 20

tendency to favor own group and dislike/blame things on other groups

Question 21

Scapegoat Theory

Answer 21

taking responsibility often causes dissonance so prejudice provides outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

Question 22

Just World Phenomen

Answer 22

People get what they deserve and deserve what they get

Question 23

Social Trap

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Situation in which a group of people act to obtain a short term of a board which ends up a loss for the group

Question 24

Mere Exposure Effect

Answer 24

repeated exposure to stimuli increasing liking of them

Question 25

Physical Attraction

Answer 25

youthful may be associated with health

- fertility

Question 26

Similarity

Answer 26

Friends share attitudes, beliefs and interests

Question 27

Passionate Love

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• aroused state

- beginning of a relationship

Question 28

Compassionate Love

Answer 28

deep affectionate attachment we feel for those who are lives are intertwined with

Question 29

Equity

Answer 29

condition in which people receive from a relationship to what they give to it

Question 30

Self- Disclosure

Answer 30

revealing intimate aspects of self to others

Question 31

Altruism

Answer 31

unselfish regard for welfare of others