Social Psych - Social psych

Question 1

the bystander effect

Answer 1

Example of the statement that we are profoundly influenced by other people - even strangers

Question 2

Affiliation motivation

Answer 2

• the need to belong
• The motivation to be part of relationships, to belong to groups, and to be accepted by others

Question 3

latané and darley study

Answer 3

Smoke filling in room, how long it takes them to get help, by themselves and with others
Why did they not do anything about it?
- Diffusion of responsibility
- Evaluating apprehension
- Pluralistic ignorance

Question 4

conformity

Answer 4

The altering of one’s opinions or behaviours to match those of others or to match social norms

Question 5

social norms

Answer 5

Generally accepted ways of thinking, feeling, or behaving that most people in a group agree on and endorse as right and proper

Question 6

types of social norms

Answer 6

Descriptive social norms
- What people actually think, feel, or do
Injunctive (or prescriptive) social norms
- What people should think, feel, or do

Question 7

informational influence

Answer 7

A group has informational influence if we adopt the group consensus because it seems correct

Question 8

normative influence

Answer 8

A group has normative influence if we adopt the group consensus to show identification with the group

Question 9

asch’s conformity experiment

Answer 9

Line experiment: why do people conform?
- Importance of unanimity
- Normative influence (acceptance) and informational influence (correctness)

Question 10

groupthink

Answer 10

When group decision making is impaired because of a desire to reach or maintain consensus

Question 11

compliance

Answer 11

A change in a person’s behavior in response to a direct request; requester has no authority over us

Question 12

obedience

Answer 12

When we comply to the request of someone in a position of authority

Question 13

milgram’s study of obedience

Answer 13

• Shock experiment
• Factors that lowered rates of obedience
  Proximity to the learner
  Proximity of the experimenter

Question 14

attributions

Answer 14

Judgements about the cause of a person’s behavior

Question 15

dispositional attributions

Answer 15

Explanations that refer to internal characteristics (ex. traits)

Question 16

situational attributions

Answer 16

Explanations that refer to external events

Question 17

correspondence bias

Answer 17

The tendency for people to overemphasize personal factors and underestimate situational factors in explaining the behaviour of others

Question 18

actor observer bias

Answer 18

Self versus others

Question 19

self-serving bias

Answer 19

Positive versus negative behaviours

Question 20

prejudice

Answer 20

Negative judgements and attitudes toward a person based on their group membership

Question 21

discrimination

Answer 21

Inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people based on their group membership