Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Intro to Psych 110 > Social Psychology > Flashcards

Social Psychology Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Psychology 101 flashcards GRE® Psychology flashcards
1
Q

According to this hypothesis, the size of a primate species standard social groups is relative to that species neocortex. Humans are at the pinnacle of the great apes in terms of neocortex and average group size.

A

Social Brain Hypothesis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

People treat others as other treat them

A

Reciprocity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

People generally share their friends opinions of other people

A

Transivity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

The tendency to view outgroup members as less varied than ingroup members

A

Outgroup Homogeneity Effect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The idea that ingroups consist of individuals who perceive themselves to be members of the same social category and experience pride through their group membership.

A

Social Identity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The tendency for people to evaluate favorably and privilege members of the ingroup more than members of the outgroup.

A

Ingroup Favoritism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Part of brain important for thinking about other people.

A

Medial Prefrontal Cortex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

The process by which initial attitudes of groups become more extreme over time.

A

Group Polarization

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Groups often make riskier decisions than individuals do.

A

Risky Shifty Effect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The tendency of a group to make a bad decision as a result of preserving the group and maintaining its cohesiveness; especially likely when the group is under intense pressure, is facing external threats, and is biased in a particular direction.

A

Groupthink

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The idea that the presence of others generally enhances performance.

A

Social Facilitation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

The tendency for people to work less hard in a group than when working alone.

A

Social loafing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Phenomenon in which people engage in seemingly impulsive, deviant, and sometimes violent acts in situations in which they believe they cannot be personally identified

A

Deindividuation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

The altering of one’s behaviors and opinions to match those of other people or to match other people’s expectations.

A

Conformity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The tendency to confirm in order to fit in with the group

A

Normative influence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

The tendency for people to conform when they assume that the behavior of others represents the correct way to respond.

A

Informational Influence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Expected standards of conduct that influence behavior.

A

Social Norms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Sherif, by capitalizing on the natural ambiguity of the autokinetic situation, succeeded in creating a social norm in an experimental setting. Once norms develop they become stable frames of reference that resist change.

A

Sherif Study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

An experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform. Think lines.

A

Asch Study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Following the orders of a person with authority

A

Obedience

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Obedience experiment aimed to study people’s willingness to obey authority figures, where participants were asked to deliver electric shocks to another person under the instruction of an authority figure. The study found that many participants were willing to administer high levels of electric shock, even when they believed it could cause harm to the other person, highlighting the power of obedience to authority.

A

Milgram’s Exeperiment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Any behavior that involves the intent to harm other.

A

Aggression

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

The Robbers Cave experiment demonstrated that an attempt to simply bring hostile groups together is not enough to reduce intergroup prejudice. Rather, this experiment confirmed that groups must cooperate and have common goals to truly build peace.

A

Robbers Cave

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Actions that benefit others, such as doing favors or helping.

A

Prosocial Behaviors

25
Q

Providing help when it is needed, without any immediate reward for doing so.

A

Altruism

26
Q

An explanation for altruism that focuses on the adaptive benefit of transmitting genes, such as through kin selection, rather than focusing on individual survival.

A

Inclusive fitness

27
Q

The failure to offer help by those who observe someone in need when other people are present.

A

Bystander Intervention Effect

28
Q

Expectation that others will help, the more people the less the expectation.

A

Diffusion of Responsibility

29
Q

Fear of making bad decision in situations with ambiguity.

A

Social Blunders

30
Q

People are less likely to help when they are not called out.

A

Anonynimity

31
Q

People’s evaluations of other people, objects, events, or ideas.

A

Attitudes

32
Q

The idea that greater exposure to a stimulus leads to greater liking for it.

A

Mere Exposure Effect

33
Q

In general, the stronger and more personally relevant the attitude, the more likely it is to predict behavior and remain stable in the face of challenges.

A

Attitude-Behavior Consistency

34
Q

Attitudes a person can report

A

Explicit Attitudes

35
Q

Attitudes that influence a person’s feelings and behavior at an unconscious level.

A

Implicit Attitudes

36
Q

It states that people are more likely to engage in a behavior that contradicts the beliefs they hold personally when offered a smaller reward compared to a larger reward

A

Insufficient Justification

37
Q

A person’s tendency to attribute the value of an outcome they put effort into achieving as greater than the objective value of the outcome

A

Justifying Effort

38
Q

Happens after we make an irrevocable choice, such as making a large purchase. People often rate the item they chose as more desirable, and the item they didn’t choose as less desirable, in order to reduce post-decision dissonance.

A

Postdecisional Dissonance

39
Q

The active and conscious effort to change an attitude through the transmission of a message.

A

Persuasion

40
Q

The idea that persuasive messages lead to attitude changes in either of two ways: via the central route or via the peripheral route.

A

Elaboration Likelihood Model

41
Q

People are paying attention to the arguments, considering all the information, and using rational cognitive processes.

A

Central Route

42
Q

An indirect route that relies on association of peripheral cues (such as positive emotions and celebrity endorsement) to associate positivity with a message.

A

Peripheral Route

43
Q

The tendency to do things requested by others.

A

Compliance

44
Q

If you agree to a small request, you are more likely to comply with a large request.

A

Foot in the door

45
Q

If you refuse a large request, you are more likely to comply with a smaller request

A

Door in the Face

46
Q

When you agree to buy a product for a certain price, your are likely to comply with a request to pay more for the product.

A

Low-Balling

47
Q

Facial expressions, gestures, mannerisms, and movements by which one communicates

A

Nonverbal Behavior

48
Q

People’s explanations for why events or actions

A

Attributions

49
Q

Explanations of people’s behavior that refer to their internal characteristics, such as abilities, traits, moods, or efforts.

A

Personal Attributions

50
Q

Explanations of people’s behavior that refer to external events, such as the weather, luck, accidents, or other people’s actions.

A

Situational Attributions

51
Q

In explaining other people’s behavior, the tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors.

A

Fundamental Attribution Error

52
Q

The tendency to focus on situations to explain one’s own behavior but to focus on dispositions to explain other people’s behavior.

A

Actor/observer discrepancy

53
Q

Negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a stereotype

A

Prejudice

54
Q

The differential treatment of people as a result of prejudice against their group.

A

Discrimination

55
Q

Fear or concern about confirming negative stereotypes related to one’s own group, which in turn impairs performance on a task.

A

Stereotype Threat

56
Q

How often people come into contact with each other because they are physically nearby.

A

Proximity

57
Q

A state of intense longing and desire

A

Passionate Love

58
Q

A strong commitment based on friendship, trust, respect, and intimacy.

A

Companionate Love

Intro to Psych 110 (13 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions