Social Psychology 2

Question 1

Social Psychology

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Study of how people think, feel, and behave in social situations.

Question 2

Social Thinking

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Understanding how individuals perceive the causes of behavior, form impressions, and change attitudes.

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Attribution

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Process of assigning causes to behavior, whether internal (dispositional) or external (situational).

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Forming Impressions

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The cognitive process of developing opinions and judgments about others based on available information.

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Attitudes and Attitude Change

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Study of beliefs and feelings that predispose people to respond in particular ways to objects, people, and events.

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Social Influence

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The impact that others can have on an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

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Norms, Conformity, and Obedience

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Social rules and expectations, the tendency to conform to group norms, and the compliance with authority.

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Compliance Techniques

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Strategies used to encourage others to comply with a request.

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Behavior in Groups

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How individuals act when part of a group, including social facilitation and social loafing.

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Attraction

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Factors influencing liking and loving others.

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Decreasing Prejudice

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Efforts and strategies to reduce bias and discriminatory attitudes.

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Aggression

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The study of harming others, including its causes and forms.

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Altruism

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Behavior driven by selfless concern for others, often involving acts of kindness.

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Social Media and Group Behavior

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The influence of social media on behavior, including fear of missing out (FOMO) and phubbing.

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Australian Focus

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Applying social psychology principles to the context of Australia.

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Global Focus

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Understanding social psychology within a global perspective.

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Levels of Analysis

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Different perspectives used to study social psychology.

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Social Relations

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Examining the dynamics of how individuals interact with each other.

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Social Norms

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Shared expectations or rules about appropriate behavior within a group or society.

Question 20

Asch’s Conformity Experiment

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A series of studies conducted by Solomon Asch in the 1950s to investigate the extent to which people would conform to group pressure.

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Stanley Milgram’s Study on Obedience

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A series of psychological experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study the willingness of participants to obey authority figures, even when it involved potentially harmful actions.

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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A belief or expectation that influences a person’s behavior in such a way that it causes the belief to come true.

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Stereotypes

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Cognitive shortcuts or generalizations about a group of people based on their membership in that group.

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Prejudice

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A preconceived opinion or judgment about an individual or group based on their membership in a particular category.

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Discrimination

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Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

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Social Psychology

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The scientific study of how people think, feel, and behave in social situations.

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Attribution

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The process of explaining the causes of people's behavior, including our own.

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Conformity

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Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to align with a group standard.

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Norms

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Shared expectations or rules about appropriate behavior within a social group.

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Obedience

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Compliance with commands or orders issued by others, typically those in authority.

Question 31

Groupthink

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The tendency of a group to make decisions based on maintaining consensus rather than critically evaluating information.

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Social Identity

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The part of a person's self-concept derived from their group memberships.

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Prejudice

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A negative attitude or emotional response toward a certain group and its members.

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Discrimination

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Behaviors or actions that result in the unequal treatment of individuals or groups based on their membership in a particular category.

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Stereotype

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A generalized belief about a group of people, often based on oversimplified ideas.

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Social Influence

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The process through which the presence or actions of others can affect the way individuals behave or think.

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Bystander Effect

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The phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when others are present.

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Cognitive Dissonance

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The discomfort or tension that arises when individuals hold conflicting beliefs or attitudes.

Question 39

Milgram Experiment

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A study on obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram, where participants were instructed to administer what they believed were increasingly severe electric shocks to another person.

Question 40

Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment

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An experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo that investigated the psychological effects of perceived power in a simulated prison environment.

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In-Group/Out-Group

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The tendency to categorize people into social groups, with the in-group being the group to which an individual belongs and the out-group being those perceived as different or outside one's group.

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Social Facilitation

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The tendency for people to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when in the presence of others.

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Door-in-the-Face Technique

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A persuasion strategy where a large request is made, and if rejected, a smaller request is made.

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Foot-in-the-Door Technique

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A persuasion strategy where a small request is made, and if agreed to, a larger request is made.

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Social Loafing

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The tendency for people to exert less effort when working together on a task than when working individually.

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Scapegoat Theory

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

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Just-World Phenomenon

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The tendency to believe that the world is just, and people get what they deserve.

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Self-Serving Bias

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The tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.