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Social Psychology Flashcards

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Attribution

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An explanation for the cause of behaviour or events

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Social psychology

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The study of how others influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions

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Fundamental attribution error (fae)

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Misjudging the cause of others behaviour to be internal (dispositional) rather than external (situational)

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Salience bias

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Focusing on the most noticeable (salient) factors when explaining causes of behaviour

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Self-serving bias

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Taking credit for our successes and externalizing our failures

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Attitude

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Learned predisposition to respond cognitively, affectively, and behaviourally to a particular object

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3 components of attitudes

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  • cognitive elements (beliefs)
  • affective elements (feelings)
  • behavioural (actions)
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Cognitive dissonance

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A feeling of discomfort caused by a discrepancy between an attitude and a behaviour or between two competing attitudes

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Prejudice

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A learned, generally negative attitude towards members of a group. Includes thoughts/stereotypes, feelings, and behaviour/discrimination

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Stereotype

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A set of beliefs about the characteristics of people in a group that’s generalized to all group members (also the cognitive component of prejudice)

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Discrimination

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Negative behaviours directed at members of a group

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In group favouritism

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Viewing members of Ingroup more positively than members of outgroup

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Outgroup homogeneity effect

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Judging members out outgroup as more alike and less diverse than members of Ingroup

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Scapegoat

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The innocent victim of displaced aggression

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Interpersonal attraction

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Positive feelings towards another

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Matching hypothesis

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Men and women of approximately equal physical attractiveness tend to select each other as partners

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Proximity

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Attraction based on geographical closeness

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Need complementarity

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Attraction to those with qualities we admire but personally lack

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Need compatibility

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Attraction based on sharing similar needs

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3 basic elements of love

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  • caring
  • attachment
  • intimacy
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Romantic love

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Intense feeling of attraction to another within an erotic context and with future expectations

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Compassionate love

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Strong and lasting attraction characterized by trust, caring, tolerance, and friendship

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4 major sources of prejudice

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  • learning
  • mental shortcuts
  • economic and political competition
  • displaced aggression/scapegoating
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Conformity

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Changing ones behaviour because of real or imagined group pressure

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Normative social influence

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Conforming to group pressure out of a need for approval and acceptance

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Norm

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Cultural rule of behaviour prescribing what is acceptable in a given situation

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Informational social influence

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Conforming because of a need for information and direction

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Reference groups

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People we confirm to or go along with because we like and admire them and want to be like them

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Obedience

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Following direct commands, usually from an authority figure

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Factors in obedience

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  • legitimacy/closeness of authority figure
  • remoteness of victim
  • assessment of responsibility
  • modelling/imitation
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Foot-in-the-door technique

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A first, small request is used as a setup for later larger requests

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Deindividialization

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Reduced self-consciousness, inhibition, and personal responsibility that sometimes occurs in a group, particularity when members feel anonymous

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Group polarization

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Group’s movement toward either riskier or more conservative behaviour, depending on the member’s initial dominant tendency

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Groupthink

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Faulty decision-making that occurs when a highly cohesive group strives for agreement and avoids inconsistent information

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Aggression

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Behaviour intended to harm someone

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Frustration-aggression hypothesis

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Blocking of a desired goal (frustration) creates anger that may lead to aggression

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Altruism

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Actions designed to help others with no obvious benefit to the helper

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Egoistic model

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Helping that’s motivated by anticipated gain - later reciprocation, increased self-esteem, or avoidance of distress and guilt

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Empathy-altruism hypothesis

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Helping because of empathy for someone in need

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Diffusion of property

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The dilution (of diffusion) of personal responsibility for acting by spreading it among other group members

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