Social Psychology

Question 1

social facilitation

Answer 1

people perform simple tasks better in front of others

Question 2

social loafing

Answer 2

put in less effort in a group task

Question 3

primary socialization

Answer 3

family, during childhood

process of initially learning actions and attitudes through observation

Question 4

secondary socialization

Answer 4

based on learning the rules of specific social environments
through school, sports, etc.
adolecence and adulthood

Question 5

anticipatory socialization

Answer 5

process by which a person prepares for future changes

adulthood

Question 6

resocialization

Answer 6

altering or changing behaviors or beliefs

Question 7

agents of socialization

Answer 7

family, school, government, peers, religion, work

Question 8

Symbolic interactionist perspective

Answer 8

study the effects of social constructs on individuals, and are particularly interested in how those constructs affect the role an individual takes in society.

Question 9

functionalist perspective

Answer 9

society is subject to natural selection such that all the compnents have evolved to fuction together
key players: spencer, durkheim, parsons, merkon

Question 10

pragmatism

Answer 10

consciousness evolved for practical reasons and can be studied empirically

Question 11

interactionism

Answer 11

social processes are derived from human interactions

Question 12

constructivism

Answer 12

social constructs arise through communication shared models

Question 13

social identity theory

Answer 13

individuals identify with certain groups and automatically view in-group members more favorably

Question 14

realistic conflict theory

Answer 14

conflict among groups occurs due to competing for resources (Sherif 1906-1988)

Robbers Cave study-
competing groups of boys developed prejudice and violent behaviors

Question 15

Leon Festinger

Answer 15

cognitive dissonance (stress caused by holding conflicting beliefs)

monotonous task experiments

Question 16

Asch paradigm

Answer 16

when matching lines to other of the same length, subjects also chose incorrectly when the rest of the group did. (Solomon Asch 1907-1996)

Question 17

Conformity

Answer 17

individuals opinions are influenced by those of the majority (Solomon Asch 1907-1996)

Question 18

Social learning theory

Answer 18

learning can occur through observation alone (Albert Bandura (1925 - present)

experiment: Bobo doll experiment - children who observed models behave violently towards dolls were likely to mimic those behaviors

Question 19

obedience

Answer 19

individuals do not feel responsible for their actions if obeying authority figures
(Stanley Milgram 1933-1984)
Experiment - shock experiment

Question 20

Social roles

Answer 20

situational cuse associated with specific roles dictate behavior
(Philip Zimbardo 1933 - present)
Prison experiment - subjects assigned roles as either prisoners or guards adopted the behaviors they associated with those roles.