Social Psychology

Question 1

Internal/Dispositional Attribution

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Reason for behavior is based on a personality trait

Question 2

External/Situational Attribution

Answer 2

Reason for behavior is based on environment or something outside of your control

Question 3

Fundamental attribution error

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Our tendency to overestimate internal attributions for behavior

Question 4

Actor-observer discrepancy

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We have a tendency to give others internal attributions and ourself external attributions (Excuse)

Question 5

Self-Serving Bias

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When we’re successful we give ourselves internal attributions, while when we fail we use external attributions

Question 6

Blaming the victim

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Tendency to give internal attribution to others, it’s the fault of the person involved in the incident

Question 7

Self-effacing (Modesty Bias)

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When you’re successful you give external attributions while when you fail you give internal attributions (being hard on yourself when you fail, but modest when you succeed)

Question 8

Social facilitation

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Often we do better or improve our performance when working with or being observed by a group

Question 9

Social inhibition

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When we perform worse when working with or being observed by a group

Question 10

Social Loafing

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When working with a group a person doesn’t try as hard because they know others will

Question 11

Group polarization

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With a group of like minded individuals your opinions become more extreme

Question 12

Group think

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When we go along with a group even though we do not agree with them

Question 13

Social trap

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When everyone does what’s best for themselves and it ends up hurting the group

Question 14

Normative social influence

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Conform to something because you want to fit it

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Informational social influence

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Conform because you believe the group is right

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Norms

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Unspoken social expectations

Question 17

Culture

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A belief you have that is influenced by your heritage as well as your family

Question 18

Ethnocentrism

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Has to do with cultures, comparing someone and saying they are lesser or different due to their culture with often times differs with the accusers culture

Question 19

Personal space

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An invisible area surrounding you where you are supposed to be free of people and touches, although this is sometimes invaded

Question 20

Altruism

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Doing good things because you believe they are right

Question 21

Diffusion of responsibility

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With a group of people you assume someone else will step up and take responsibility

Question 22

Bystander effect

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When we see something that is bad or wrong we don’t stop it

• the more people that are around the less likely people are to help because they feel it isn’t their responsibility

Question 23

Central route persuasion

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Get someone to change their mind using facts and information

Question 24

Peripheral route persuasion

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Convincing someone to change their mind using celebrities, and or emotional stories

Question 25

Foot in the door technique

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First maki png a small request and then gradually building up to larger requests

Question 26

Door in the face technique

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First make a very large request you know they will say no to and then ask for something smaller making it seem more reasonable to the massive request

Question 27

Cognitive dissonance

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When your actions don't match your beliefs

Question 28

Prejudice

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An attitude or opinion towards a group of people based on an overgeneralization or stereotype

Question 29

Discrimination

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Discrimination is the act of putting prejudice (an attitude or behavior towards a group of people based on stereotypes or an overgeneralization) into actions

Question 30

Stereotype

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A social norm that is labeled to a certain group giving them a definition although it does not apply to everyone

Question 31

Scapegoat

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Something that is used to take the blame in order for an individual or a group to evade taking responsibility for something

Question 32

Aggression

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Physical or verbal behavior intended to harm another person

Question 33

Deindividuation

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When we're with a large group we tend to feel anonymous and will therefore act differently than if we were alone

Question 34

Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

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The more you are unable to reach your goals the more aggressive you become

Question 35

In-group

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A mentality where everyone in your group is special and unique

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Out-group

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The mentality that everyone who is not in your "in-group" are all the same and don't differ from each other in originality or personality at all

Question 37

Conflict

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A situation in which a problem arises between a group of people or yourself

Question 38

Self-fulfilling prophecy

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The idea that if you believe that you can or cannot do something in your mind that you are right

Question 39

Passionate love

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Infatuated with someone Want to always be around them Based a lot on physical attraction

Question 40

Companionate love

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A deep appreciation for someone because your lives are so intertwined

Question 41

Equity

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Both investing equal amounts into a relationship

Question 42

Self-disclosure

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You reveal important info about yourself to the other person

Question 43

Halo effect

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Our tendency to assume positive characteristics in people we find attractive

Question 44

Proximity-Mere exposure effect

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We often like or love someone simply because we're around them a lot

Question 45

Similarity

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Tend to like people we have something in common with

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Zambardo

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Prison experiment Studying how much we will immerse ourself in a role we are given

Question 47

Sherif

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Camp experiment - competition and cooperation - a common enemy brings a group of people together

Question 48

Kitty Genovese

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Bystander effect Murdered when people were nearby and they knew but they didn't help

Question 49

Asch

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Conformity Confederate sand the line to see if someone would conform to a group even though they knew it was wrong

Question 50

Miligram

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Obedience to authority Shock experiment 2/3 of people conformed

Question 51

Jane Elliot

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Cognitive dissonance With eye colors of the children and discrimination

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Festinger

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Cognitive dissonance Flipping the peg for $1 and then $20 People for $1 convinced better because they had to convince themselves that it was worth it

Question 53

Conformity

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The tendency to act or think like members of a group

Question 54

Reciprocity norm / GRIT

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The social norm that people will return favors to each other Nice things for nice things

Question 55

Social exchange theory

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People weigh the potential benefits and risks of social relationships

Question 56

Social responsibility norm

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A societal rule that tells people they should help others who need help even if doing so is costly

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Role

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A set of expectations about the ways in which people are supposed to behave in different situations

Question 58

Superordinate goals

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Goals that require the cooperation of two or more people or groups to achieve, which usually results in rewards to both of the groups

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Mere Exposure Effect

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A psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them

Question 60

Other-race effect

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The tendency to easily recognize members of one's own race

Question 61

Mirror-Image Perception

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Reciprocal views of one another often held by parties in conflict; for example, each group may view itself as moral and peace-loving and the other as evil and aggressive