Social Psychology

Question 1

Attitudes

Answer 1

1) Cognition/Beliefs
2) Feelings
3) Behavioral Predispositions

Question 2

Consistency Theories

Answer 2

1) Heider: Balance Theory

2) Festinger: Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Question 3

Balance Theory

Answer 3

Triangle and + and - : P, O, X

Heider

Question 4

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Answer 4

Conflict when attitudes and behaviors are not in sync

Question 5

Attractiveness Stereotype

Answer 5

The tendency to attribute positive qualities and desirable characteristics to attractive people

Question 6

Mere Exposure Hypothesis

Answer 6

Repeated exposure of a stimulus leads to an enhanced liking for it (Robert Zajonc)

Question 7

Pluralistic Ignorance

Answer 7

Leading others to a definition of an event as a nonemergency (Bystander Intervention)

Question 8

Diffusion of Responsibility

Answer 8

More people present, less likely to offer help

Question 9

Empathy-Altruism Model

Answer 9

Considers empathy and distress.
Empathy > Distress = more likely to help
Distress > Empathy = less likely to help
(Batson)

Question 10

Social Learning Theory

Answer 10

Aggression is learned through:
1) Modeling
2) Reinforcement
(Bandura)

Question 11

Conformity Study (Sherif)

Answer 11

Autokinetic effect- light appears to move in a dark room

Solitary estimates change so that they agree more with the group. Individual judgments conform to the group norm.

Question 12

Conformity Study (Milgram)

Answer 12

Obedience with pressure to perform.

Subjects shock Mr. Wallace even though they experience the tension of a belief to not hurt someone vs. tendency to obey

Question 13

Proxemics

Answer 13

Study of how individuals space themselves in relation to others.
(Edward Hall)

Question 14

Norman Triplett

Answer 14

First official social psych experiment. Cyclists perform better with others around than alone.

Question 15

Social Comparison Theory

Answer 15

Assumption that individuals have a need to evaluate their own attitudes and beliefs.

Question 16

Social Facilitation

Answer 16

The presence of others can enhance performance on well-learned tasks.

Question 17

Social Influence

Answer 17

Situational factor used by Latane and Darley to explain when people will help a bystander. Can lead to pluralistic ignorance.

Question 18

Social Exchange Theory

Answer 18

The more the rewards outweigh the costs of entering a relationship with a person, the more attracted you will be.

Question 19

Equity Theory

Answer 19

Expands on Social Exchange Theory. We weigh our own cost-rewards as well as the cost-reward ratio of the other person.

Question 20

Empathy-Altruism Model

Answer 20

Batson - When others need help, empathy or distress is felt. Those with more distress are less likely to help, and those with more empathy will be more altruistic.

Question 21

Triangular Theory of Love

Answer 21

Sternberg - Intimacy, Passion, Commitment = Consummate Love

Question 22

Matching Hypothesis

Answer 22

We seek people who are about as attractive as we are

Question 23

Sequence of Group Formation

Answer 23

Tuckman - Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing

Question 24

Holland Occupation Themes

Answer 24

RIASEC - realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional

Question 25

Sociotechnical systems

Answer 25

Method of work design that acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace

Question 26

Tuckman Group Stages

Answer 26

Forming Storming Norming Performing