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Social Psychology Flashcards

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What is social psychology?

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The scientific study of how an individuals thoughts, feelings, and behaviour are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others?

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what are the ABCs of social psychology?

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Affect
Behaviour
Cognition

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How does social psychology focus on the individual?

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Focuses on the individuals construal (i.e. how one perceives, comprehends, and interprets the social world)

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What is the core tenet of social psychology?

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Social psychology is about the interaction of the individual and the situation.

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What do correlational designs examine?

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Examines the relationship between two variables

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What does experimental designs examine?

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Examines cause and effect between variables

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What is social isolation?

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Social isolation is the distancing of an individual from his or her networks of desired or needed relationships with others

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What are the impacts of social isolation?

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affects blood pressure, hypertension, heart rate, hurts sleep and immunity, people who feel isolated tend to live shorter lives. Social exclusion activates same regions in the brain associated with physical pain.

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What are the mental health consequences of social isolation?

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Poorer mental abilities and cognitive decline, depression negative social interactions, high alert for social threats.

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What are the consequences one social isolation on an individuals behaviour?

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Criminal tendencies, alcohol abuse, traffic accidents and self-harm.

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How do people become isolated?

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Being excluded or rejected by others.

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What are the impacts of social rejection?

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emotional numbness, less pain sensitivity and greater tolerance for pain, anti-social tendencies, weaker feelings of empathy, less cooperation and willingness to help others.

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How does social exclusion impact mental abilities?

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Show decreased intelligent thought and logical reasoning, poorer self-control.

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How do we reduce social isolation?

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Reflect on positive relationships, recognise the shared experience of social isolation, reconnect with other, focus on real interactions.

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What are relationships?

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Relationships are characterised by an interdependence in which individuals think about, influence, and engage in joint activities or have joint memories of shared experiences.

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What are the 2 different types of relationships?

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Communal relationships (long term) and Exchange relationships (short term)

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What is Reward Theory?

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Our relationships with others bring us rewards

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What is social exchange theory?

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We “shop around” for interactions that offer most favourable trade-offs of costs and benefits

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What is equity theory?

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We are motivated to pursue fairness/equity i.e. an equal share of rewards/costs

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When is passion most likely to occur in a relationship?

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Early in the relationship: intense feelings of passion and desire.

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What is love?

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Passion, Intimacy and commitment

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What are the three ingredients that make partners committed in a long-term romantic bond?

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Rewards, absence of alternative partners and investments.

23
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Research shows that less less happy relationships exist among people who are….

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Neurotic, younger and lower socioeconomic status.

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What 4 behaviours are most harmful to relationships?

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Criticism, Defensiveness, Stone walling and Contempt.

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What is the detachment process?

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A sequence of agitated preoccupation, deep sadness and emotional detachment.

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What conformity?

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The tendency to change one’s perceptions, beliefs, or behaviours in response to the influence of others.

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What is a social norm?

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A generally accepted way of thinking, feelings, or behaving that people in a group agree on and endorse as right and proper.

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What is Informational Influence?

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Occurs when a person looks to others to gain accurate information.

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What is Normative Influence??

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Occurs when a person conforms in order to gain rewards or avoid punishment from group (need for connectedness)

30
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What is obedience?

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Obedience refers to behaviour change elected by commands of authority

31
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What does persuasion research focus on?

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Persuasion research focuses on attitude change rather than social change

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True or false: Majority influence = conformity

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True

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True or false: Minority influence = Innovation

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True

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For minority influence to be successful they must…

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Have confidence, unbiased appearance and resist social pressure.

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What are the stages of minority influence?

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Revelation: (Appearance of an alternative norm; conflict; consistency (of the minority); denial (by the majority)

Incubation: (validation bu the majority)

Conversion: (Changes among individuals)

Innovation: (social change)

Social cryptomnesia: (when the majority forgets that an idea, was in the past, a majority idea).

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What are the consequences of social cryptomnesia?

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Minorities rarely receive recognition for their work and discrimination towards minorities continues.

37
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What do Western societies emphasise?

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values of individual freedom and responsibility

38
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What do Liberal societies emphasise?

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obedience and submission

39
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Why is group membership important?

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Social connections are a fundamental human need and include the need to belong to social groups

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What are the two Social Psychological theories which highlight the need to belong?

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Social identity theory & Optimal Distinctiveness Theory (humans are fundamentally motivated to balance their needs to belong and to be distinct)

41
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Majorities tend to identify as…..

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Individuals

42
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Minorities tend to identify more…..

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Strongly with their group

43
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What do Majorities tend to identify Minorities as?

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They are all the same

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What do Minorities tend to identify Majorities as?

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They are all different

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What do Majorities tend to be concerned about?

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Individual justice

46
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What do Minorities tend to be concerned about?

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Group-based justice

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What are diversity ideologies?

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Beliefs concerning how cultural diversity should be managed.

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