Social psychology and humor Flashcards
do people who are higher in their field underestimate or overestimate their performance
underestimate
cognitive dissonance
uncomfortable with inconsistencies in our own thoughts and behaviors, we are motivated to relieve this discomfort
two principles of social psychology
power of situation and self/other divide
power of situations
our thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, behaviors are shaped by immediate social situation; pressure can override personality
self/other divide
our perception of other people is different than perception of ourselves
goal of milgram obedience experiment
had people increasingly shock other person if they did not remember the pair of words
see if authority of researcher could influence people by telling them they could not stop
how many people shocked the highest in the milgram experiment
over 50%
what would decrease the % of people administering lethal shock
seeing the person, someone with less authority
goal of good samaritan study
predict helping behavior in different time pressing situations
result of good samaritan study
increased hurry = less likely to help (10% from 63%)
group polarization
tendency for group to make decisions that are more extreme than the inclination inclination of its members
attitude polarization
where disagreements between 2 parties becomes more exaggerated after discussion
why do we create a vision that ourself is special
motivation (it feels good), informational (we have access to our thoughts and other people do not and they observe)
spotlight effect
we think people notice us more than they actually do (egocentric biases)
finding of saying no to requests: how many people do you needs to ask to get 3 people to let you use the phone
we think people will say no more often that they do (people help)
why do we think people will say no? what do we forget to consider?
we think others are driven by irritation
forget to consider their emotions of embarrassment / awkwardness
self-serving biases
we think we are better than average, we overestimate our contribution, predictions of performance/how much we get done and correctness
dunning-kruger effect
less you know -> think you know more
people who are higher in the field underestimate their performance
how do we keep thinking we are better in the face of reality?
edit definitions to make us look good
totalitarian ego
ego is dictator that controls information to benefit itself (i.e. definitions)
how do we relieve cognitive dissonance
we avoid information that might conflict with our beliefs
2 biases about others behavior / attribution
attribute bad behavior to other people’s internal: ability, efforts
attribute their good behavior to situation/external: luck, accident
what do we attribute OUR failures to?
situation
what do we attribute OUR successes to?
ourself
