Social Psychology - Mean Girls, 12 Angry Men, Black Panther

Question 1

Attribution

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The process where people explain the causes for behaviors and events

Question 2

Fundamental Attribution Error

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• tendency to explain others’ actions as stemming from disposition even when there is a clear situational cause
• people think of others in terms of global traits and tend to discount external causes of behavior

Question 3

Actor-Observer Effect

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• tendency to attribute one’s own actions to situational causes
• attributing others’ actions to dispositional causes
• different from fundamental attribution error in that it focuses on both others and self

Question 4

Self-Serving Bias

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• explains one’s own successes on internal, dispositional factors
• explains failures on external, situational factors

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Belief in a Just World

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• the assumption that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get

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Stereotypes

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Beliefs (cognitive) about social groups in terms of traits they are believed to share

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Prejudice

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Negative attitudes (affective) towards the members of a specific social group

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Discrimination

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Negative behaviors (behavioral) directed towards members of different social groups

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Aversive Racism

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Conscious belief that one supports egalitarian principles, but harbors implicit negative associations towards other groups

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Social Domain Theory

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• domain of social knowledge that is constructed from social interactions and social experiences in childhood

1. Morality
2. Social
3. Psychological

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Morality (Social Domain Theory)

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Concerned with justice and rights

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Social (Social Domain Theory)

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Rules and traditions that direct social interactions with the in group and out group

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Psychological/Personal (Social Domain Theory)

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Personal choice, choosing a purpose in life

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Attitudes

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Psychological construct that characterizes a person

Question 15

Explicit Attitudes

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• consciously accessible
• controllable and easy to report
• rational, slow system

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Implicit Attitudes

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• unconscious association

* experiential, fast system

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Self-esteem

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• one’s overall attitude towards the self
• the degree to which the self is perceived positively or negatively, stable or unstable
• it may vary across contexts

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Implicit Self-esteem

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• person’s evaluation of themselves in a spontaneous, unconscious manner

Question 19

Explicit Self-esteem

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conscious and reflective thoughts on self

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Implicit Associations Test

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• designed to test people’s subconscious associations
• relating words to other stimuli as fast as possible
• only tests reaction time

Question 21

Narcissism

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A disorder where a person has a greatly inflated sense of self

Question 22

Function of Gossip

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Supports social cohesion by spreading reputational information

Question 23

Bullying

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• bullying tends to increase self-esteem

* involves repeatedly harming and humiliating others

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Relational Aggression

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Harm caused by damaging others’ social relationships or social status

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Conformity

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Matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms

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Social Identity Theory

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• theory concerned with the consequences of perceiving the self as a member of a social group and identifying with it
• people easily divide the social world into an in group and the out group
• people considered part of the in group are viewed more favorably than the out group

Question 27

Personal vs. Social Identity Continuum

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There are two distinct ways we view ourselves, individual or social

Question 28

Contact Hypothesis

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• increased contact can decrease prejudice by increasing familiarity
• causes recognized similarities between groups
• cross group friendships can reduce anxiety associated with interacting with the out group

Question 29

Normative Social Influence

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Social influence based on the desire to be liked and accepted

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Informational Social Influence

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• social influence based on the desire to be right
• looks to others to tell what the correct thing is
• especially strong when the task is important and difficulty is high

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Systematic Processing

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• central route
• involves careful consideration of message content and ideas
• argument strength matters

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Heuristic Processing

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• peripheral route
• involves the use of simple rules and shortcuts
• argument strength does not matter

Question 33

Central Route to Persuation

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Case where people elaborate on a persuasive communication by listening to and carefully thinking about arguments
• occurs when people have both the ability and the motivation to listen carefully to a communication

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Peripheral Route to Persuasion

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case where people do not elaborate on arguments in a persuasive communication but are swayed by peripheral cues

Question 35

Minority Influence

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• can influence majorities provided they are consistent and flexible, considering all arguments
• must have strong opinions to defend their positions

Question 36

Group Polarization

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While in a group setting amongst like minded people, individuals are more likely to shift to an extreme opinion

Question 37

Implicit Personality Theory

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Describes the way people use biases to form judgements based on a little initial information about someone