Social Psychology Notes Flashcards
Norms
Unwritten rules of a society that govern our behavior
Ex. Hand shaking
Prejudice
Attitude (neg)
Stereotype
Negative generalized attitude
Discrimination
Acting on prejudice
Groups interact on 3 ways
Cooperation (police and fire)
Competition (sports)
Conflict (war)
Solomon asch
Conformity (real or imagined pressure)
Line experiment
Foot-in-the-door (small request to set up larger one)
Door-in-the-face (large request in anticipation for smaller one) (guilt)
Stanley milgram
Obedience (follow order of that perceived to be in charge)
Shock box
Philip zimbardo
Deindividuation (people in groups feel less responsible for actions)
Stanford prison
(Power of the situation)
FRQ APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL PSYCH
McDonald’s case
Conformity (asst. manager follows along)
Obedience (all obey without question)
Deindividuation (sexual acts with girl)
Deviate from norm
Doing opposite of a majority of people in given situation
Groups will increase deviant behavior
Attribution
Process people will go through to explain another’s actions or their own
Fundamental attribution error
People will over estimate internal factors and underestimate external factors for the cause of behavior
Ex. Depression FAE- internal-> weak
External-> trauma
Saliency bias
People will focus on the most obvious factor to explain cause of behavior
Ex. Homeless
Self-serving bias
People will blame external factors for failures and internal factors for success
(Grade on test)
Bystander effect
Individuals generally will not help strangers in crisis if a group is present
(Larger groups= no help)
Ex. Kitty G-> murdered, 60 people refused to call police
