Social Psychology Part 1 Flashcards
The study for how groups and cultures shape our perceptions
Social Psychology
Looks at how social and situational factors can influence us both in positive and negative ways
Social Psychology
Research about Social Psychology has raised what type of questions?
Ethical
APA has tightened guidelines due to controversial of what?
Social Psychology
General term for 2 or more individuals sharing common goals and interest, interacting, and influencing each other’s behaviors
Group Dynamics
Implicit/Explicit rules that apply to all members of a group and govern acceptable behavior/attitudes
Norms
Allow for smooth social interactions
Norms
Violating this can be grounds for exclusion from the group
Norms
Desire to belong will make people comply with this when they would act differently when they are alone
Norms
Set of expectations about a social position
Roles
Define how those in position ought to behave
Roles
People were assigned either prisoner/guard roles and were measured in how they would react
Stanford Prison Experiment
Slacker
Self-Loafing
When working in groups, that leave the work for other people and let others take on the leadership role
Self-Loafing
Put in more effort in individual assesment
Slackers/Self-Loafing
While working in groups, we lose some self awareness and engage in behavior that is unusual or uncharacteristic
Deindividuation
Can lead to prosocial behavior
Deindividuation
Tendency to perform well-learned tasks better in front of others
Social Formation
Why does Social Formation occur?
Level of arousal and increased motivation that occurs
When first learning a task, performing it in front of others leads to someone not doing a good job
Social Impairment
Decisions reached by a group are often more extreme than those made by a single individual
Group Polarization
Disastrous sequence of group polarization when group members are so driven to reach unanimous decisions, they no longer truly evaluate the repercussions to implications
Groupthink
Bay of Pigs is an example of what?
Groupthink
A group who takes responsibility for criticizing members who do not agree with the rest of the group
Mind Guard
The person who thinks differently than everyone else can sway the opinions of others
Minority Influence
