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Social Psychology Unit 15=4 Flashcards

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Social Psychology

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the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Social Influence

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A person’s behavior being affected by other people

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Social Cognition

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how people think about other people,

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Social interaction

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people relating to each other

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Attribution Theory

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the theory that we explain someone’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition

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Dispositional Attributions

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Internal characteristics

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Situational Attributions

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Environmental factors

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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Underestimate situational factors, overestimate personal factors

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Self Serving Bias

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Attribute positive outcomes to personal factors, negative to external

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Actor Observing Bias

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when something bad happens, we blame external forces

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Attitude

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our evaluation of a person, idea, object

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Central Route Persuasion

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influenced by the strengths and weaknesses of an argument, more affective

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Peripheral Route of Persuasion

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superficial cues, make choices because you relate to them

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foot-in-the-door phenomenon

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if you can get people to agree to a small request, they will become more likely to agree to a follow-up request that is larger

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cognitive dissonance

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when a person’s behavior doesn’t line up with their attitude

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Social Influence

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the ways people are affected by the real or imagined pressures of others

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Chameleon Affect

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unconsciously mimicking others expressions, postures, and voice tones to help us feel what they are feeling

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Conformity

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matching attitudes, beliefs, to group norms

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Muzafer Sherif

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studied how norms develop in small groups

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Solomon asch

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studied how quickly someone can conform their beliefs to others

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Informational Influence

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produces conformity when a person believes others are correct

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Stanley Milgram

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A study on obedience to authority

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Stereotype

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overgeneralized mental schemas

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Prejudice

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unjustified negative attitude

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Discrimination

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Unjustfied negative behavior

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Racism

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Categorization of a person or group based on race or ethnicity

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self fulfilling prophecy

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xpectation held by a person that alters their behavior to make the assumption true

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group

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a set of indivuduals who interact overtime and have shared fate and goals

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Social Facilitation

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the presence of others enhances perfomance on easy task, impairs performance on difficult tasks

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social loafing

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endency for people to put forth less effort when they are part of a group

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Deindividualization

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the loss of a person’s sense of individuality

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Group Polarization

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the exaggeration of initial tendencies in the thinking of group members through group discussion

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Groupthink

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a group decision-making style characterized by an excessive tendency among group members to seek concurrence

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Scapegoat theory

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members of a group in power hold members of a lesser standing liable (gordon allport)

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In Groups

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groups we identify with or see ourselves belonging to
ethnocentrism when you use your culture as the standard by which to judge other cultures

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Out groups

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social groups that a person does not identify with

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out-group homogeneity

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the tendency to see all members of an out-group as the same

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Contact hypothesis

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bringing members of different groups together will reduce prejudice

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Muzafer Sherif

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Boy scout experiment- created conflict and then used superordinate goals to override it

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subordinate goals

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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

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other-race effect

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the tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races

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aggression

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physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone

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hostile aggression

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strong emotions and unplanned

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