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Social Pyschology Flashcards

1
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define obedience

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change in an individuals behaviour to comply with a direct order from an authority figure

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Aim on Milgram

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see what level of obedience would be shown when told by a legitimate authority figure to administer shocks to another person

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Procedure of Milgram

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  • 40 males ages 20-50
  • volunteer sampling (advertisement)
  • $4.50
  • Yale
    Explain experiment
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Results of Milgram

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-100% to 300v , 65% to 450v
-nervous laughter, trembled , 3 had seizures

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Conclusion of Milgram

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Most important factor determining obedience is situation

“Obedience isn’t a feature of German culture but a universal feature of human behaviour “

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Methodological

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Reliability
Objectivity
Subjectivity
Internal validity
Ecological validity
Generalisability

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Acronyms for each command

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DESCRIBING a STUDY = APRC
EVALUATING a STUDY = ROSIEG
EVALUATING a THEORY = RUNSCAR

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Agentic state

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individual follows an order from a legitimate authority figure , they take no responsibility for consequences of actions , act as an agent

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Moral strain

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negative feeling caused by doing something we believe is morally wrong but feel compelled to do

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Autonomous state

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Individual acts out of free will , they take responsibility for the consequences of thier actions

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Burger study ethics

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  • only went to 150v
  • immediately debriefed
  • clinical psych supervised all trials
  • screened before trial
  • 3 reminders that they can leave - still get $50
  • approved by Santa Clara University review board
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Aim of Burger

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Replicate Milgrams experiment in an ethical way to compare findings
- if his findings were era-bound
- if obedience is affected by gender
- if theres less obedience if refusal is modelled by someone slse

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Procedure of Burger

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  • volunteer sampling (advertisement)
  • screened for …
  • 29 men , 41 women ages 20-81
  • $50
  • stopped at 150v (point of no return)
  • immediately debriefed
  • condition 1 = same , heart condition mentioned at 150v
  • condition 2 = modelled refusal , teacher swaps with participant at 90v
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Results of Burger

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condition 1 - 70% burger , 82.5% milgram
condition 2 - 63.3% burger , 82.5% milgram

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Conclusion of Burger

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Milgrams results are still valid , obedience still influenced by situational factors
- not era-bound
- dont differ by gender

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define social impact

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effect that real or imagined people can have on our behavior

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mathematical equation for social impact

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i=f(SIN)

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18
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define division of impact

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social impact is reduced if there are more targets than sources

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define diffusion of responsibility

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feeling less responsible for behavior as number of people increases

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run down office block (10)

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  • conducted in a 3 room office suite in a run down office building in Bridgeport
  • no longer associated with Yale University and was carried out by the Research Association of Bridgeport
  • 100% to 300v , 47.5% to 450v
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telephonic instruction (7)

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  • 22.5% to 450v
  • gave lower shocks as they felt they weren’t being watched
  • shows physical presence of authority affects obedience
22
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ordinary man gives orders (13)

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  • 13 - 20% to 450v
  • 13a - protests and tried to stop him
  • replaced with ordinary man
23
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Define prejudice

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Biased Attitude formed upon little or no prior information about a person or group

24
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Define discrimination

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Action that occurs due to prejudice whereby we treat a person or group differently based upon our beliefs about them

25
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negative interdependence

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where 2 groups are seeking to achieve a goal only one can achieve

26
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define zero sum

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only one person can win , one has to loose

27
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what are superordinate goals

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a shared goal that can only be achieved by intergroup cooperation

28
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what is positive interdependence

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neither group can reach their goal unless the other reaches theirs

29
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RUNSCAR

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Refuting evidence
Useful applications
Nature v nurture
Supporting evidence
Credibility
Alternative explanations
Reductionism

30
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Sherif Aim

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explore how competition of group goals can lead to prejudice attitudes towards an outgroup and increase ingroup solidarity

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Sherif Sample

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  • 22 boys age 11
  • middle class backgrounds
  • protestant
  • similar education
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Sherif Procedure

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  • field experiment (robbers cave state park) , unaware of study
  • parental consent
  • divided into groups of equivalent ability
  • separately transported to cabins
  • observations , tape recordings , sociometric analyses
  • 3 stages = ingroup formation , friction stage , integration phase
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ingroup formation

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  • groups were unaware of each others existence
  • formation of group norms and relationships
  • bonding activities
  • observed relations , status , roles
  • strong group identity
  • social norms formed
  • clear leader present
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friction phase

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  • groups made aware of each other
  • became hostile
  • experimenter designed competitive activities
  • psychologists dressed up as camp workers
  • discrimination
  • aggressive behavior
  • 6.4% rattlers friends with eagles
  • 7.5% eagles friends with rattlers
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integration phase

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  • increased contact
  • after 7 failed attempts superordinate goals were introduced
  • water shortage , broken food truck , movie ,money
  • breakdown of original ingroups
  • bonded , wanted to share a bus back
  • outgroup friendships increased , 36.4% rattlers friends with eagles , 23.2% eagles friends with rattlerS
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Sherif Conclusion

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  • groups develop status hierarchies and norms
  • intergroup competition leads to outgroup hostility
  • social contact isnt enough to reduce prejudice , superordinate goals are needed
37
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according to tajfel what are the 3 processes for the development of prejudice

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  • social categorisation
  • social identification
  • social comparison
38
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AO3 of social identity theory

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  • overlooks individual differences
  • doesn’t take personality into account (Adornos)
  • can be applied to explain radicalisation (psych in society)
  • isolates group memberships as the main factor , not considering the interactions between groupings
39
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AO3 + of questionnaires

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  • standardised
  • cheap + quick
  • quantitative if closed Qs
  • internal validity
  • can study opinions
40
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AO3 - of questionaries

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  • may not be generalisable
  • response bias
  • subjectivity when analysing results (if opinions)
  • demand characteristics
41
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obedience individual + development

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I - personality + gender
D - gender + culture

42
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obedience individual

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  • locus of control (rotter 1966)
  • authoritarian personality (adorno 1950)
43
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obedience developmental

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  • social learning theory
  • collectivistic/individualistic
  • PDI
44
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prejudice individual

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  • right wing authoritarianism
  • five personality
45
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what are the 3 types of interviews + data

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structured - predetermined closed Qs , quantitative
semi structured - predetermined and probe Qs , quantitative and qualitative
unstructured - topic for discussion , qualitative

46
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define social identity

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self concept formed from how we view ourself in relation to membership of our social group

47
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social categorisation

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belonging to a specific group (in-group) and all others are out-groups, this process involves stereotyping

48
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social identification

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taking on norms and attitudes of our in-group, strong group identity forms due to shared norms

49
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social comparison

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occurs with out-groups when we see in-group as better forming in-group favouritism so make us the best, to do this unfair comments are made to boost self esteem causing prejudice/discrimination, doesn’t happen with people we don’t know or aren’t relevant in our lifes

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