Social wk 7 Flashcards

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An experiment to study social ostracism

FINISH

A

Setup:
- participant expects to be waiting for an experiment
- the “waiting” is actually part of the experiment
- the others are confederates, so working to a script
- they use a seemingly spontaneous game to “ostracise”

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what is threatened by ostracism

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belonging
self-esteem
control
A meaningful existence

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50% of men reported that they stopped playing because

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they weren’t interested,
protecting their ego

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Autokinetic effect

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light appears to move when alone in context
Was thought to be physical, but it is a perceptual phenomenon.

of interest to social psychs bc it is ambiguous and subjectively experienced.

Useful bc everyone’ s perception will differ and there’s no reference point to compare to.

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