Social wk 7 Flashcards
An experiment to study social ostracism
FINISH
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”
what is threatened by ostracism
belonging
self-esteem
control
A meaningful existence
50% of men reported that they stopped playing because
they weren’t interested,
protecting their ego
Autokinetic effect
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.