Topic 15 - Part 1 Flashcards

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What is social psychology?

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Why do people behave the way they do

How a person’s situation, group, or relationships influence their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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Humans are social species

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We are predispoed to forming intimate interpersonal networks of particular size

  • Network size: 150 people

Need to belong theory

  • Biologically based need for interpersonal connection

Isoolation (& threat) associated with increased anxiety, abnormal eating, reduced intelligence

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Social compariosn theory

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We seek to evaluate our abilities & beliefs by comparing them with those of others

Upwards (superiors) and downwards (inferiors) social comparison

Both can boost self concept

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Fundamental attribution error

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Attribution refers to the process of assigning a cause to behaviour

Why did jim rob the bank

  • he’s impulsive (Internal)
  • his family was broke (External)

When we look at others behavior we

  • Overestimate the impact of dispostional influence
  • Understiminting Impact of situational influences
  • When it comes to evaluating our own behavior, we do the opposite
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Just world hypothesis

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A consequcne of the endency to provide dispositional explanations for behavior is victime blame

Just world hypothesis

  • Belife that people get the outcomes they deserve
  • Based on the belief that the world is fair
  • Helps people feel safe
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Confromity

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Tendency of people to alter behaviour as a result of group pressure

Socail influences on conformity

  • Unanimity
  • Difference in the wrong answer
  • Size of group
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Deindividuation

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The loss persons sense of individuality and the reduction of normal constraint against deviant behaviour

Mob mentality

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Group think

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A group decision making style characterized by an excessive tendency among group member to seek concurrence

Emphasis on group unanimity at the expense critical thinking

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Symptoms of groupthink

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Illusion of group invuerability

Self-censorship –> I suspect the group leader’s idea is stupid, but I’d better not say anything

Mindguards –> oh, you think you know better than the rest of us

Stereotyping of outgroup –> they’re all morons

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Compliance: Submitting to direct social pressure

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Compliance is a behaviour that occurs in response to direct social pressure

Techniques that rea likely to lead to compliance are often used in sales & marketing included

  • Foot in the door technique
  • Door in the face technique
  • Low ball technique
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Foot in the door

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Start with small request and moves to a larger one

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Door in the face

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Starts with big but then backs off

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Low Ball

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Starts with low price, then adds on all desirable technique

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Obedience: following direct orders

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Adherence to instruciton form those of higher authority

Eseential ingredient in daily lives

Problematic when people stop asking why they’re behaving as others want them to

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Ligram paradigm

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Leaner tells teaching he has a “slight heat condition” before socks

By 330 volts, the laerner is yelling “let me out of here “

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Milgram paradigm: follow ups

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The greater distance between teacher and expatirate, the less obedience

The greater the distance between teacher and learner the more obedience

Compliance not related to sadism

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Prosocial behaviour defined

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Behavoir that benefits another person

  • Helping
  • Giving
  • Sharing
  • Cooperating
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Heling: situational influences

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People are more likely to help in certain situation

  • They cant easily escape
  • Victim characteristics
  • Good mood
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Why does the bystander effect happen

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Five steps to helping in an emergency

  • Notice the event
  • Understand that tit is an emergency
  • Take responsibility
  • Know how to help
  • Help
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Altursim

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A motive increase another welfare wihout consicious regard for ones self interest

Does true altruism exist??