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Unit 14 Flashcards

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Social psychology

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The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Chameleon effect

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You see someone do something then you want to do it

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Mood linkage

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Sharing, up-and-down moods with peers

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Conformity

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Adjusting/adapting/changing one’s behavior of thinking to coincide with a group standard

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Solomon Asch

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Researched the circumstances under which people will conform
Which line is longer experiment

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Normative Social Influence

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Person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Informational Social Influence

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One’s willingness to accept other’s opinions about reality

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Stanley Milgram

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Researched obedience to authority
Lethal shock experiment

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Obedience

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The tendency to comply with orders (implied or real) from someone perceived as an authority

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Social loafing

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Tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooping their efforts together than when individually accountable

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Social facilitation

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Improved performance of tasks in the presence of others

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Deindividuation

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Loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

People lose sense of responsibility when in a group

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Group polarization

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Enhancement of a group’s already existing attitudes through discussion within the group.

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Group thinking

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We go along with a decision that we don’t agree with bc it maybe harmful/negative, to get along with or please the group.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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When we believe something to be true about others/ourselves and we act in ways that cause this belief to come true.

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Fundamental Attribution Theory

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People tend to blame:credit the person more than the situation

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Attribution Theory

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The theory that we tend to explain the behavior of others as an aspect of either an inner trait or the situation.

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Situational Attribution

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Attributing someone’s actions to the various factors in the situation

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Dispositional Attribution

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Attributing someone’s actions to the person’s disposition
Ex. thoughts, feelings, personality characteristics, etc.

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Self-serving bias

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Readiness to perceive oneself favorably

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Attitude

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The belief and feeling that predisposes someone to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.

One’s viewpoint on an issue

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Central Route Persuasion

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Occurs when influenced people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

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Peripheral Route Persuasion

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Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues such as a speaker’s attractiveness

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent.

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Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

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The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.

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Role

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A set of expectations in a social setting that define how one ought to behave.

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Bystander effect

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The tendency for a person to be less likely to give aid if other people are present

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John Darley and Bibb Latané

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Researched the circumstances that determine when a bystander will intervene on behalf of a situation

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Proximity

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Closeness in physical space, time, or relationship

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Mere Exposure effect

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The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them.

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Passionate Love

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Aroused state of intense positive absorption in another
- usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

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Companionate Love

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A deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
- Equity
- Self-disclosure

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Equity

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When people contribute to and receive from a relationship at a similar rate

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Self-disclosure

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Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

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Altruism

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Helping others without regard for your own safety

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Just-World Phenomenon

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The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

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Culture/Norm

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An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior

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Prejudice

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An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members.

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Stereotype

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A generalized belief about a group of people

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Discrimination

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Taking action against a group of people bc of a stereotype and feelings of prejudice

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In group “Us”

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People with whom we share a common identity

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Outgroup “Them”

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Those perceived as different or apart from “us”

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Ingroup Bias

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Tendency to favor one’s own group

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Scapegoat Theory

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The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.

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Categorization

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Tendency to group similar objects

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Other-Race Effect

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It is easier to remember faces of our own race

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Aggression

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Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

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Frustration-Aggression Principle

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Frustration creates anger which can generate aggression

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Social scripts

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Outline of how weird supposed to behave
(Culturally molded)

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Social exchange theory

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You behave well in society because you want society to be a good place

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Reciprocity norm

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An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them

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Social-responsibility norm

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An expectation that people will help those needing their help

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Social Trap

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S situation in which you have 2 conflicting interests

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Mirror-Image Perceptions

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When 2 conflicting sides see themselves as ethical and the other as evil

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Superordinate Goals

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Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

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