Unit 14: Social Psych

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Attribution theory

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How we explain someone’s behavior based on their emotions, actions, the situation, or their deposition (frame of mind/personality)

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Social psych

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The study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others

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Dispositional theory

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Factors that are internal to someone/thing and aren’t seen (ie genes, mood)

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Situational factors

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Behavior from one situation & person to another

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Fundamental attribution factor

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Tendency for observes to UNDERESTIMATE the impact of the situation & OVERESTIMATE the impact of personal disposition

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Spotlight effect

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Overestimating others noticing & evaluating how we look, how we act, and blunders
(Narcissist-we think a spotlight is on us)

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Self serving bias

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Readiness to perceive oneself favorably

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Central route persuasion

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Attitude change in which interested people focus on arguments & respond with favorable thoughts

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Peripheral route persuasion

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Attitude change where people are influenced by things like if the speaker is attractive or not

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Foot in the door phenomenon

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People start with a small request and work it up to a larger request

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Door in the face

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Someone starts with a big request but then makes it smaller

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Role

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Set of expectations (norms) about a social position – defining how people should behave

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Cognitive dissonance

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We work to reduce discomfort we feel when 2 thoughts are inconsistent
(Conscience tells you 1 thing and society another)

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Conformity

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Going along with the rest of the group

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Obedience

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Following a leaders orders (authority)

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Social loafing

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Slacking when in a group

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Social facilitation

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When people do things ether with an audience

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Deindividuation

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One individual loses self awareness (individuality) in group situations

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Group polarization

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When in a group people make extreme decisions

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Group think

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Going along with the group because you don’t always agree with them but don’t want to be the odd one out

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Culture

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Behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people

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Norms

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“Proper” behavior

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Personal space

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Buffer zone we keep around our bodies

Aka - our bubble

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Prejudice

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Negative ATTITUDE to a group

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Stereotype

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Generalized BELIEF about a group of people

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Discriminate

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Negative ACTION towards a group of people

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In group bias

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Favoring your own group

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Just world phenomenon

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Good is rewarded; evil is punished | People get what they deserve and deserve what the want

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aggression

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any physical behavior intended to hurt someone

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frustration-aggression principle

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frustration (blocking an attempt to achieve a goal) sparks anger that leads to aggression

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social scripts

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mental tapes on how to act (obtained from culture)

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proximity/mere exposure effect

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the more you're around someone, the more you learn to like them

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physical attractiveness

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first impressions effect if you're attracted to someone the most

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similarity

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in order to have a successful long-term relationship, you need similarities

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halo effect

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judging someone because of one characteristic while ignoring other attributes

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altruism

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unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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bystander effect

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tendency for bystanders to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

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reciprocity norm

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expectation that people will help, not hurt, others that have helped them

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self fulfilling prophecies

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a belief that leads to its own fulfillment

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social inhilation

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a person's performance is weakened by a crowd

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risky shift phenomenon

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the longer a group is together, the worse their actions get (when it comes to being extreme with actions)

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individualistic culture

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priority to personal goals over group goals; define self on personal behavior

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collectivist culture

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priority to group goals & people make decisions based on whats best for the group

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ethnocentrism

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belief that your ethnicity or culture is superior to others

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Who was Milgram?

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Shock guys

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Who was Asch?

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Conformity; line test

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Who was festinger

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Cognitive dissonance

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Who was zimbardo

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Prison study | Social roles