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Unit 2 AOS1 Flashcards

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What is social cognition?

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It is how we interpret, analyse, remember and use information to make judgement’s about others in different social situation.

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What is personal perception?

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it is the mental processes we use to form impressions and draw conclusions about personal characteristics of other people.

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Why is personal perception important?

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Can be important when interacting with strangers (keeps you safe!)

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What is the halo effect?
Give an example.

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A cognitive bias in which the impression we form about on quality in a person, leads us to expectations and beliefs in another quality.

Assuming a pretty person is kind.

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Salience Detection

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It is used to describe characteristics that stand out in a specific situation and are therefore more easily detected.

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What is attribution?

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It is the process in which people explain the causes of their own and other peoples behaviour.

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What are the two catergories for attribution?
Explain them.

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INTERNAL ATTRABUTION: explaining behaviour in terms of characteristics of the person involved, such as personality, ability, attitude, mood, motivation or effort.

EXTERNAL ATTRABUTION:
explaining behaviour due to the factors of the situation, such as the actions of others, the task, environment, luck or fate.

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Using a example explain the difference between internal and external attribution.

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You failed a test.
Internal: didn’t put in enough effort in to understanding it.
External: the teacher did not explain it to me.

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What is the fundamental attribution error?

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The tendency to overestimate the influence of personal factors and underestimate the impact of situational factors on other people’s behaviour.

basically attributes a person’s behaviour to internal rather than external factors.

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What is actor-observer bias?

What is an example?

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The tendency to attribution our own behaviour to external causes, yet attribute the behaviour of others to internal factors.

for examples: blaming Emily’s 40% mark on a psych test due to a lack of study but my 41% score was due to a difficult paper.

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What is self-serving bias?

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It is when judging ourselves, we tend to take credit for our successes and attribute failures to situational factors.

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What is a attitude?

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An attitude is an evaluation a person makes about an object, person, group or event/issue.

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How are attitudes formed?

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Experiences

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What is the tri-component model of attitude?

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A way to explain attitudes. it proposes that attitude has 3 related components.

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What are the three components of the model?

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Affective component
Behavioural component
Cognitive component.

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What is affective component?
Give an example.

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Affective component refers to an emotional reactions or feelings an individual has towards an object, person, group, event or issue.
eg. I hate maths.

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What is behavioural component?
Give an example.

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Behaviour component refers to the way an attitude is expressed through our actions.
eg. running to keep fit which is a behavioural component that reflects your attitude towards fitness.

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What is cognitive component?
Give an example.

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Cognitive component refers to the beliefs we have about an object, person, group, event or issue.
eg. You think dogs are a good companion.

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Give an example of consistency throughout the tri-model.

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A: I love dogs
B: might buy a dog and hang our with it all the time
C: you think dogs make a good companion.

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Give an example of inconsistency throughout the tri-model.

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A: you dislike drinking
C: you think that drinking is bad for you
B: you drink because your friends do.

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What is a limitation of the tri-model?

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There can be a inconsistency between the three components.

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What is a stereotype?

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it is a collection of beliefs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group (such as age group , gender, or race), regardless of the individual differences.

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What is stereotyping?

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the process of grouping or ‘fitting’ people into a category based on what we know.

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What do stereotypes lead to?

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They lead to stigma, prejudice or both.

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What is social stigma?

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It is a negative label associated with disapproval or rejection by others who are not labelled in that way.

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What is cognitive dissonance?

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It is the feeling of discomfit when a person acts in a way that is inconstant with their attitude or perception of themselves.

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What is prejudice?

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Prejudice is holing a negative attitude towards the members of a group, based solely on their membership of the group.

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What does prejudice lead to?

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prejudice leads to discrimination

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What are the two types of prejudice?
Explain them.

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prejudice in history (old-fashion): people in the majority group OPENLY reject people in the minority group.

modern prejudice: more SUBTLE, hidden and expressed in wats that is more likely to be accepted within the majority group.

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Explicit VS Implicit

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Explicit is prejudice that is consciously held and usually deliberately.
Implicit is prejudice that is unconsciously held. (unaware)

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What is discrimination?

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a behaviour that arises from the attitude of prejudice.

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What is indirect discrimination?
Give an example.

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Indirect occurs when treating everybody in the same way disadvantages someone because of a personal characteristics.
For example: having no disability ramp into the public swimming pool.

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What is direct discrimination?
Give an example.

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Direct when someone is treated unfairly and is disadvantaged because of a personal characteristic protected by the law.
For example: telling someone they can’t use the public pool because their looks may upset others.

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What are the forms of discriminations?

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Sexism, Agism, Racist

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What is status?

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It is the importance of an individual’s position in a group, as perceived by members of the group.

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What is power?

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Power refers to an individual’s (or group) ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person (or group).

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What are the types of power?

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reward power, coercive power, legitimate power, referent power, expert power, information power.

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What is reward power?

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Reward power is the ability to remove a negative consequence or give a positive consequence in response to a specific behaviour.
BOSS

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What is coercive power?

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Coercive power is the ability to remove a positive consequence or give a negative consequence in response to a specific behaviour
TEACHER

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What is legitimate power?

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It is when an individual’s status/position in a group, organisation, or society in general gives them right (authority) to exercise power over those with a lower status.
POLICE OFFICER

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What is referent power?

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It is when an individuals identify with or want to be like this person.
TAYLOR SWIFT

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What is expert power?

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It is having specific/special knowledge and skills that are desirable or needed.
PILOT

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What is information power?

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It is having resources or information that are useful and are not available elsewhere.
SOMEONE HAVING A SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

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What is group thinking?

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Group thinking occurs when people’s desire to maintain group loyalty becomes more important than making the best choices.

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What is group polarisation?

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It is the tendency of an individual group member to shift their initially held views to a more extreme position.

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What is social comparison?

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It is the process of evaluating our attitudes and abilities by comparing ourselves to others.

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What is deindividuation?

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It is when a person’s identity within a group overrides their own identity and self-awareness.

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What is obedience?
What are the factors that affect it?

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Obedience occurs when we follow the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society.
Factors:
- status of authority
- proximity
- group pressure

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What is conformity?

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It involves changing one’s behaviour to match the responses or actions of others. (no pressure is needed)

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Heuristics?

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Heuristics: mental shortcuts we use to make quicker, more efficient decisions.

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Availability heuristics

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Availability heuristic: a mental shortcut in which we use the information that we first think of to make a judgement.

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Fundamental attribution error

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Fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the influence of personal factors and underestimate the impact of situational factors on other people’s behaviour.

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