Unit 8 Vocabulary: Social Psych

Question 1

What sport does Coach Brackett Coach?

Answer 1

Basketball

Question 2

What is the predisposition to act, think, and feel in a particular way toward a class of people object or idea?

Answer 2

Attitude

Question 3

What is our perception of ourself?

Answer 3

Self-concept

Question 4

What is a change of behavior to avoid comfort or reject and gain approval?

Answer 4

Compliance

Question 5

What is what is seeing one-self as similar to another person or group and accepting the attitudes of another person or group as one’s own?

Answer 5

Identification

Question 6

What is incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as a part of oneself?

Answer 6

Internalization

Question 7

What is the uncomfortable feeling when a person experiences contradictory or conflicting thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, or feelings?

Answer 7

Cognitive Dissonance

Question 8

What is the process of taking a public position that contradicts one’s private attitude?

Answer 8

Counterattitudinal behavior

Question 9

What is the need to rationalize one’s attitude and behavior?

Answer 9

Self-justification

Question 10

What is a belief, prediction, or expectation that operates to bring about its own fulfillment

Answer 10

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 11

What is a preconceived attitude toward a person or group that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easily changed?

Answer 11

Prejudice

Question 12

What is the unequal treatment of individuals on the basis of their race, ethnic group, age, gender, or membership in another category rather than on the basis of individual characteristics?

Answer 12

Discrimination

Question 13

What is the direct attempt to influence attitudes?

Answer 13

Persuasion

Question 14

What is a change in attitude or behavior opposite of the one desired by the persuader?

Answer 14

Boomerang effect

Question 15

What is the delayed impact on attitude change of a persuasive communication?

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Sleeper effect

Question 16

What is developing resistance to persuasion by exposing a person to arguments that challenge his or her beliefs so that he or she can practice defending them?

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Inoculation effect

Question 17

What is the extreme form of attitude change; uses peer pressure, physical suffering, threats, rewards, guilt, and intensive indoctrination?

Answer 17

Brainwashing

Question 18

A collection of people who have shared goals, a degree of interdependence, and some amount of communication is?

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Group

Question 19

Activities directed toward getting a job done

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Task functions

Question 20

Responses directed toward satisfying the emotional needs of members

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Social functions

Question 21

Shared standards of behavior accepted by and expected from group members

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Norms

Question 22

The set of principles, attitudes,and defined objectives for which a group stands

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Ideology

Question 23

An increase on performance in front of a crowd

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Social facilitation

Question 24

A decrease in performance in front of a crowd

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Social inhibition

Question 25

Theory that group discussion reinforces the majority's point of view and shifts group members opinions to a more extreme position

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Group polarization

Question 26

Poor group decisions making that occurs as a result of a group emphasizing unity over critical thinking

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Group think

Question 27

A group diagram that represents relationships within a group , especially likes and dislikes of members for other members

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Socko gram

Question 28

Acting in according with group norms or customs

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Conformity

Question 29

A change in attitude or behavior brought about by social pressure to comply with people perceived to be authority's

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Obedience

Question 30

Behavior intended to do physical or psychological harm to others

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Aggression

Question 31

Releasing anger or aggression by letting out powerful negative emotions

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Catharsis

Question 32

Helping others , often at a cost or risk , for reasons other than rewards

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Altruism

Question 33

The presence of others lessens and individuals feelings of responsibility for his or her actions or failure to act

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Diffusion of responsibility

Question 34

An individual does not take action because of the presence of others

Answer 34

Bystander effect

Question 35

The tendency to work less hard when sharing the workload with others

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Social loafing

Question 36

Individuals behave irrationally when there is less chance of being personally identified

Answer 36

Deindividuation

Question 37

Seeks to explain how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by interactions with others.

Answer 37

Social Psychology

Question 38

Focuses on how we perceive, store, and retrieve information about social interactions.

Answer 38

Social Cognition

Question 39

The distance of one person to another person.

Answer 39

Physical Proximity

Question 40

The ability of a person to interest you in or to expose you to new ideas and experiences.

Answer 40

Stimulation Value

Question 41

The ability of a person to help another achieve his or her goals.

Answer 41

Utility Value

Question 42

The ability of a person to provide another person with sympathy, encouragement, and approval.

Answer 42

Ego-Support Value

Question 43

The attraction that often develops between opposite types of people because of the ability of one to supply what the other lacks.

Answer 43

Complementarity

Question 44

The tendency to form opinions on others based on first impressions.

Answer 44

Primacy Effect

Question 45

A set of assumptions about people in a given category often based on half truths and nontruths.

Answer 45

Stereotype

Question 46

A collection of principles based on our explanations of the causes of events, other people's behaviors, and our own behaviors.

Answer 46

Attribution Theory

Question 47

An inclination to over attribute others' behavior to internal causes (dispositional factors) and discount the situational factors contributing to their behavior.

Answer 47

Fundamental Attribution Error

Question 48

Tendency to attribute one's own behavior to outside causes but attribute the behavior of others to internal causes.

Answer 48

Actor-Observer Bias

Question 49

A tendency to claim success is due to our efforts, while failure is due to circumstances beyond our control.

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Self-Serving Bias

Question 50

The process through which messages are conveyed using space, body language, and facial expression.

Answer 50

Nonverbal Communication

Question 51

The theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues because of different formative experiences.

Answer 51

Generational Identity

Question 52

What is the short-term psychological first aid that helps individuals and families deal with emergencies or highly stressful situations?

Answer 52

Crisis intervention program

Question 53

What is a standardized test that consists of four assessment tests that measure academic development?

Answer 53

ACT

Question 54

What is a standardized test that is an admission requirement at some colleges; the test measures verbal and mathematical reasoning abilities?

Answer 54

SAT

Question 55

What deals with diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and testimony regarding the law and criminal behavior?

Answer 55

Forensic psychology

Question 56

What deals with the psychology of the work plac

Answer 56

Industrial/organizational psychology

Question 57

What studies athletics and athletic? performance

Answer 57

Sports psychology

Question 58

What is mentally rehearsing the steps involved in a successful performance or process?

Answer 58

Visualization

Question 59

What is the study of arguing?

Answer 59

Gerontology