WK 8 Social Psychology Flashcards
Social Psychology
how individuals thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by the actual, imagined or symbolically represented presence of other people
social psych is ……….. based
empirically
ABC’s
- affect
- behaviour
- cognition
ABC- thoughts, feelings and actions
A- feelings
B-actions
C-thoughts
construals
individual perceptions and interpretations of the world or events around us
motives of construing social situations
- heart: need to maintain positive self-regard and belong
- minds: need to be accurate and know the world
8 things studied
- stigma, prejudice, discrimination
- social cognition
- the self
- close relationships
- prosocially and aggressiom
- social influence (spectrum. )
- groups
- application and intervention
Stigma
shared beliefs about undesirable attributes
Stigma classifications
- tribal identities
- abominations of the body
- blemishes of individual character
Stigma levels of analysis
- individual (self-stigma and experience)
- interpersonal (social interaction)
- societal (policy and access)
Stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice ABC
A- P (emotion linked with attitude)
B- D (act on emotion)
C- S (beliefs that make up attitude)
2 origins of prejudice
- economic perspective (realistic group conflict theory)
- motivational perspective (social identity theory)
Economic perspective (realistic group conflict theory)
competition for scarce resources creates conflict among groups, hostile conflict increases ethnocentrism (glorify ones group)
Motivational perspective (social identity theory)
people drive part of their self-concept from group membership, people motivated to view ingroup more favourably to boost self-esteem
Motivational perspective (social identity theory): minimal groups
strangers randomly formed in groups
