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Ch. 15
Social Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/03/2013

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Fundamental Attribution Error
Definition
talking about others people behavior by over emphasizing the influence of disposition and under emphazing situation
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Actor-Observer Bias
Definition
when you try to make judgements of your own behavior, you over emphasize the situation and the influence of you as a person
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Self- serving bias
Definition
your explanation on wheather is the enviorment or dispositional, changes based on wheather the outcome is good or bad. (environment or me)
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Foot-in-the-door
Definition
when you ask for something small its boots your chances for getting something big
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Door-in-the-face
Definition
when you want something smaller, so you ask for something ridiculous first
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Reciprocity
Definition
nothing is for free- if you get something free- theres always something you need to do
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Pique Technique
Definition
When you have a request you ask it in a way that not familar
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Gain vs. Loss
Definition
framing in a way that you gotta lose money( which is more perspective the gaining something
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cognitive dissonance
Definition

humans love consistenency

- when we make judgments in are own world that are not consistent

- so we make consistent - so we dont panic

consistency enables us to make accurate prediction about the future

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group pressure and conformity
Definition
suggestibility is a subtle type of conformity, adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard
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Normative Social influence
Definition
your change your behavior to be consistent with the group because you want to fit in
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Informational Social Influence
Definition
you conform because you want to be right
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Obedience to Authority
Definition
strong social influences can make people conform to falsehoods and capitulate to crueluty
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Milgram Studies
Definition

-original studies - urged teachers to deliver shocks to learners that produced wrong answers 2/3 went all the way

-replication

- ethics considered unethical because participants were unconfortable and brought to tears

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social loafing
Definition
tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable
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Deindividuation
Definition
a group gets bigger, there is a loss of self - awareness and self- restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
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Group Polarization
Definition
enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion withthin the group
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GroupThink
Definition
brainstorming doesnt work. IF people more motivated to get along than they are to come up with good ideas
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The Power of Individuals
Definition
social control and personal control interact. we feel pressured we react by doing the opposite of what is expeected, when reassert our sense of freedom. minority can be influential on group as long as their opinion never waivers
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Prejudice
Definition

like or dislike something

 

ex. i dont like blondes

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Stereotype
Definition

generalized belief about a group of people

 

ex. all blondes are dumb

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Discrimination
Definition

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

 

ex. im not going to hire a blonde

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The Just-word Phenomenon
Definition
tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
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Agression
Definition
any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy
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Correlational Data
Definition
watching violent movies is correlational with people who are more violent
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Experimental Data
Definition
watching violent movies/games does make people more aggresive. dependent variable blasting noise
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Agression and Gender
Definition

Men are more physically agressive than women

women are more likely to be verbally aggressive rather than physical

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Proximity
Definition
geographic nearness. Mere-exposure effect: the more times you see something, the more you like it
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Physical Attractiveness
Definition
influences first impressions- happier healthier, more sucessful
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Passionate Love
Definition
aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually at beginning of relationship
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Companionate Love
Definition
deep, affectionate attachment/ want to share your life with
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Equity
Definition
condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
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Alrtruism
Definition
unselfish regard fro the welfare of others/ help someone else just to help
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Diffusion of Responsibility
Definition
bigger the group, the less likely someone is going to help- social loafing
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Diffusion of Responsibility
Definition
bigger the group, the less likely someone is going to help-social loafing
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Bystander Effect
Definition

emergencies Only

 

kitty genovese- when more poeple are around people are less likely to help - think someone else would help

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Mirror-image perceptions
Definition
mutual views often held by conflicting people as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and the other side evil
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Robber's Cave Experiment
Definition

two groups of middle school boys at summer camp

- Teams competed - hated each other

- teams cooperated- became friends

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