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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/23/2011

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Term
Principles of Social Influence
Definition

1) Principle of Social Proof

2) Principle of Reciprocity

3) Principle of Commitment

4) Principle of Authority

5) Principle of Liking

Term
Principle of Social Proof
Definition
When you are not sure what to do, you look around to see what other people are doing.
Term
Pluralistic Ignorance
Definition
everyone is doing the same thing; blind leading the blind.
Term
Werther Effect
Definition

(Copycat Scuicide)

an emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media.

 

Read about it in the paper

Term
Principle of Reciprocity
Definition

responding to a positive action with another positive action, and responding to a negative action with another negative one.

 

gift closet; you were a bridesmaid in her wedding now  you have to ask her to be one in yours

Term
Door-In-The-Face Technique
Definition
People are more likely to give you what you ask if you first ask for something huge ($10,000), let them "slam the door in your face",  and then ask for something smaller ($100) 
Term
Principle of Commitment
Definition
You made a commitment to get your child that toy for christmas so you feel obligated to get the toy.
Term
foot-in-the-door technique
Definition
get someone to agree to a small request you can increase the chance that they will agree to a much larger request.
Term
low-balling
Definition
you get someone to commit to something and then change the conditions.
Term
Captainitis
Definition
Copilots will not question the authorities of their pilots; Principle of Authority can be bad when lives are at stake. 
Term
Principle of Liking
Definition
when you are invited to a candle party you feel inclined to buy
Term
Self-concept
Definition
the sum total of your beliefs about yourself
Term
looking glass self
Definition
other people are a mirror in which we see ourselves
Term
Mead (Self Concept)
Definition
we come to know ourselves by imagining what significant others think of us
Term
Public Self Awareness
Definition
aware of aspects of yourself that others can see (appearance)
Term
Private Self Awareness
Definition
aware of aspects of yourself that others can’t see ex. morals
Term
Escaping the Self
Definition
underlying issue that leads to suicide
Term
Deindividualisation
Definition
the loss of self when in a group
Term
Baiting Crowd
Definition
Someone is about to jump of a building and everyone yells jump
Term
Self Esteem
Definition
overall positive or negative evaluation of the self
Term
Lake Wobegon Effect
Definition
The characterization of the fictional location, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average," has been used to describe a real and pervasive human tendency to overestimate one’s achievements and capabilities in relation to others.
Term
Sources of Self Esteem
Definition

1) Behavioral Performance

2) How we think others see us

3) Self Serving attributions 

4) Basking in reflected glory

5) Cutting off reflective failure

6) Derogation of Others

7) Downward social comparison

8) Self Handicapping

Term

self-serving attributions

Definition
 take credit for success and deny responsibility for failure
Term
basking in reflected glory
Definition
publicily announcing your affiliation with a successful other group
Term

cutting off reflected failure

Definition
distancing ourselves from people who have failed
Term
Self Handicapping
Definition

- behavioral self-handicapping- getting an excuse for a failure (drinking before a test

- self-reported self-handicapping- they will make up an excuse   for why they did poorly for a test.

- excessively good samaritans- give up everything in order to   care for someone else. Use as an excuse

 

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