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Social Psychology
Midterm 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/05/2014

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Descriptive norms
Definition
describes how people behave in a situation
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injunctive norms
Definition
what people should do in a situation/approved behaviour
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pluralistic ignorance
Definition
misconception- multiple members reject social norms (privately) but believe others agree with norms
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informational influence
Definition
influences others-believes others are correct and also wants to be correct- so they conform
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private conformity
Definition
people change their private view and conform to group behaviour
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normative influence
Definition
conform when they fear a negative social consequence from deviance
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public conformity
Definition
conform to agree with others even if others are wrong and they are right
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social impact theory
Definition
people closer to us have more impact on our opinions
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prosocial behaviour
Definition
help those who have helped us
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self-disclosure
Definition
disclose to those who have helped us
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cooperation/competition
Definition
cooperate with those who have cooperated with us/compete with those who have competed with us in the past
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compliance
Definition
persuaded by those who have complied in the past
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elaboration likelihood model
Definition
people focus on different parts of the message based on their involvement
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central processing
Definition
people carefully evaluate arguments in a message
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peripheral processing
Definition
people don't think about message, influenced by superficial characteristics
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sleeper effect
Definition
message that is not initially persuasive becomes more persuasive- forget source
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self-monitoring
Definition
people change their attitudes/behaviour to fit the situation
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reciprocation
Definition
comply with requests of others who have done a favour for us (pro-social, self-disclosure, cooperation/competition, compliance)
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social validation
Definition
comply to a request if others similar to us are complying
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consistency
Definition
comply with requests similar to the position we take
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friendship/liking
Definition
comply with friends/others we like
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authority
Definition
comply with authority
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scarcity
Definition
value opportunities and products less available
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subliminal persuasion
Definition
a person is exposed to many stimuli so quickly they are subconsciously persuaded
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forewarning
Definition
making people aware that they will soon receive a persuasive message
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reactance
Definition
the feeling people have when their freedom is threatened and they want to restore it
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inoculation
Definition
allows people to better defend a stronger version of the message later on, increases attitude certainty
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attitude importance
Definition
attitudes that are important to us are more consistent to persuasion
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intragroup
Definition
processes within a group
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intergroup
Definition
processes between groups
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social facilitation
Definition
people do better on a task when in the presence of others than when alone
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social inhibition
Definition
people do worse on a task when in the presence of others than when alone
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mere presence
Definition
the presence of others is energizing
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evaluation apprehension
Definition
people's concern about being evaluated by an audience
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social loafing
Definition
group members believe it is not one member's responsibility to complete a task
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collective effort model
Definition
people's motivation to exert effort in group tasks as depending on whether their efforts will be identifiable
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identifiable contributions
Definition
if people believe their contributions will be identifiable
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contributions impact
Definition
whether/not you believe their contributions will be identifiable
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task importance
Definition
people work harder on a task that is important to them (even if efforts are unidentifiable)
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social compensation
Definition
work harder to compensate for others' social loafing
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cohesiveness
Definition
characteristic- transform collection of individuals into members of a group
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group polarization
Definition
group makes riskier decision than individual would make alone (risky shift)
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groupthink
Definition
tendency among group members to achieve concurrence/unanimity as opposed to the "best decision"
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transactional leaders
Definition
reward desirable behaviours, react to mistakes/problems after they occur
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transformational leaders
Definition
establish trust and excitement about goals- better approach, creates intrinsic motivation
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contingency model
Definition
emphasizes the importance of having a match between leader's traits and demands of the situation
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task-oriented
Definition
organize projects/achieve goals
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people-oriented
Definition
build supportive/caring work environment- set out feedback and contributions
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social dilemma
Definition
when the interests of one group/individual conflicts with interests of another group/individual
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common resource dilemma
Definition
resource can be reduced/eliminated because of overuse
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public goods dilemma
Definition
some people contribute- all benefit, if no people contribute, no one can have the benefits (example: giving blood)
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prisoner's dilemma
Definition
decision to compete or cooperate, one person follows the other's lead
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anonymity
Definition
become anonymous in a crowd, less responsible for actions
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suggestibility
Definition
social restraints are loosened- become more suggestible to impulsivity
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contagion
Definition
acts of violence are contagious
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de-individuation
Definition
when people are in large groups, they are less likely to follow normal rules of behaviour- lose awareness of self as a distinct individual
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social identity theory
Definition
do not lose individual identity, gain a new social identity as a member of that group
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status of the in-group
Definition
groups threatened take pleasure in another group's failure, even if they have no direct benefit
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status within a group
Definition
members who feel their identity is threatened act hostile toward other members of other groups
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group size
Definition
smaller groups=greater loyalty
minority groups=better loyalty than majority groups
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