Unit 14: Social Psychology

Question 1

the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

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social psychology

Question 2

More likely to attribute good events to dispositions and bad events to situations.

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optimists

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More likely to suffer from depression, will make dispositional attributions for bad events and situational attributions for good events.

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pessimists

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the theory that we explain someone’s behavior buy crediting either the situation of the person’s disposition.

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attribution theory

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the tendency for observers, when analyzing others’ behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

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fundamental attribution error

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the process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them.

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looking glass effect

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feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events

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attitude

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occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speaker’s attractiveness.

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peripheral route persuasion

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occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

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central route persuasion

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a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave

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role

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the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when we become aware that our attitudes and out actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes.

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cognitive dissonance theory

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improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others.

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social facilitation

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the 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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social loafing

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the loss of self-awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.

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deindividuation

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the enhancement of a group’s prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.

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group polarization

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the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire from harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.

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groupthink

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the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

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culture

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an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. … prescribe “proper” behavior.

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norm

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an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members. … generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action.

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prejudice

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a generalized (sometimes accurate but ofter overgeneralized) belief about a group or people.

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stereotype

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unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members.

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discrimination

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the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore et what they deserve and deserve what they get.

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just-world phenomenon

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“us” - people with whom we share a common identity

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ingroup

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“them” - those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup

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outgroup

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the tendency to favor our own group

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ingroup bias

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the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

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scapegoat theory

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the tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. also called the cross-race effect or the own-race bias.

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other-race effect

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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

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aggression

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the principle that frustration - the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal - creates anger, which can generate aggression

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frustration-aggression principle

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culturally modeled guide for ow to act in various situations.

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social script

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the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them.

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mere exposure

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an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship.

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passionate love

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the deep affectionate attachment with whom our lives are intertwined.

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companionate love

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a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it.

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equity

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revealing intimate aspect of oneself to others.

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self-disclosure

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unselfish regard for the welfare of others.

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altruism

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the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present.

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bystander effect

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the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the am of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs.

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social exchange theory

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an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.

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reciprocity norm

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an expectation that people will help those needing their help.

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social-responsibility norm

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a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas.

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conflict

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a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest rather than the good of the group, become caught in mutually destructive behavior.

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social trap

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mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil and aggressive

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mirror-image perceptions

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a belief that leads to its own fulfillment.

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation.

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superordinate goals