essay prompts SCLOA

Question 1

Attribution theory

Answer 1

proposed by Heider
assumes that people tend to look for causes and reasons for other people’s behavior because they feel that there are motives behind most of their own behavior.
People construct causal theories because they want to be able to understand, predict, and control the environment around them.

Question 2

Bartlett

Answer 2

to investigate how memory of a story is change by previous knowledge.

• british were told the native american story “war of the ghosts” which was filled with unfamiliar names and concepts, told to reproduce the story
• story became more consistent with the participants own cultural expectations, story became shorter

Question 3

Bond and Smith

Answer 3

compare conformity in collectivist and individualist societies
meta analysis of 133 studies in 17 different countries
collectivist societies tend to conform more than individualist societies

Question 4

scloa principle

Answer 4

Social models and or theories of behavior can be proposed and investigated scientifically

Question 5

Tajfel

Answer 5

in group-out group
artworks
participants in the in group were rated more likeable

Question 6

Bandura

Answer 6

Social Learning
children divided into groups based on their aggression
-one group exposed to adult models who showed aggression by bashing inflatable bobo dolls
- other group did not observe an aggressive model
-children who observed the aggressive models were significantly more aggressive

Question 7

Social Learning Theory

Answer 7

people learn from observing and imitating other people

Question 8

Social Identity Theory

Answer 8

by Tajfel
- groups to which people belonged were a source of pride
in order to increase our self esteem we elevate the status of the group

Question 9

define SCLOA

Answer 9

study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, implied, or imagined presence of others

Question 10

4 Factors that influence social learning

Answer 10

Consistency
identification with the model
rewards/punishment
liking the model

Question 11

4 factors required for social learning

Answer 11

attention
retention
reproduction
motivation

Question 12

bagby and rector

Answer 12

ingroup outgrpoup bias
french rape trial
french canadians rated the outgroup defendant more guilty when the victim was french

Question 13

leon Festinger

Answer 13

self fulfillin gprophecy

superstitious people in Chicago

Question 14

cialdini et al. (1975)

Answer 14

DITF
youth counciling program
participants were more likely to agree to volunteer for one Saturday if first asked to volunteer every week for 2 years

Question 15

Freedman and Fraser

Answer 15

FITD
partipants were more likely to put a large sign in their yard if they first committed to putting a small sign in their yard

Question 16

kimball and Zabrack

Answer 16

found that canadian children became more agressive after television was introduced