CH 11 - Social Psychology Flashcards
Social psychology
-study of how we think about, influence, relate to each other
Fundamental attribution error
- when analyzing other’s behavior, we overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the situation
Social thinking
- roles affect our attitudes
- cognitive dissonance: bring attitudes on line with our actions
Social influence
-conformity: adjusting our behavior or thinking toward a group standard
Most likely when:
1. We feel incompetent or insecure
2. In a group where everyone agrees
3. Admire group status
4. Not committed to any response
5. Know that others will observe our behavior
6. Our culture respects social standards
-ex. asch line test
-obedience
Stanley Milgram study
-group influence
Social facilitation, social loafing, deindividuation, group polarization
Social facilitation
-responses on individual tasks are stronger in the presence of others
Social loafing
-less effort exerted when individuals contribute toward attaining a common group goal
Deindividuation
-loss of self awareness and self restraint that occurs in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
Group polarization
group strengthens everyones attitudes
Social relations
- prejudice: unfair negative attitude towards a group
- human passions
Aggression, attraction
-altruism
social roots of prejudice
=prejudice: unfair and negative attitude towards group, act by discrimination
- just world phenomenon - people in bad situation must have deserved it
- ingroup bias
- forming categories
Influences on aggression
- biological influences: genetics
- psychological influences: frustration
- social-cultural influences:modeling
Psychology of attraction
- proximity
- physical attractiveness
- similarity
attitude
feelings based in beliefs that influence how we respond to certain events
foot in the door phenomenon
-people who agree to a small request will find it easier to agree to a larger one later
groupthink
desire for agreement in a group overrides a realistic approach
