Behaviour In A social Context

Question 1

Attributions

Answer 1

Judgements about causes of our own and other people’s behavior and outcomes

Question 2

Internal Attributions

Answer 2

Peoples behavior is caused by their characteristics

Question 3

Situational Attributions

Answer 3

Aspects of situation cause behavior

Question 4

• consistency
• Distinctiveness
• Consensus

Answer 4

Info used in making an attribution

Question 5

Kelly’s theory

Answer 5

Situational= all 3 high
Personal= Consistency is high while consensus and distinctiveness is low

Question 6

Self serving bias

Answer 6

More personal attributions for success

More situational attributions for failures

Question 7

Primacy effect

Answer 7

First impressions

Initial info may shape how we perceive subsequent info

Question 8

Recency effect

Answer 8

Greater weight to most recent information

Question 9

Attitude behaviour relationship strongest when

Answer 9

Situational factors weak

Question 10

Self perception theory

Answer 10

Behaviour doesnt threaten self worth and attitudes weakly held

Question 11

Communicator- message - channel - audience- context

Answer 11

Persuasion

Question 12

Social facilitation

Answer 12

Increased tendency to perform one’s dominant response in presence of others

Question 13

Conformity

Answer 13

Essential for norms to influence people

Question 14

Adjustment of

Answer 14

Individual behaviours
Attitudes
Beliefs
To a group standard

Question 15

Informational social influence

Answer 15

Cormformity because we believe others have accurate knowledge and are right

Question 16

Normative social influence

Answer 16

Conforming to obtain reward and avoid rejection

Question 17

Group size of at least 5
Presence of dissenter
Type of Culture
Gender

Answer 17

Factors that effect conformity

Question 18

Milgram

Answer 18

Shocky shocky

Question 19

Remoteness of victim
Closeness and legitimacy of authority figure
Someone else doing dirty work

Answer 19

Factors that influence destructive obedience

Question 20

Compliance techniques

Answer 20

Norm of reciprocity

Door in face

Question 21

4 reasons of Affiliation

Answer 21

1. Obtain positive stimulation
2. Receive emotional support
3. Gain attention
4. Social comparison

Question 22

Mere exposure effect

Answer 22

Repeated exposure to a stimulus increases our liking for it

Question 23

Broader

Answer 23

More areas of lives

Question 24

Deeper

Answer 24

More intimate

Question 25

Importance of self disclosure

Answer 25

Foster close relations Sharing of feelings Foster trust and intimacy

Question 26

Triangular theory of love

Answer 26

Intimacy Passion Commitment

Question 27

Categorization

Answer 27

Perception of in-groups and out-groups

Question 28

Realistic conflict theory

Answer 28

Competition for limited resources fosters prejudice

Question 29

Social identity theory

Answer 29

Prejudice stems from a need to enhance self-esteem

Question 30

Equal status contact

Answer 30

Sustained close contact Equal status of both groups Work to achieve common goal that requires cooperation Supported by broader social norms

Question 31

Empathy altruism hypothesis

Answer 31

Empathy=ability to share another's experience | Empathy produces altruism

Question 32

Stimulating hypothalamus

Answer 32

Aggressive behaviors

Question 33

Destruction

Answer 33

Decrease in aggression

Question 34

Frontal lobes

Answer 34

Impulsive murderers show lower activity

Question 35

Low levels of serotonin

Answer 35

No aggression chemical

Question 36

High levels of testosterone

Answer 36

Social aggression

Question 37

Reinforcement of aggression _______ when behaviour produced positive outcome for individual

Answer 37

Increases

Question 38

Modeling

Answer 38

Positive correlation between aggressive children and parents who model aggressive behavior