Chapter 9: Social Cognition Part 2 Flashcards
What are limitations of the tri-component model?
Our actual behaviour may not always reflect our true feelings and beliefs.
What does strength of attitudes refer to?
Stronger attitudes are more likely to predict behaviour than weak attitudes.
What does accessibility of attitudes refer to?
Strong attitudes that easily comes to mind, that have been thought about and is well known.
What does the social context of attitude refer to?
The circumstances of an attitude must be considered.
Explain what perceived control over attitude refers to?
If a person believes they have control over the behaviour and can do the behaviour, they are more likely to perform it.
What does classical conditioning refer to? Give an example:
The repeated association between 2 stimuli or events.
Eg. Advertisers using celebrities to showcase their products.
What is operant conditioning? Give an example:
When we repeat behaviour with positive consequences and don't repeat behaviour with negative consequences. Eg. Being loud in class and being told off, which would cause you to be quiet instead.
What does social learning refer to? Give an example:
When we adjust or change our behaviour to match those of others.
Eg. Buying clothes because your favourite celebrity wears them
What are stereotypes and why do we have them?
Are a collection of beliefs or opinions we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group.
-Help us make sense of the world by giving it order, however, it can be inaccurate.
What are ingroups? Give an example:
Any group you belong to or identify with.
Eg. Being part of Initial Stages and identifying as a theatre kid
What are outgroups? Give an example:
Any group you don’t belong to or identify with.
Eg. Not being a part of a soccer team
Describe Jane Elliot’s classroom experiment:
- Told her grade 3 class that people with brown eyes were superior to those with blue eyes
- Gave extra privileges to children with brown eyes and repeatedly told those with blue eyes that they were dumb and lazy, while those with brown eyes were smart and hardworking
- These attitudes quickly caught on to the children as those with brown eyes refused to play with those with blue eyes and called them names
What is prejudice?
Having negative attitudes towards members of a group, solely based on their memberships of that group.
-The tendency to believe they are superior to the minority to whom the prejudice is directed.
What does old-fashioned prejudice refer to?
People in the majority group openly reject the minority group.
What dies modern prejudice refer to?
Subtle and hidden prejudice, which is likely to be accepted within the majority group.
