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Definition of social psych

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Study of nature and causes of behavior + cognition in social circumstances

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Is social psych personality

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No dumbass it focuses on the social situations that affect common humanity

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Philosophy

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nature vs nurture

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Free will

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Control over emotions and decisions

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Determinism

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All decisions are shaped by forces beyond control

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Research Methods: Variability

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Degree to which individuals differ from eachother

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Variability of memory, sleep, and love/attraction

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Memory is low
Sleep is very high
Love/attraction is very high

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Experimental Method

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Objective/systematic method of research in any scientific analysis

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Goals of research

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determine if variable influences behavior

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Correlational Method

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Do two or more variables relate by observation

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Lab advantages

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Control of IV
random participant assignment
control by simplifying the world

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Lab disadvantages

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Mundane realism> degree if daily life
external validity>stability of findings to population
allows us to generate findings to those not in study

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Evaluation apprehension

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concern/anxiety of observation

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Field experiment types

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overt and covert

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Overt experiments

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field study where Participants are aware of being observed

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Covert Experiments

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field study where Participants are unaware of being observed

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advantages of field experiments

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high in mundane realism
high external validity
covert studies avoid evaluation apprehension

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disadvantages of field experiments

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IV must be salient/obvious
little control over real world + unexpected events
ppl are fuckin crazy

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Studies where ethics were shit

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Milgram, Stanford, Middlemist Knowles + Matter

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Croyle + Hunt

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anxiety +HIV

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Old risk benefit ratio

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benefits outweigh any cost

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New risk benefit ratio

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humane concern overrides benefit to science

lame as fuck

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risk benefit ratio definition

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risk for patients vs benefit for society

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Problems with demand characteristics

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Deception: deliberately mislead about true intentino of a study
Low self esteem in participants

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Safeguards for demand characteristics
informed consent: approval before experiments | debriefing: full explanation after study
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Man who founded study of self
William James
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3 types of self
Material self: importance to physical materials Spiritual self: behavior alone without others Social selves: reality of behavior for every aspect of life
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Development of the self concept
Is your sense of self nature or nurture influenced?
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Rouge Test
put red mark on baby in front of mirror if baby doesnt recognize self until 18-24 months of age
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self shema
developmental psych: organized set of experiences/ knowledge for self cognition
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social comparison
to determine worth/ competence
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upward social comparison
better off than you are: need to be better than others
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downward social comparison
wrose off than you are: i am better than others
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distinctiveness postulate
people focus on their unusual traits
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objective self awareness
self focused attention on personal behaviors and belief systems
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(OSA) study (author and whatnot)
Beaman (1979) Halloween candy experiment: kids w mirror take two pieces of candy, kids with mirror take 8 pieces
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Can OSA alter personal attitudes?
Yes jurors w mirror judge harder alcohol w osa: sober people have more self reference
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impression management
Situated identities private self consciousness public self consciousness role of guilt (private anxiety) vs embarrassment (public)
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self presentation
Ingratiation Intimidation self promotion self monitoring
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ingratiation
use of spontaneous flattery
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Vonk study
high and low self-esteem low: flattery tells them what they want/hope high: confirmation of what they already believe
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intimidation
aggressive strategy to dominate others | better to be feared than be loved
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self promotion
boasting behavior focused on personal achievement
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BIRG
basking in reflective glory: feeding off other accomplished people
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self monitoring
tendency to regulate one's social behavior based on either social demands or internal factors
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high self monitoring
adapt to social behavior to fit in w diff public situations
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low self monitoring
ignore social demands and act based on personal values
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trends in self monitoring research
HSM: better at facial expression LSM: less likely to be persuaded by "authority" (authority isnt real its a fake power move by our government)
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Self disclosure
process of reversing sensitive/intimate info about ourselves to others
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High SD vs Low SD
High: happily reveal everything Low: never really know the manz
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Strangers on a train
disclose everything to a stranger they wanan see you again no social repercussions
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Stages of development for social disclosure
``` orientation (strangers) exploratory (aquaintances) affective (friendship) stable exchange (no walls) ```
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norm of reciprocity
expectation that both sides make intimate self disclosures
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self disclosure in relationships
SD in early conversations vs later in conversations have strong influence on attraction people love vulnerability especially if its seeing krystal vulnerable 100% of the time to take advantage of her lol love that for me marriages w high SD are stronger people want vulnerability later in the conversation

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