FINAL Flashcards
(90 cards)
Why does Hunt say that social psychology is a mishmash of interests & topics?
–There is no unifying theme
T or F ____ Norman Triplett studied cognitive dissonance
STUDIED SOCIAL FACILITATION= PRESENCE OF OTHERS BOOTS YOUR PERFORMANCE
T or F: Muzafer Sherif’s research showed that your judgment can be swayed by others’ opinions.
True
T or F: Kurt Lewin brought Wundtian’s structuralism to American social psych
Wundtian themes bored him
T or F Joe McCarthy conducted studies on conformity that used lines of different lengths
False; DONE BY ASCH; McCarthy was anti-communist senator that black listed people
T or F Lying for $1 creates less cognitive dissonance more than lying for $20.
False; creates more dissonance–don’t feel bad for lying
T or F The Clarion Guardians are real;
False– from a fictional planet
List three real-world situations for which cognitive dissonance can provide an explanation.
-prized membership, rationalization, blaming the victim
Who was Leon Festinger?
Student of Lewins, grad student, became assistant prof at Lewin’s Research Center for Group Dynamics at MIT
Why did Zimbardo decide to do the Stanford Prison Study?
To study the social psychology of imprisonment; how far will someone go to play a role?
. List three real-world situations for which Milgram’s studies can provide an explanation.
Legit defense for atrocities and abusing others; Following Dr’s orders; Revealed dark side of humanity
Describe Latane & Darley’s epilepsy study. What ethical guidelines/rules did people feel that it violated?
Students had to do this for class credit. They were told they would be talking about the personal problems of urban university students. To minimize embarrassment when revealing personal matters, they would be in separate cubicles and communicate over an intercom system. One of the voices heard was of a confederate who said he was prone to epileptic seizures under stress. After a bit he started to sound disordered and incoherent and then went into a seizue. 85% who thought it was just the two of them talking popped out of their cubicles for help; those who thought there were at least 4 others in the group, only 31% of them popped up to help. BYSTANDER EFFECT
If you are having a health emergency, how many people do you want to have around you? Why that number
maybe one; the less people, the more chance you will get help
In Deutsch and Krauss’ Acme trucking-Bolt game how did manipulating the threat level and the ability to communicate impact the behavior of participants and the amount of profit or loss they received? What do you think would happen in these experiments if the participants were women?
The less they communicated threats, they made the greatest profit. If they communicated and were tutored on how to do things fairly, they worked through it swiftly, and when they both made threats and became deadlocked, verbal communication was key to lead to an agreement quickly after.
List three current situations in the world to which research from conflict resolution can be applied. Describe how it would apply in each situation.
Tenant and landlords; teachers and students; management and labor
Provide concrete examples of each of the operational biases (including the FAE) presented in class.
FAE= Fundamental Attribution Error: They do it because of their disposition, not because of the situation
2) Good looking people: better, smarter, more worthy of attention.
3) If you’re an underdog, you deserve it (Just-World hypothesis)
4) Role-Associated Knowledge: Assume persona has all answers (doc, prof). SUCCESS=I DID THAT; FAILURE= outside force RESPONSIBLE.
EX: Education, therapy, and performance enhancement
Define “attribution”. Results from which areas of research in social psychology were reinterpreted in the context of attribution theory
Process by which we make inferences about the causes of events in our lives and the behavior of others.(who or what is responsible for someones behavior). Cognitive dissonance, Foot-in-the-door phenomena (if I give a little to a fundraiser once, therefore give more the second time, because I attribute the first donation to being a good and kind person.)
- List one research result from each of the topics on pages 497-500
Interpersonal relations: Alerted to own communication flaws and made more sensitive to what they say
Mass communication: 2 sided presentation offering and refuting the oppositions view, then offering and supporting ones own view, are far more persuasive than powerful presentations of a single view.
Attraction:similarity of personality and background have far more power to attract than the idea of opposites attract
Attitude change: Impacts individuals and large groups
Prejudice: Still ongoing societal problem
Group decision making: Groups perform better than individuals on tasks where everyones effort adds to the end result
Altruism: Doing something for someone without personal gain. Does it even exist?
Social neuroscience: Effects of TV violence on behavior
T or F: data from research with college undergraduates has high external validity.
FALSE
Ex-GEstaltist who found Wundt boring
Lewin
Who created Field theory?
Lewin
Human behavior is a function of both:
the person and the environment
B= f(p,e)
Presence of others boosts your performance is known as
Social facilitation
Who established a research center for Group dynamics at MIT, 1944; U of Michigan, 1947?
Kurt Lewin
