psych unit 9

Question 1

social psychology

Answer 1

the scientific study of how we think about influence and relate to one another

Question 2

attribution theory

Answer 2

theory that we explain someones behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition

Question 3

fundimental attribution error

Answer 3

the tendency for observers when analyzing anothers behabio to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

Question 4

attitude

Answer 4

feelings often influenced by beliefs that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects people or events

Question 5

periphreal route persuasion

Answer 5

occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues
ex: someone who is talking attractivness

Question 6

central route persuasion

Answer 6

occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable throughts

Question 7

foot in the door phenomenon

Answer 7

the tendency fro people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a bigger request

Question 8

role

Answer 8

norms about a social position
ex: females cook

Question 9

cognitive dissoance theory

Answer 9

theory that we act to reduce discomfort we feel when 2 thoughts are inconsistent

Question 10

norms

Answer 10

rules by a society guides behavior of people

Question 11

conformity

Answer 11

adjusting someones behavior or thinking to coincide with a societal standard

Question 12

normative social influence

Answer 12

influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or avoid the opposite

Question 13

informational social influence

Answer 13

influence resulting from ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality

Question 14

social facilitation

Answer 14

stronfer responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

Question 15

social loafing

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tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling effects toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

Question 16

deindividuation

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loss of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anomity

Question 17

group polarization

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enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

Question 18

groupthink

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when we desire for harmony is a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

Question 19

culture

Answer 19

beleifs customs and traditions among people

Question 20

prejudice

Answer 20

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Question 21

stereotype

Answer 21

a generalized belief about a group of people

Question 22

discrimination

Answer 22

behaving differently usually unfairly toward the members of a group

Question 23

just world phenomenon

Answer 23

the tendency for people to belive the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and get what they deserve

Question 24

ingroup

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people who share common identity

Question 25

outgroup

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social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition

Question 26

ingroupbias

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tendency to favor our own group

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scapegoat theroy

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theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame for it

Question 28

other-race effect

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recall faces of ones OWN race then the faces of other faces

Question 29

aggression

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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destory

Question 30

frustration-aggression principle

Answer 30

blocking of an attempt to achieve some goals that creates anger which makes agression

Question 31

social script

Answer 31

culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations

Question 32

mere exposure effect

Answer 32

the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them

Question 33

passionate love

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aroused state of intense positive absorption in another usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

Question 34

companionate love

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the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom out lves intertwined with

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equity

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condition in which people recieve from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it

Question 36

lf-disclosure

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revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

Question 37

altruism

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unselfish regard for the welfare of others

Question 38

bystander effect

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tendency for bystanders to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

Question 39

social exchange theory

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the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs

Question 40

reciprocity norm

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expectation that people will help not hurt people who have helped

Question 41

social-responsibility norm

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expectation that people will help those dependent upon them

Question 42

conflict

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a struggle between two people

Question 43

social trap

Answer 43

rationalizing self interest become caught in mutually destructive behavior

Question 44

mirror image perceptions

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views often held by conflcting people as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other are evil

Question 45

self fuffiling prophecy

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a velief that leads to ones own fufillmetns

Question 46

superordinate goals

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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

Question 47

GRIT

Answer 47

a strategy designed to decrease international tensions

Question 48

zimbardo

Answer 48

people take on the role of what they feel are proper for the situation

Question 49

festinger

Answer 49

cognitive dissonance

Question 50

asch

Answer 50

tendency to go along with vies and actions of others even if you know they are wrong

Question 51

milgram

Answer 51

obedience electrical shocks to incorrect answers learners were paid actors

Question 52

darley

Answer 52

bystander apathy diffusion of responsibility

Question 53

latane

Answer 53

social loafing