SCLoA Quick Reference Flashcards

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SCLoA Principle 1

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Human beings are social animals with a basic need to belong.

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SCLoA Principle 2

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Culture influences human behaviour.

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SCLoA Principle 3

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Humans have a social self which reflects their group memberships.

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Studies that support SCLoA Principle 1

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Howarth (2002)

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Studies that support SCLoA Principle 2

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Berry (1967)

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Studies that support SCLoA Principle 3

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Tajfel (1970)

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Howarth (2002)

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Study on Brixton adolescent girls. They had a positive image (social identity) of “being from Brixton” which contrasted with others.

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Berry (1967)

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Modification of Asch: Contrasting Temne (Africa) and Inuit (Canada). Temne wanted conformity, Inuit needed independence.

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Tajfel (1970)

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Boys divided into two groups based on arbitrary tasks (Estimation of numbers/painting preference). Boys awarded their ingroup - SIT.

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10
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Observations - Why

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To observe people behave in natural habitats

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Observations - Examples

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Bandura (1963), Charlton (2002)

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Observations - Evaluation

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No control over extraneous variables, cannot make cause-effect statements. Lack of informed consent and privacy.

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Informed consent example

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Sherif (1936) Participants were not informed.

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Deception example

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Asch (1951) Participants were deceive about the purpose.

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Protection of participants example

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Asch (1951) Participants were exposed to embarrassing procedures.

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Attribution theory

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(Heider 1958) Based on the assumption that people try to explain behaviour (naive scientists)

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Studies supporting attribution theory

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Simmel (1944), Evans-Pritchard (1976)

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Simmel (1944)

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Moving geometric figures - participants thought the figures had intentions to move.

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Evans-Pritchard (1976)

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Azande people of Africa - collapsed granary doorway. Caused by termites but was “attributed” to witchcraft/fate.

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20
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Two errors in attributions

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Fundamental attribution error (Ross, 1977), Self serving bias

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Studies supporting FAE

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Ross et al. (1977), Suedfeld (2003), Norenzayan et al. (2002)

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Strengths of FAE

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  1. Promoted understanding of errors of attribution

2. Supported research

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Limitations of FAE

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  1. Culturally biased with too much focus on individualism

2. Research lacks ecological validity/generalization

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Ross et al. (1977)

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Quiz show, questioners made up questions, participants and questions demonstrated FAE by attributed the questioner’s ability to answer the question to dispositional factors.

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Suedfeld (2003)

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Holocaust survivors attributed the factors of survivor to situational factors (91%), compared with only 51% of the control group. Dispositional factors: 34% to 71%.

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Norenzayan et al. (2002)

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Korean and American participants. Only received information about individuals - dispositional. Situation factors introduced - Korean used this more than Americans. Indicates universal features of FAE.

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27
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Fundamental attribution error

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Overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate environmental factors when attributing behaviour.

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Self-serving bias

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Take credit for successes and attribute failures to situational factors. Protecting self-esteem.

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Studies supporting SSB

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Lau and Russel (1980), Posey and Smith (2003), Kashima and Trinadis (1986), Bong Leung and Wang (1982)

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Strengths of the SSB

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Explains why people explain their failures as being caused by situational factors

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Limitations of the SSB

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Culturally biased - does not explain modesty bias.

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Lau and Russel (1980)

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American football coaches and players demonstrate SSB

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Posey and Smith (2003)

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Children were asked to do math questions with a partner. Worked with friends - less likely to demonstrate SSB.

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Kashima and Trinadis (1986)

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American and Japanese students were shown slide and asked to memorize details. Japanese students demonstrated the modesty bias.

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Bong, Leung, and Wan (1982)

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Chinese societies want to maintain harmonious personal relationships - self-effacing attributions = better liked.

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Social identity theory

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Self-categorization theory (Turner 1991) - group membership (value and emotional significance)

37
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Studies supporting SIT

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Tajfel (1970), Howarth (2002)

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Strengths of SIT

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  1. Intergroup conflict is not required for discrimination
  2. Explains mechanisms involved in establishing positive distinctiveness in ingroup
  3. Applied to understand behaviours such as ethnocentrism, stereotyping
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Limitations of SIT

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  1. Artificiality in research
  2. Cannot explain how ingroup favouritism results in violent behaviour
  3. Reductionist - environmental factors?
40
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Stereotypes

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Based on personal experiences and cultural and social factors - categorization.

41
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Stereotype formation

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Grain of truth hypothesis (Campbell), Social categorization (Tajfel and Turner), Illusory Correlation (Hamilton & Gifford, 1976)

42
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The Princeton Trilogy

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Katz and Braley (1933), Gilber (1951), Karlins et al. (1969)

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Studies supporting formation of stereotypes

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The Princeton Trilogy, Devine (1989), Lipmann (1922), Posner and Snyder (1975)

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Effects of stereotypes on behaviour

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Confirmation bias, stereotype threat

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Confirmation bias

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People pay attention to stereotype consistent information

46
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Stereotype threat

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Negative stereotypes may be internalized by stereotyped groups (Shih et al.)

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Studies supporting the effect of stereotypes on behaviour

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Darley and Gross (1983), Stelle and Aronson (1995), Shih et al.

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Katz and Braley (1933)

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100 male students from Princeton U. to choose five traits that describe ethnic groups. Considerable agreements in stereotypes were shown. In group bias demonstrated. Stereotypes learned through gatekeepers.

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Gilber (1951)

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Replicated Princeton study. Less uniformity, however attitude towards Japanese was extremely negative due to press. Irritation on stereotypes was expressed.

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Karlins et al. (1969)

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Repliced Princeton study. More positive stereotypes.

51
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Darley and Gross (1983)

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Video of girl playin in a rich/poor environment. Audience stereotyped their future based on schemas.

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Stelle and Aronson (1995)

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African Americans vs European Americans - Americans scored lower on verbal ability, but equally on “how certain problems are solved”. Stereotype threat.

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Social Learning Theory

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Bandura (1977) - people learn behaviour, reactions, norms though direct experiences and observation of models.

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Factors of SLT

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Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation.

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Studies supporting SLT

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Bandura and Ross (1961), Charlton et a. (2002)

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Bandura and Ross (1961)

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Bobo doll study - see if children would imitate adults models (difference in sexes). Children behaved accordingly, and imitated same sex models.

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Charlton et al. (2002)

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Observation of children after introduction of TV. No increase in aggressive behaviour - motivation not given.

58
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The norm of reciprocity

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We treat others the way they treat us (Cialdini, 1993)

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Compliance techniques

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Foot in the door technique, low-balling, door-in-the-face

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Foor in the door technique

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Small request > actual target (Sherman, 1980)

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Low-balling

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Secures agreement > hidden cost (Cialdini, 1978)

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Door-in-the-face

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Large request > target request (Cialdini, 1975)

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Sherman (1980)

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Asked if participants would collect for cancer society, then 3 days later asked for help from the organization. 31% agreed compared to 4% in control

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Cialdini (1978)

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Psychology study at 7 am - people refused (control). Psychology study and then 7 am > 95% turn up rate.

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Cialdini (1975)

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Escort young criminals and then peer counsellor to young criminals - people said no. Peer counsellors and then escort children, 50% agreed.