social behavior (14)

Question 1

attitude

Answer 1

your beliefs and feelings on how you respond to objects, situations, events, and people.

Question 2

dispositional attribution

Answer 2

personality factor to how someone behaves

Question 3

alturism

Answer 3

helping people

Question 4

superordinate goals

Answer 4

shared goals among people that override differences and require cooperation, communication and understanding

a goal that is only achieved by group strategy

Question 5

psychology of attraction #2)

Answer 5

the mere-exposure effect
repeated exposure to the person

Question 6

prejudice

Answer 6

negative thoughts and feeling about a person based off of their membership to a particular group

some teachers might grade females better than men (that is not prejudice, but discrimination)
their beliefs that females are smarter than males (are prejudice)

the action is not prejudice, the attitude is

Question 7

foot in the door phenomenon

Answer 7

the tendency for people to first agree to a small task which increases the likelihood of them agreeing to a larger task.

Stanley milgram, 2/3 people shocked them

asche studied conformity and found that 1/3 conformed

Question 8

the halo effect vs the horn effect

Answer 8

halo - when somebody focuses on one good attribute about a person and ignores the whole rest of the person (the bad stuff)

horn - when you are un-attracted to one feature of a person and ignore the rest of the person (the good stuff) THE ICK

Question 9

Leon fessener

Answer 9

created a study on cognitive dissonance

evaluated how people behave when they are experiencing dissonance

Question 10

passionate love

Answer 10

you cant get enough of each other! intense positive absorption in another, usually at the beginning of the relationship

Question 11

cognitive dissonance

Answer 11

when are attitudes and actions are opposed, we experience tension, Leon fessenor

Question 12

vivid cases

Answer 12

such as the 9/11 attacks, influence societal prejudices

Question 13

attribution theory

Answer 13

we tend to explain someones behavior by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition

Question 14

social roles + situational factors….

Answer 14

are the primary reasons to explain why the prison guards behaved the way that they did.

Question 16

groupthink

Answer 16

explains how important group decisions can be distorted when there are no conflicting opinions present, leads to irrational decision making

Question 17

psychology of attraction #1)

Answer 17

proximity! the closer the person is to you in your life (like if they are in your school, town) makes you like them more

Question 18

social traps

Answer 18

where conflicting parties rationally persue self interest and it creates mutually destructive outcomes (the paperclip thing)

Question 19

the bi standard effect

Answer 19

no one does anything or help in an emergency

Question 20

situational attribution

Answer 20

environmental/situational factor on how people behave

Question 21

companionate love

Answer 21

a deep attachment to somebody, deeper connections, this leads to successful marriages

equity and self disclosure are needed for companionate love

Question 22

attitudes influence actions by.. (the persuasion techniques)

Answer 22

central route persuasion- using facts and logic to convince people to change their opinions

peripheral route persuasion- like a celebrity changing someones opinion, (“vote for this person because I am!”)

Question 23

outgroup homogenity bias

Answer 23

when we think the outgroup are all more similar to eachother than our group (the ingroup)

Question 24

social inequality and stereotypes

Answer 24

creates and increases prejudice
stereotypes rationalize inequalities (make unfair things seem okay or reasonable)

Question 25

blame-the-victim dynamic

Answer 25

attribute the cause of the victim's suffering to the behaviors or characteristics of the victim, instead of attributing the cause to a perpetrator or situational factors (blaming what a woman is wearing as an excuse for assault)

Question 26

group think

Answer 26

everyone could think that one equation is used then someone else suggests an equation and you don't accept it,

Question 27

emotional roots of prejudice (scapegoat theory)

Answer 27

prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame (blaming/attacking every Arab-American after 9/11

Question 28

group polarization

Answer 28

explains how like-minded people that discuss their opinions become stronger in their beliefs

Question 29

social thinking

Answer 29

thinking about others, especially when they engage in unexpected behaviors

Question 30

ingroup bias and outgroup bias

Answer 30

ingroup - means you favor your own group out group means your suspicious or judge people from other groups

Question 31

female vs male priorities

Answer 31

females prioritize statues males prioritize money

Question 32

the just-world phenomenon

Answer 32

cognitive bias that assumes that people get what they deserve.

Question 33

the prisoners dilemma

Answer 33

they have to decide to either split/steal.

Question 34

biochemical influences (aggression)f

Answer 34

pregnant female animals are more aggressive because of the hormones they have

Question 35

ingroup bias

Answer 35

the tendency to favor one's own group.

Question 36

deindividuation

Answer 36

the loss of self restraint when you are with a fun group

Question 37

social psychology

Answer 37

scientifically studies how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Question 38

frustration-aggression principle

Answer 38

where frustration caused by repetitive failures generates aggression

Question 39

the fundamental attribution error

Answer 39

we overestimate their personality (personal disposition) and underestimate the situation

Question 40

genetic influences (aggression)

Answer 40

in aggression, animals that are bred to be aggressive are more aggressive

Question 41

social loafing

Answer 41

when you are in a group you put less effort towards a goal than you would if you were just by yourself

Question 42

psychology of attraction #3)

Answer 42

physical attractiveness

Question 43

diffusion of responsibility

Answer 43

when there are more bystanders in an emergency, the less likely you are to help

Question 44

neural influences (aggression)

Answer 44

when your amygdala is fired up and you get really mad and show aggression

Question 45

psychology of attraction #4)

Answer 45

similarity, how similar you are to them

Question 46

the power of social influence

Answer 46

is insane!

Question 47

scapegoat theory

Answer 47

says that prejudice is an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

Question 48

graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction (GRIT)

Answer 48

a conflict resolution strategy where one country initiates small concessions to encourage the party to reciprocate, leads to a cooperative relationship

Question 49

social facilitation

Answer 49

when you perform better because other people are watching easy tasks - better performance when others are around harder tasks - worse performance when others are around