Social PSY References

Question 1

Social Psychology Text

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Fiske, 2014

Question 2

Phenomenal description -

the situation - our interpretive lens - our experience

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Brunswick, 1952

Question 3

Social brain hypothesis - increases in brain volume due to social life

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Adolphs, 2009

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Evolutionary psychology - focus on inherited design of mind - functions that improved our ancestor’s success in passing on genes

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Buss, 2005

Question 5

Key in life is people’s ability to survive in groups

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Caporael, 1997

Question 6

People who are more socially integrated survive better

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House et al., 1998

Question 7

Social ties correlates to subjective well-being

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Baumeister, 1991

Question 8

Personal exclusion from important social groups correlates with anxiety and depression

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Baumeister, 1990

Question 9

Problems with poor social networks = more likely to kill self

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Berkman, 2000

Question 10

Sociomotor hypothesis - person’s self-esteem depends on their assessment of their degree of personal acceptance by others

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Leary et al., 1995

Question 11

Primed the anti-littering norm + other norms at varying proximity

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Cialdini et al., 1991

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Attribution is better than persuasion in behavioral change

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Miller et al., 1975

Question 13

impact of minority influence

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Wood et al., 1994

Question 14

line judgements

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Asch, 1955

Question 15

Normative influence

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Turner, 1995

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Social influence - influence of group on light estimates study

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Sherif, 1935

Question 17

Football study - wearing apparel

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Thorne et al., 1976

Question 18

mere exposure effect - increased evals after repeated exposure

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Zajonc, 1968

Question 19

information processing stages

exposure - attention - comprehension

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McGuire, 1969

Question 20

(Dual Processing Model)

Heiristic - Systematic model

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Chaiken, 1980

Question 21

(Dual Process Model)

Elaboration Likelihood model

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Petty, 1981

Question 22

2 distinct routes to persuasion (central/peripheral)

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Petty et al., 1983

Question 23

Fundamental attribution error - tendency to explain others behavior in terms of personality and not so much in terms of situation

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Lee Ross, 1977

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Correspondance Bias - tendency to see behavior as corresponding to dispositions

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Jones, 1990

Question 25

Normative model of attribution - Covariation Theory - people infer action by looking at the covariation of behavior and its potential causes ( consensus & distinctiveness)

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Kelly, 1967

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Correspondent Influence Theory - how do people infer that the action corresponds to an intent - people attribute that someone's behavior reveals an underlying disposition

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Jones, 1965

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Attribution Theory - dispositional v. situational causes

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Heider, 1958

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Obedience - shock study

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Milgram, 1964

Question 29

descriptive v. injunctive norm - littering study

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Reno et al., 1993

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Recycling study - impact of normative influence on recycling behavior

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Schultz, 1999

Question 31

Self perception theory - people infer their own internal states

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Bem, 1972

Question 32

Social facilitation - people do work faster in the presence of others when they have a well-practiced or dominant response

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Zajonc, 1965

Question 33

Productivity loss results from matching the performance of the least productive member

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Paulus, 1993

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Social loafing - loss of motivation and effort in group tasks

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Latane et al., 1979

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social facilitation - earliest study - children reeling

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Triplett, 1898

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Groupthink - failure to consider all available and relevant information when making a decision within groups

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Janis, 1972

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Tragedy of the commons

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Hardin, 1968

Question 38

De-individuation - people do not act as individuals - inner restraints against counter normative behavior fall away - leading to mob behavior

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Festinger et al., 1952

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Theory of crowd behavior - collective mind took over when people in crowd become anonymous / highly influenced

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Lebon, 1895

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Prison study

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Zimbardo, 1973

Question 41

Ultimate Attribution error - people tend to view good actions as intrinsic to the in-group / bad actions as meaningless (product of situation)

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Pettigrew, 1979

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Cognitive miser - describes how people conserve their scarce mental resources + cut corners when trying to make sense of others

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Fiske, 1984

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Stereotypes - gun study (community v. police)

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Correll et al., 2007

Question 44

Study - chronic beliefs about vulnerability is associated with activation of stereotypes - difference in lighting

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Schaller et al., 2015

Question 45

Media violence & aggression

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Anderson et al., 2010

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Weapons effect - weapons cue more aggressive behavior than would otherwise occur

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Berkowitz, 1993

Question 47

Prize fighting + increase in aggression and homicides

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Phillips, 1983

Question 48

functional distance and friendship

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Festinger et al., 1950

Question 49

complimentary principal - people prefer similar others

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Reis, 1998

Question 50

People like others who like them (reciprocity)

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Kenny, 1994

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playing hard to get study

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Walsler et al., 1973

Question 52

love has 3 components (intimacy, passion, commitment)

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Sternburg, 1986

Question 53

Rating of females after priming

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Kenrick, 1980

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Use of pronoun we = perceptions of closeness

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Kay, 2015

Question 55

importance of self-esteem in selecting romantic partners

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Kieser, 1970

Question 56

influence of "I" sharing

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Pinel et al., 2006

Question 57

plotting points - priming with distance - emotional closeness

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Bargh, 2008

Question 58

Study - 3 different stories - more likely to help if primed with norm closest to helping

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Harvey, 1981

Question 59

helping others is a motivational conflict

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Dewall et al., 2008

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helping others study - in a hurry ? / primed with parable of good samaritan

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Batson, 1973

Question 61

Altruism

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Piliavin, 1990

Question 62

Prosocial behavior

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Schroeder et al., 1995