Social Psychology Flashcards

Question

Example of cognitive dissonance dealing with a survey?

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$1- experience dissonance: paid $1 & said you must've liked it bc $1 is such a small amount $20- experience dissonance: paid $20 & said you still hated it (bc u did it for the money)

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Conservatives- poverty seen as dispositional (republicans, blame person) Liberals- poverty seen as situational (democrats, blame situation/system)

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Overconfidence & hindsight bias

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To see events that have already occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place

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Conflict & prejudice Attraction Aggression Altruism & peacemaking

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Implies who we are & who we are not

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Tendency to favor one's own group

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Olmsted falls vs north Olmsted | Funny chinos example (spot)

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An unjustifiable attitude towards a group of people

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The action

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Overt- in your face, discrimination (looking at it) | Subtle- difficult to prove, probably there ex) white sounding names were approved, but black sounding ones were not

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Usually involves STEREOTYPED beliefs (generalized belief about a group of ppl) Ex) tall ppl play basketball

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Essay experiment Told white student-> tons of feed back Told African American-> little feedback Gap grows bc this, sets them up for failure

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Reactions in the amygdala (area of brain partly responsible for emotion processing) when showing black & white faces -stronger emotion of one person or other

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Anadou diallo (Told to freeze, reached for wallet, shot 41 times) Video game -> (more likely to shoot African American gun or no gun faster)

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Scapegoat theory & bullies -reason for discomfort so they blame others People may be prejudice toward a group to vent their anger

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People get what they deserve Role of hindsight bias

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Beliefs & feelings about objects, people, and event that can affect how people behave in certain situations Ex)all people created equally & should be treated positively -> became flight attendant & interaction

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Parents believe important to give & help less fortunate | -> assists charities

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Learned through coworkers how to communicate effectively with those of different beliefs on the airplane

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Wanted a divorce, needs to evaluate evidence about what the separation would include bc she needs to be able to justify it to the court & her family

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Early age, Was taught that patience is key & was rewarded for not jumping to conclusion. This shapes the way she interprets events as situational & not disposition.

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Believes all ppl are equal & should be treated with respect, therefore, she's more likely to help those in need than others who believe in ethnocentrism or racism.

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(Combating prejudice) contact btwn hostile groups will reduce animosity if they are made to work towards a super-ordinate goal -2 different groups put together work toward common goal EX) SU & US kill hitler

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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy | -regardless of if its done reactively or proactively

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1) Hostile aggression | 2) instrumental aggression

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just wants to hurt someone | EX) football targeting, Sid in toy story

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get something out of it | EX) Bullying -> acquire power

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Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis | Bandura's Modeling

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(we have goals & things get in the way -> aggression) -explanation for the origin of aggression Frustration-Aggression Principle: blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal - creates anger which generates aggression Goals can be: sports or work, relationship, body condition etc. EX) goal to be starting point guard, funeral occurred cant attend prac couldnt be starter -> aggression

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idea: can we learn to be aggressive or gentle? They can be learned but once learned-> difficult to change -Bobo doll experiment (models for behavior-> likely to repeat it)

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- genetic - neural - biochemical (hormones)

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-twin studies (Milrd & Carey, 1997) -identical (likeliest to pick) & fraternal (identical- strongest connection, genetic link to aggression) nature, not just nurture in aggression -genetic markers (y-chromosome) increase risk for aggressive tendencies if male

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-poor monkey's (Moyer, 1983) -Amygdala (influences our aggression, prefrontal cortex slows us down & frontal lobe says not to punch them) (frontal lobe damaged -> bad decision making) -Small monkey & his cleverness (hit button to calm angry monkey) -violent criminals, brain trauma, frontal lobe size (diminished frontal lobe, not bad to rob liquor store)

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until around 20 yrs old

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(aka hormones) - raging bull & castration (same in mice) (take testosterone away, become submissive) - criminals (males, younger, muscular) - higher than avg. testosterone (especially linked w/ aggression)

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unselfish concern for the welfare of other ppl (we do things w/o knowledge of possible reward)

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charles ramsey, wasnt expecting a reward

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genetic view: we are altruistic by nature criticisms: -no clear genetic link (same rationale for anger) -Why are we altruistic towards ppl who are unrelated? (genetics doesnt fully explain why we help be helping strangers doesn't apply to genetics)

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``` Carl Wilken (1994)- in Africa, stayed & helped those in Rawanda committed to helping them Paul Rusesabagina (1994)- in Africa, sheltered Tutse ppl in his hotels, got them to safety, put himself in harms way for other ppl ```

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Kitty Genovese case in Kew Gardens NY (20 yr old, cried for help, attacker left & came back to kill her, 37 ppl heard but did nothing bc figured someone else was helping)

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conditions in which ppl are more or less likely to help one another. in general, the more ppl around, the less chance of help bc of... diffusion of responsibility (more ppl who notice situation (are present), less inclined to help)

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notice, interpret, assume responsibility | like percentages, only person 100%, 10 ppl only 10% help

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people decide what to do by looking to others (look @ others to see what they're doing, no one is helping -> may not be that important) (assuming responsibility has to do w/ if we actually would help, nurse & him-lick)

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lack of awareness helpless possibility of a mistake fear of injury

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seizures- (headset told 3 ppl listening-> not likely to help, told just you are listening-> more likely to help)

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victim is similar to us (prejudice plays apart in who we help, not like us-> usually wont help) mood (good mood-> help) empathy (put ourselves in their shoes, relate) sense of personal responsibility (no one else is gonna) being competent (I've got this) strong need for approval we are not in a hurry

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proximity physical attractiveness similarity

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geographic nearness is a powerful predictor of friendship. Repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases their attraction (mere exposure effect)

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repeated exposure to things breeds liking - white penguin born in zoo was accepted after 3 wks by other penguins just due to proximity - food-> hate, not bad, like it, love it - oregon state & black bag - marriage example (similar names, see it all the time, like their name)

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once proximity affords contacy next most important thing in attraction is physical appearance -healthier, happier, successful...but not more compassionate or trustworthy (some ppl wonder if promotoed bc looks or work ethic)

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walster & others, 1996 - college dance - after dance physcial attractiveness determined whether 2nd date or not Wall 2002 - more $ on beauty supplies than on education and social services

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some ppl say beauty is facial symmetry | "golden ratio" appears in nature, # ratios = how beautiful

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perceived different based on culture EX) China - small feet more beautiful (bind feet) alter body in a way that's unnatural (high heels and binding, tattoos and braille, not all that different)

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similar views among inviduals causes the bond of attraction to strengthen Similarity Breeds Content! ex) South Korea- dress the same Work out together

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passionate love | companionate love

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aroused state of intense positive absorption of another (doesn't last 4ever) (1st initial stage of love)

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deep affectionate attachment we feel for those w. whom our lives are intertwined -like being around them, passionate love initiates, gives way to this stage

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- equity (supporting one another) | - self-disclosure (doesn't laugh at dream, find a way to support them)

Social Psychology Flashcards

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