SOCIOCULTURAL LOA Flashcards
Jones and Harris (FAE)
read essays by fellow students
essays about Fidel Castro rule in Cuba
PAR TASK:
Guess attitude writers of essays had toward Castro and Gov.
1/2 of par. told essayist were free to choose a postivite or neg. view (other 1/2 had no choice)
Par. in choice group assumed essays reflect opinion and the same for the no choice group
INTERNAL ATTRIBUTION:
Johnson and others (SSB)
2 psych students taught how to mult. by 10 and 20
Teaching done in two phases via on way intercom
A/f phases w/s assessed found that pupil 1 had answered all q’a correctly
Pupil 2 either did bad on both tasks or showed improvement on the second test
if 2 did improve teacher would say it was due to their success as a teacher
if 2 did bad on both, it was the students lack of ability to learn
Tajfel et. al. “THE Minimal Group Paradigm”
British schoolboys divided into two groups randomly
Boys where led to believe that groups defined on preference for Klee or Kandinsky
Boys worked ind. and distributed points to in/out group members
Distinctiveness: boys sacrifice gain for their in group in order to max. dif. b/t in and out, ranked group higher even though they could distribute same amount to out group
Bargh “Auto. Sterotype Activation”
Par asked to complete test involving 30 items
Task presented as a lang. profiencny task
30 items consisted of 5 unrelated words (use 4 of 5 words to make a scentence)
2 CONDITIONS: 1.Task had words related to and intending to activate elderly sterotype
2,. Words unrelated to this
A/f completion par. directed to elevator
timed how long par. took to walk to elevator
found 1. walked more slowely than rest
Burger and Cornelius (lowballing)
Students contacted via phone by females and asked whether they’d donate $5 to scholarship fund for underprivileged
