Test #5 Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is social psychology concerned with
how individual or group behavior is influenced by the presence and behavior of others.
Social influence
attitudes/beliefs/behavior modified by presence of others
Self presentation
behavior that seeks to convey some image of self or information about self to others
the abc triad
affect ( how people feel ) behavior ( what people do ) cognition ( what people think about )
duplex mind
idea that the mind has two different processing systems (deliberate automatic)
3 main parts of the self
self knowledge, interpersonal self, agent self
Ralph turner
self in a public role
thought of how others perceive
In social psychology what is the difference between eastern and western cultures
group oriented, individual centered
What does the self in a social context do about our individual perception
t the social situation defines our self-concept and our self-esteem
People with high public self awareness
will notice
People with low public self awareness
wont notice how they look to others
Max Ringelmann
his effect, group size = effort
50s/60’s what were the two schools of though of psychology
structuralism/functionalism
Experiment
study in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable and randomly assigns people to groups
Construct validity
extent to where dependent variable is valid representation of stimulus/response (cause/effect)
Correlation
relationship between 2 variables
Social interaction
communication in social manners
What decade did social cognition begin
1970s of people and social relationships
What do we think about more than anything else
other people
Self serving bias
credit for success but not for failures
Upstream reciprocity
where all are paying for peoples meals in drive thru
Charles Darwin
natural selection
Confirmation bias
tendency to notice stuff that confirms beliefs but not what disproves beliefs
