The USE of theory in applied social psychology

Question 1

Like all the social problems, human behavior is the —–. Solving the problem requires —-.

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cause, change in behavior

Question 2

• Conformity; demonstrated how individuals often conform to the majority opinion, even when it is clearly wrong.

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ASCH EXPERIMENT

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Who is the person behind Psychoanalytic Therapy: Childhood experiences

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Sigmund Freud

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Who is the person behind Adlerian Theory Therapy: Personal goals, purpose, social interests.

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Alfred Adler

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Who is the person behind Existential Therapy

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Rollo May, Victor Frankl, Irvin Yalom

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Who is the person behind Person-centered Therapy

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Carl Rogers

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Who is the person behind Gestalt Therapy

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Fritz and Larva Perls

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Who is the person behind Behavior Therapy

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BF Skinner, Arnold Lazarus and Albert Bandura

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Who is the person behind Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Aaron Beck

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Who is the person behind Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy

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Albert Ellise

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Who is the person behind Reality Therapy

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William Glasses

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Who is the person behind Feminist Therapy

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Jean Baker Miller, Carolyn Zerbetenns, Oliva Espin, Laura Brown

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✦ Knowledge-Deficit Model
✦ Help make sense of the social behavior

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Understand

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Intervention- structural change

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Solution

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✦ Action-Research Model
✦ To test the practicality and
effectiveness of intervention

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Evaluation

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What are the terms related to theory?

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Principles, Hypotheses, Model, Construct

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Form the basis for our understanding of human behavior, and should provide the foundation for our efforts to change behavior.

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Theory

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-Describe specific.

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PRINCIPLES

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-Testable prediction.

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HYPOTHESIS

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• Framework that integrates
  theories and principles.

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MODEL

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• building blocks of
  psychological theories.

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CONSTRUCT

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People attempt to explain behavior both their own and that of other people.

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Attribution Theory

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Who is the person behind Fundamental Attribution Error?

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Fritz Heider

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Poor behavior attributes to external cause and others poor behavior attributes to internal causes.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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What is the intervention for Attribution theory?

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plan to aim at breaking dysfunctional patterns of thinking.

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✧ Person’s favorable or unfavorable evaluation of an object (or person, or idea) ✧ Suggests that changing attributes doesn’t mean change in behavior.

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Attitudes

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People are motivated to maintain a basic level of consistency in their thoughts and actions.

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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Ways to confront dissonance:

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○ Change the attitude ○ Change the behavior ○ Add new cognition

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Framework for understanding the relationship between attitudes and behavior.

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Theory of planned behavor

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a person's belief about what others think they should do.

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Subjective Norms

Question 31

person’s belief about achievable behavior a person can do.

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Perceived Behavioral Control

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attributes norms, interventions and behavior are assessed during the same level of measurements.

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Compatibility Principle

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What are the Social Influences?

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Imitation, Conformity, Obedience, Compliance, Elaboration Likelihood Model

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✧ Replicating another's actions- appears to be an innate tendency for humans. ✧ Human tendency ✧ people unintentionally imitate other people’s action in social interaction (Chartrant Bargh)

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Imitation

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✧ Occurs when a person changes behavior

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Conformity

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What theory is under conformity?

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Kelman’s Social Influence Theory

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- only follow the rules when there are external consequences in breaking the law.

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Rule Oriented

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- might choose to not break the law because they have fundamental values that rules/law should be followed.

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Value Oriented

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✧ Behavioral change is in response to an explicit demand

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Obedience

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According to them, people are motivated to comply with individual goals to fulfill

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Robert Cialdini and Noah Goltstein

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What are the three possible goals of Compliance

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Accuracy, Affiliation, Self-Concept

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- to reduce ambiguity and acquire an accurate sense of reality.

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Accuracy

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- develop a meaningful social relationship.

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Affiliation

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improve self-concept or maintain.

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Self-Concept

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Different Routes to Persuasion:

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✧ Central Route ✧ Peripheral Route

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Who are the person behind Elaboration Likelihood Model

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Richard Petty and John Cacioppo

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- Attends a specific message.

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Central Route

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- does not attend to the specific of the message and can be easily persuaded.

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Peripheral Route

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Self Serving Bias; how to control Biases? ✧ Perspective That Stereotypes ✧ Second Information-Processing

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Stereotype

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Intrinsically Motivated- values or believes it is personally important not to be Extrinsically Motivated

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Prejudice

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● Theory Of Identity Maintenance ● unequal or unfair behavior towards a person based on groups membership.

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Discrimination

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Dual Concern Model

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Contact Hypothesis

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What is under prosocial behavior?

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1. Relationship-mending 2. Relationship-enhancing

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What is under Social Impact Theory

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1. Diffusion of Responsibility 2. Pluralistic Ignorance

Question 55

❃ Notallsocial problems are identical. ༄Multiply Determined ༄Boundary Conditions ❃ Issues of Complexity of the Problem is the Complexity of the Theory. ༄As theories get larger and broader, they reach a point where they seem to fit almost any situation. ❃ Prediction and Explanations are Not Equally Attainable ❃ Connecting The Principles and Constructs Defined in The Theory to Situation in The Real World.

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Things to Consider when using theory in Applied Work