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Unit 3.5 Social Learning Flashcards

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Social Learning

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Learning from the behavior of others. Learning in all social situations

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Albert Bandura

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Identified 3 basic models of observational learning

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Observational Learning

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We watch others and see the consequences of their actions. Decide what to imitate

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Modeling

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Showing a person how to behave

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Live model

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An actual individual demonstrating or acting out a behavior

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Verbal model

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Descriptions and explanations of a behavior

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Symbolic model

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Real or fictional characters displaying behaviors in books, film, television programs or social media

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Observation modeling

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By watching a person can learn a behavior

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Imitation modeling

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After observing a behavior you try to copy that behavior

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Intrinsic Reinforcement

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Emphasis on internal thoughts and cognition helps connect learning theories

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Bobo Dolls Experiment

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Kids watched adults beat up dolls so given the opportunity they too beat up the dolls. Children didn’t need specific reinforcement to learn

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Social Psychology

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The way people relate to each other. Development and expression of attitudes

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Social cognition

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Memory and bias to help explain how people think about themselves and others

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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Idea that people are motivated to have consistent attitudes and behavior.

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Attitude

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Set of beliefs and feelings. Evaluating meaning that our feelings toward such things

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Mere Exposure Effect

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The more someone is exposed to something, the more you will come to like it. Ex: Ads that you see

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Central Route

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How do you process the content of the message. Ex: What about the chips make you like it?

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Peripheral Route

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What other aspects of the message push you like/ dislike something. Ex: Did you like how the message was communicated/presented to you?

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Compliance Strategies

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People use strategies to get what they want

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Foot in the Door

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If you get someone to do a small request, it is easier to get them to do a larger request later.

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Door in the Face

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After a person denies a large request, they will be more favorable to do smaller requests in the future.

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Norms of Reciprocity

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If someone does something nice for you, you should return the favor. When you feel compelled to do something in return.

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Attribution Theory

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How people determine the cause of what they saw

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Decisions of attributions are based on what?

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Consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus

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Consistency
How similarly a person acts in the same situation over time
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Distinctiveness
How similar this situation is to other situations
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Consensus
Comparison to others in same situation
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Self fulfilling prophecy
Idea that expectations we have about have about others can influence the way others behave Ex: Mrs Turay saying Mrs B is carat so you come in acting crazy
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Not taking in the situation to judge others
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Collectivist Culture
More attuned to the ways different situations influence their own behavior
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Individualist Culture
Importance of uniqueness of the individual is stressed
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False Consensus
Tendency for people to overestimate the number of people who agree with them. Ex: Dalton thinks everyone likes her
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Self serving bias
Take more credit for good outcomes than for bad ones
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Just World Bias
Bias towards thinking that bad things happen to bad people, misfortunes befall people who deserve them . Tendency to blame the victim
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Stereotypes
Ideas about what members of a different group are like
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Prejudice
Undeserved, usually negative attitude toward a group of people. Negative stereotype
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Ethnocentrism
Belief that one's culture is superior to others. Specific type of prejudice. Ex: Hitler
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Discrimination
Involves an action to one's prejudice
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In group
People of their own group
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Out group
The "others"
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In group bias
See yourself and your group as good people even when there are facts that prove they aren't
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Contract Theory
Contact between hostile groups reduce animosity but only if groups are made to work together
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Superordinate Goal
Two groups working together cooperatively
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Instrumental Aggression
When the aggressive act is intended to secure a particular end
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Hostile Aggression
No clear purpose for the aggression
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Pro-social Behavior
Condition where people nearby are more and less likely to help someone in trouble
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Bystander Effect
Lots of people in a situation. Less likely to help because it diffuses the responsibility "someone else" will take action.
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Pluralistic Ignorance
People decide what is appropriate by looking to others
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Attraction
We like people who are similar to us with whom we are in frequent contact and who return positive feelings
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Similarity
Share attitudes, backgrounds and interests
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Proximity
Nearness- the greater the exposure the more you will like them
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Reciprocal liking
The more someone likes you the more you like them
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Physical Attraction
Good looking people perceived to have better attributes than non good looking people
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Self Disclosure
Share personal piece of information. Builds intimacy, especially when a person reciprocates and self discloses in return
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Social Facilitation
People perform better in front of an audience
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Social Impairment
Performance can be hurt when there is an audience
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Conformity
Go along with the views or actions of others
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Obedience Studies
Willingness to do what others ask them to do
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Social Loafing
Taking advantage of being part of a group. Don't put as much effort when acting as part of a group as they do when acting alone
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Group Polarization
Tendency to make more extreme decisions than the group members would make individually
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Group think
Tendency for some groups to make bad decisions. Occurs when group members suppress their reservations about the ideas supported by the group
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Deindividuation
Get swept up by a group and do things they would never do on their own. Loss of self restraint when group members feel anonymous

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