Unit 9 Flashcards

(49 cards)

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The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Social Psychology

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Adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard b/c of real or imagined pressure to fit in

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Conformity

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3
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A Form of social influence elicited in response to direct orders from an authority figure

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Obedience

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4
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Loss of self awareness and self restraint in a group setting

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Deindividuation

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5
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The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling efforts together

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Social Loafing

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6
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The tendency to favor our own group

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In-Group Bias

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When a goal has both positive and negative aspects, and thus leads to approach and avoidance conflicts at the same time.

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Approach-Avoidance conflict

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Occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

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Central route persuasion

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9
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The tendency for people who have first agreed to a smaller request to comply later with a larger request

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Foot in the door phenomenon

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The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent

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Cognitive Dissonance theory

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The tendency for observers when analyzing others behavior to underestimate the impact of the situation and impact of personal disposition

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Fundamental attribution error

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12
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The theory that we explain someones behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition

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Attribution Theory

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Feelings, often influences by others beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, events

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Attitude

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14
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Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues such as the speakers attractiveness

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Peripheral route persuasion

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A set of expectations(norms) about a social positions, defining how those in position ought to behave

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Role

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16
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Understood rules for expected and accepted behavior

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Norms

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17
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Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Normative social influence

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18
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Imitating someones actions unconsciously after seeing Someone do it

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Social contagion

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19
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Influence resulting from ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality(Yelp reviews)

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Informational social influence

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20
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Improved performance on simple or well earned tasks in the presence of others

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Social facilitation

21
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The beliefs and attitudes we bring to a group grow stronger as we discuss them

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Group polarization

22
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The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic approach

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The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

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An unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members

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A generalized belief about a group of people
Stereotype
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Unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group and its members
Discrimination
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The tendency to believe the world is just and that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get
Just-world phenomenon
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People with whom we share a common identity
Ingroup
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Those perceived as different of apart from our ingroup
Outgroup
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The theory that prejudice offers a outlet for anger by providing someone to blame(Muslims post 9/11)
Scapegoat theory
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The tendency to recall faces of ones own race more accurately than other races
Other-race effect
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Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally
Aggression
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A culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations
Social script
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The more you are exposed to something the more attraction you have to that thing
Mere exposure effect
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An aroused state of intence positive absorbstion in another, usually present at the beginning of a relationship
Passionate Love
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A deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with our same interests
Companionate love
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A condition in which people retrieve from a relationship to what they give
Equity
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Revealing intimate aspects of one's self ton another
Self-disclosure
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An unselfish reward for the welfare of others
Altruism
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The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give if others are present
Bystander effect
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The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to max benefits and minimize costs
Social exchange theory
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An expectation that people will help, not hurt those who need help
Reciprocity norm
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The expectation that we should help those in need
Social-responsibility norm
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A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals or ideas
Conflict
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A situation in which the conflicting parties become caught in mutually disctructive behavior
Social Trap
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Mutual views often held by conflicting people as when eac side sees itselfs as ethical and the other side as evil
Mirror image perceptions
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A belief that leads to it's own fulfillment
Self-fulfilling prophecy
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Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation
Superordinate goals
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Graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction
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