Week 10 Social Psychology

Question 1

Explain social perception

Answer 1

The process by which people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them.

Question 2

Define Social Psychology

Answer 2

Focuses on the power of the situation.

Examines how we think about, influence, and relate to one another in certain conditions.

Question 3

Define attitudes

Answer 3

A predisposition towards a particular cognitive, emotional, or behavioural reaction to objects

Question 4

Describe the 3 components of attitude

Answer 4

Cognitive- A set of beliefs about the object
Emotional/affective- feelings about the object
Behavioural- the way we act towards the object

Question 5

Define prejudice

Answer 5

A positive or negative attitude towards an entire group of people.

Question 6

Define stereotyping

Answer 6

A false assumption that all members of some group share the same characteristics

Question 7

Explain the the Motivational theory of Authoritarianism (3)

Answer 7

1: acceptance of conventional or traditional values.
2: willingness to unquestioningly follow authority figures.
3: an inclination to act threateningly towards people identified by authority as having oppositional views (threat).

Question 8

Explain cognitive theories related to prejudice and stereotyping

Answer 8

because of the social-cognitive process we use to in dealing with the world. The use of schemas to make sense of our world.

Question 9

Explain learning theories related to prejudice and stereotyping

Answer 9

stereotyping and prejudice can be learned as a child.