Social Psych
This separates a social psychologist from a sociologist.
Study of the individual. Social psychologists study the individual, whereas sociologists study the group.
The 3 types of observations we covered.
Behaviorists believe learning consists of this.
Classical and operant conditioning (associational learning also accepted).
These are the 6 basic emotions.
Happiness, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, fear,
A relatively enduring evaluation of something.
The definition of social psychology.
The scientific study of thoughts, emotions, and behavior in a social context (real or imagined).
This increases as control over experimental procedures increases.
Internal validity.
This was the process of learning defined by Ivan Pavlov.
Dogs salivated (UCR) in response to food (UCS). A bell (NS) was presented before the food (UCS). After acquisition, the bell (CS) triggered salivating (CR).
Selye's 3 stages to stress.
Alarm, resistance, exhaustion
One way to persuade someone relies on getting them to use emotional, quick thinking. They would be more likely to rely on heuristics.
What is the peripheral route to persuasion?
The ways of thinking, feeling, or behaving that are shared by group members and perceived by them as appropriate.
What are social norms?
This is a field experiment.
An experiment that is conducted in it's natural setting. It is a combination of an experiment and observation.
Bandura's Bobo Doll taught us this.
That behavior could be learned through observation.
This could improve feelings of control for individuals in a nursing home.
According to the theory of planned behavior, these 3 things influence our intention to change our behavior.
Attitude, norms, and perceived control.
In class we reacted to others based on a label they wore, exemplifying this automatic process.
What is social categorization. Half points will be given for "what are stereotypes". Stereotypes are positive or negative beliefs held about a group of people.
When 2 observers view the same events and compare their level of agreement.
inter-rater reliability
Positive/negative Reinforcement-increases. Positive/negative Punishment-decreases.
Children provided one marshmallow are allowed to wait for a second one. Waiting for a second treat is indicative of this trait.
Self-regulation (delayed discounting will earn half credit).
What is the way we think and feel about things is influenced by the physical position, orientation, and movements of our bodies? Wells and Petty 1980 study demonstrated this by having participants "assess headphones with movement" and gauged their acceptance of a tuition hike.
These would be 2 examples of contexts social psychologists would study.
These could be real or imagined contexts. For example, we discussed cultural influences on conformity. We also discussed the perceived context of belonginess demonstrated by Walton et al. for females in a stressful, male-dominant major.
These are the IV and DV (operationally defined) in Anderson and Dill's (2000) experiment examining violent video games and white noise administration.
Anderson and Dill compared the effect that playing either a violent or non-violent video game (IV) would have on increasing aggression (DV) as measured by volume and duration of white noise administration (operational definition).
Williams and Bargh (2000) used hot and cold beverages to show that it unconsciously influenced attributions towards others. In other words, it demonstrated this.
Priming
List at least 2 ways stress impacts the body.
Increases adrenaline, changes gut response (increases acid/ulcers), increases coronary heart risk, increases susceptibility to colds and serious illnesses, increases cravings for sweets--linked to weight gain and diabetes, etc.
This was Carlsmith and Festinger's original study on dissonance.
The researchers had participants do a really boring task. Ss then recruited another person. They were either given $1 or $20 to tell the others the task was exciting. The group given $1 reduced dissonance by changing their attitude towards the task; the group given $20 did not feel dissonance for their lying.