Attribution/Attitudes/Actions
Conformity & Obedience
Group Behavior
Prejudice/Discrimination
Aggression/Attraction
100
These types of psychologists scientifically study how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.
What are social psychologists?
100
This famous researcher was a student of Solomon Asch and studied how people would respond to outright commands. His study was controversial.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
100
Consider these examples: *A cluster of people stand gazing upward, and passersby pause to do likewise. *One person laughs, coughs, or yawns, and others in the group soon do the same. These examples indicate that _______________ is contagious.
What is behavior?
100
This is a negative attitude.
What is Prejudice?
100
Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt, or destroy, whether done out of hostility, or as a calculated means to an end.
What is aggression?
200
The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when 2 of our thoughts are inconsistent.
What is cognitive dissonance?
200
This researcher conducted the famous "line" experiment to illustrate conformity.
Who is Solomon Asch?
200

What you do well, you are likely to do even better in front of an audience, especially a friendly audience. What you normally find difficult may seem all but impossible when you are being watched. This is an example of ______________.

What is social facilitation? (specifically the yerkes dodson law)

200
The ideal that good is rewarded and evil is punished. We develop the attitude that things are justified.
What is just world phenomenon?
200
The four influences of aggression.
What are genetic influences, neural influences, biochemical influences & social/cultural influences?
300
In this type of "route", persuasion may occur as people respond to incidental cues, such as endorsements by respected people, and make snap judgments.
What is peripheral route persuasion?
300
We conform to avoid rejection, or to gain social approval.
What is normative social influence?
300

In committing THIS, we underestimate the influence of a situation on other's actions.

What is fundamental attribution error?

300
Following, 9/11 some outraged people lashed out at innocent Arab-Americans. This is the notion of when things go wrong, we find someone else to blame for our anger.
What is scapegoat theory?
300
Culturally provided mental files for how to act.
What are social scripts?
400
An example of this is environmental advocates showing us evidence of rising temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas and shifts in animal life. This is more thoughtful and less superficial.
What is central route persuasion?
400
When we conform because we want to be accurate. We accept other's opinions about reality.
What is informational social influence?
400
Tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.
What is social loafing?
400
The greater recognition for races of our own race, which emerges during infancy and between 3-9 months of age.
What is other-race effect?
400
Proximity breeds liking- repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases our liking for them.
What is mere-exposure effect?
500
The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.
What is foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
500
When are we more likely to conform (must be able to list 3)
When we are incompetent/insecure, in a group of at least 3 people, a group where everyone else agrees, admire the group's status/attractiveness, have not made a prior commitment to any response, are from a culture that strongly encourages respect for social standards.
500
When high-prejudice students discuss racial issues, they become more prejudiced. This is an example of ________________.
What is group polarization?
500
A generalized belief about a group of people is _________________, which leads us to categorize these people in the _______________, meaning it is us vs. them.
What is a stereotype and out-group?
500
______________ is the aroused state of intense absorption that is usually present at the beginning of a relationship, but is not as crucial for long-term relationships, as _____________ is.
What is passionate love vs. companionate love?
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