Social Thinking
Feelings are often based on our beliefs, which predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events
What is Additude?
An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior in a given group
What is Norm?
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others
What is Altruism?
A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
What is Equity?
A set of expectations about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave.
What is Role?
Improved preforamce on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others
What is Social Faciltation?
The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
What is the Scape Goat Theory
The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
What is Companionate love?
The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
What is the Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon?
The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
What is Groupthink???
An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude towards a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotype beliefs, negative feelings, and predisposition to discriminatory action.
What is Prejudice?
The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them
What is the Mere exposure effect?
The tendency when analyzing others' behavior is to overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the situation.
What is Fundamental Attribution Error?
The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable
What is Social Loafing?
The principle is that the frustration, the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal, creates anger, which can generate aggression
What is the Frustration-aggression principle?
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning, is a love relationship
What is Passionate love?
The theory is that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts clash. For example, when we become aware that our attitudes and actions don't match, we may change our attitude to feel more comfortable.
What is Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
The lost of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anoymity.
What is Deindividuation?
The tendency to believe that the world is just, people therefore get what they what they deserve and deserve what they get
What is Just-world phenomenon?
Defines love through three distinct components: intimacy, passion, and commitment, which combine in different ways to form seven unique types of relationships.
What is the Triangular Theory of Love?