What is social psychology?
A set of interrelated propositions that organizes and explains a set of phenomena
What is Theory
A type of sampling technique where every individual in a population has an equal chance of being selected.
The lifelong process by which individuals learn symbols, values, beliefs, norms, and institutions.
What is socialization
The organized structure of cognitions or thoughts that we have about ourselves
What is self-schema/concept
The selective use of self-presentation tactics by a person to manipulate or control the impressions that others form of them
What is tactical impression management?
A specific cognitive structure that organizes the processing of complex information about other persons, groups, and situations.
What is Schemas
The extent to which instruments actually measure the theoretical concepts we intend to measure.
What is validity
Family, peer group, school, media
What are primary agents of socialization
The adjectives that we use to individuate ourselves and the meaning that we attach to those adjectives
What is personal identities?
Settings inaccessible to outsiders in which people knowingly violate the appearances they present in front regions
What is back stage/region
The social ranking of a person’s position
The extent to which an instrument produces the same results each time it is employed to measure a particular construct under given conditions
A socialization process wherein a person learns what response to make in a situation in order to obtain a positive reinforcement (i.e., reward) or avoid a negative reinforcement (i.e., punishment)
What is instrumental/operant conditioning
The social groups or categories that we belong to and the meaning that we attach to our membership in these social groups or categories
What are social identities
Analyzes social interactions by organizing it into settings (front/back) to establish a working definition of the situation and find out info about the self
What is Goffman's dramaturgical appraoch
Cognitive theory and evolutionary theory are major perspectives in this branch of social psychology.
What is psychological social psychology
The extent to which a relationship between variables is true
What is internal validity?
A socialization process where a person performs to achieve a satisfying internal state versus performing for awards or recognition from someone else
What is intrinsic/extrinsic motivation?
The social object, passive part of the self that is shaped by society's expectations and collation of what others think of us
What is the "Me" in the self-concept?
Settings where people carry out interaction performances and try to maintain their desired self-image
What is front stage/region
Symbolic interactionism, group processes, and social structure and personality are major perspectives in this branch of social psychology
What is sociological social psychology?
The extent to which results are generalizable to the population, other populations, settings, and time periods.
What is external validity
A socialization process wherein a person observes someone else’s behavior and then follows suit
What is observation/imitation?
The agentic, active part of the self; initiates behavior and reacts to the object of social expectations and attitudes
What is the "I" in the self-concept
Processes where individuals attempt to control the impressions others have of them
What is self-presentation