Social Psy definitions
The study of how people think feel and behave in social situations
What is social psychology
What was the Stanford Prison Experiment
Discomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviors so you change your mind to fit the behavior
What is the Urie Bronfenbrenner Ecological Systems Theory
Changes over time that could influence development
Divorce, moving, changing schools, history, war
What are Chronosystems (time and life changes)
example A students behavior changes after moving to a new school or a students behavior changed after covid
Changing behavior to match a group is called this
What is Conformity?
This study demonstrated how people conform even when the group is wrong
What is the Asch Line Experiment
These are typical rules that everyone seems to just know for acceptable behavior in groups
What are societal norms
This is someones immeducate environment that they interact with directly like family, friends, teachers school
What is the MICROSYSTEM (example, a student‘s confidence is developed because there parents and teachers and friends are supportive)
Development is shaped by This
What are MULtiPLE LAYERS OF ENVIRONMENT?
KEY IDEA
Following direct orders from an authority like a principal, teacher or police
What is obedience
Showed that people obey authority even when told they were harming others
Milgram Shock Experiment
A group tends to think alike to maintain harmony/get along is called
What is Group Think
These are connections between their Microsystems such as interactions between different parts of a persons micro system (example parent teacher relationships, communication between parent and principal, grandparent) is called
What is Mesosystem
Situations can strongly influence a persons personality is called
Power of a situation
This type of effect is when people are less likely to help when there are other people around
Bystander effect
A setting that affects a person indirectly such as parents workplace, school board decisions, media
This is called an Exosystem (Indirect Environment)
A parent looses their job that impacts stress at home and affects the child
Parents are divorced so the child has to change houses and that causes stress
agreeing to small request often leads to agree to larger request
What is “foot in door”technique
These are the systems that include LARGER CULTURAL VALUES, LAWS, and CUSTOMS
What is a MACROSYSTEM (cultural and societal influences)
Example; A society or community that values education strongly encourages students to pursue college or other learning after high school