5.1 Social Cognition & Thinking
A theoretical proposition about the process by which people ascribe motives to their own and others' behaviors, usually whether these motives are internal or external.
What is Conformity
This is the term used for a set of cognitive generalizations about the qualities and characteristics of the members of a group or social category
What are Stereotypes
This phenomenon is where people fail to offer needed help in emergencies, especially when other people are present in the same setting
This type of aggression is seen when indirect resistance to the demands of others and avoidance of direct confrontation.
What is Passive Aggression
This theory believes that the world is fair and that moral standings of our actions will determine our outcomes.
What is the Just World Theory
Any of the socially determined consensual standards that indicate what behaviors are considered typical in a given context.
What are Norms
This negative attitude held against a specific social group is consciously held, even if not expressed publicly.
What is Explicit Prejudice/Bias
The socially determined standard that one should assist those in need when possible
This theory of aggression is seen in the "Bobo Doll" experiment
What is the Learning Theory of Aggression
This is the tendency that people have to attribute others' actions to their character, while ignoring the impact that situational factors may have on that behavior.
What are Attribution Errors
Behavior in compliance with a direct command, often one issued by a person in a position of authority.
What is Obedience
A term used to describe a negative attitude of which one is not consciously aware, typically directed against a specific social group
What is Implicit Prejudice
The social standard that people who help others will receive equivalent benefits from them in return. The expectation is common in many interpersonal relationships.
What is the Reciprocity Norm
This theory of aggression was proposed in 1939 and is stated to produce an aggressive urge and that aggression is always the result of prior_____
What is Frustration Aggression
What is Internal Attribution
A strong concurrence seeking tendency that interferes with effective group decision making
What is Group Think
A great example of this vocabulary term include the firing of a coach after a bad season
What is a Scapegoat
Direct equitable exchanges where goods and services of roughly equal value are traded within a specific timeframe.
What is the Balanced Reciprocity Norm
This is the belief that genetics and biology shape human traits, behaviors, and development.
What is Nature
This type of attribution takes into account situational factors including a person's social or physical environment such as their acquaintances, socioeconomic status, or geographical location
What is External Attribution
An experiential state by loss of self-awareness, altered perceptions, and. a reduction of inner restraints that result in the performance of unusual and antisocial behavior.
(Trick-Or-Treating experiment)
What is Deindividuation
In the movie elemental, Wades family member says "I just have to say (Ember) that you speak so well and clear!" is is an example of what
What is a Microaggression
A form of social exchange where individuals or groups engage in retaliatory actions or withhold resources in response to perceived unfair treatment or violations of social norms
What are Negative Reciprocity Norms
This type of aggression involves explicit actions through either an act of assault (physical or verbal) or a threat
What is Active Aggression