Attitudes
What is the name of the model of attitudes?
Tri-component model of attitudes
OR
A B C Model of attitudes
All Asians are smart and study hard
Stereotype
an evaluation made about the cause of behaviour and the process of making this evaluation
Attribution
What was Asch's famous study investigating?
Conformity
True or False? Media has only negative effects on group behaviour
False
What is 'A' in the ABC model of attitudes?
Affective
Racism, sexism and homophobia are example of ...
Prejudice
Behaviour caused by personal factors such as age, intellect or gender is _________, whereas behaviour caused by the environment or situational factors is ____________.
Internal attribution, external attribution
What was Milgram's famous study investigating?
Obedience
What is the neurotransmitter involved in addictive behaviours?
Dopamine
Define what is 'C' in the ABC model of attitudes
Cognitive component - thoughts and beliefs towards something
Give an example of indirect Discrimination
Not having wheelchair access to public buildings
An error in thought processes that impacts rational decision making and reasoning
Cognitive bias
Who was the authority figure in Milgram's experiment and what did they wear?
Experimenter (scientist) - lab coat
How does media have a positive influence on social connections?
Stay connected to friends/family overseas
Define 'B' component in ABC model of attitudes and give an example
Behaviour Component - observable actions that reflect our point of view - (relevant example)
Match Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination to the tri-component (ABC) model of attitudes
Stereotypes - Cognitive, Prejudice - Affective, Discrimination - Behaviour
Self-serving bias is when positive behaviour is attributed to (internal/external) factors and negative behaviour is attributed to (internal/external) factors.
internal, external
What was the deception task used in Asch's study
Line judgement task (matching line length)
Identify a positive and negative influence of INFORMATION ACCESS
Positive - research topics of interest
Negative - misinformation
The term for the psychological stress experienced when thoughts/feelings and/or behaviour don't align with our attitude
cognitive dissonance
Name the two types of discrimination and give an example of each. Hint: one affects the individual and the other disadvantages a group
Direct discrimination - e.g. not hiring someone because of their race or age
Indirect discrimination - having only stair access to school classrooms disadvantages people in a wheelchair
Tendency to attribute our own actions to external factors and situational causes while attributing other people's behaviour to internal factors
Actor-observer bias
Name the 2 psychologists, and their respective experiments
Milgram - Obedience
Asch - Conformity
Name the four areas of media influence on behaviours
social connections
social comparison
addictive behaviours
information access