Social Theories
This theory argues that a person has several social selves corresponding to group membership.
Social Identity Theory
This term refers to when someone follows demands or instructions from others.
Compliance
This is the process of adapting to a new culutre
Acculturation
The aim of this famous 1960s study was to see how observing different adult models affected the aggression of children
The Bobo Doll study
This concept refers to when the environment a study was conducted in is a good representation of the real world
Ecological Validity
The interaction of the person, their behavior, and their environment is known as triadic reciprocal determinism in this theory.
Social Cognitive Theory
This type of social influence occurs when people conform because they are afraid to look different.
normative social influence
This cultural dimension values putting the group before the individual and focuses on maintaining group harmony
Collectivism
In this study, 65% of participants went all the way to 450 volts when ordered by an experimenter
Milgram's study on obedience
A true experiment is necessary to esablish this, but Milgram's original study is criticized for lacking a comparison condition
Causality
This phenomenon is the feeling of psychological discomfort caused by conflicting thoughts, feelings or behaviors.
Cognitive Dissonance
According to the authority principle, people use these cognitive shortcuts to quickly decide to obey those in power
Heuristics
In Berry's model, this strategy involves maintaining your home culture while rejecting the new culture
Separation
This study used boys who were randomly assigned to groups based on a supposed preference for the art of Klee or Kandinsky
Tajfel and Turner
A true experimen t requires the manipulation of a variable and this, which is why studying culture is difficult
Random allocation
This SIT phenomenon is when people distance themselves from a losing group to reduce damage to their self-esteem.
Cut off reflected failure
This conformity effect occurs when group members prioritize harmony over making the best, most rational decision
groupthink
In Berry's model, this strategy results when an individual loses their heritage culture and fails to adapt to the new culture
Marginalization
The aim of this study was to demonbstrate cognitive dissonance by paying participants either $1 or $20 to lie about a boring task
Festinger and Carlsmith's paid to lie study
Festingers study of "the seekers" is a covert, participant, observation, which makes it difficult to establish this.
Causality
The three main components of SIT theory are
Social comparison
Social identity
Social categorization
This type of social influence occurs when a person is unsure how to act and looks to others for cues on the correct beharior
Informational social influence
This acculturation strategy involves adopting the new culture's values while still having strong connections to the heritage culture
Integration
This meta-analysis of Asch's experiment showed that collectivist cultures had a significantly higher rate of conformity
Bond and Smith
Natural experiments are common in social psychology because the conditions are naturally occuring, meaning this key feature of a true experiment is not possible
Randon allocation ot a condition