Social Psychology: Definitions
Generalizes characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of certain people.
What are Stereotypes?
This is preconceived attitudes or opinions about an issue, person, or group.
What is Prejudice?
Joe decides not to do work because he is relying on his lab partner to do all the work.
What is Social Loafing?
Two students began fighting after school. As opposed to their classmates de-escalating the situation, they began recording. They think, "Someone else will stop the fight." This is an example of what effect?
What is Bystander Effect?
Conducted a shock experiment focusing on obedience and authority
Stanley Milgram
The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussions within the group.
What is Group Polarization?
This is a set of rules for accepted and expected behavior.
What is Norm?
Sam, who is normally shy, was jumping up and down and screaming at a concert.
What is Deindividualization?
The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms
What is conformity?
Inspired the entire field of Social Psychology
Adolf Hitler and Nazis
Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others.
What is Social Facilitation?
______ simplified assumption based on prior experiences or beliefs
what is stereotype?
Sam dyed her hair red because all of her friends dyed their hair red. Sam is experiencing what social behavior?
What is Conformity?
________ is Changing one’s behavior at the direct command of an authority figure (person with social power)
what is obedience?
Father of social psychology
Influence that produces conformity when a person fears the negative social consequences of appearing deviant
what is Normative Influence?
This is the tendency to favor our own group.
What is Ingroup?
A group decision-making style characterized by an excessive tendency among group members to seek concurrence
what is group think?
complex set of beliefs, attitudes, and norms about the importance of personal reputation, and the necessity of protecting and defending one's reputation and culture
Culture of Honour
This man created the theory of cognitive dissonance
Leon Festinger
Bringing members from different groups together will reduce prejudice (exposure) improve positive attitudes
what is contact hypothesis?
Members of a group in power hold members of a less powerful group responsible for their problems
what is scapegoat theory?
A situation in which a self-interested choice by everyone will create the worst outcome for everyone
what is social dilemma?
Shelby purposely told Mark that the final was the next day, in hopes that he would miss the exam and get a lower grade than her. What is this called?
Competition
These two studied conformity at the end of WW2 and following WW2
Solomon Asch and Muzafir Sherif