Social Psychology 1
The study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
What is Social Psychology?
Conforming to be accepted or belong to the group
Normative Social Influence
Tendency for a group to make bad decisions because of the illusion the plan of action is a good one and is supported by all members who do not want to disagree
What is Group Think?
A mental shortcut that people use to simplify judgements or decisions
What is a heuristic?
A changing your behavior at the request of an authority figure
What is obedience?
Taking away one's humanity and unique sense of who they are such as being referred to as a number or a name
What is deindividuation?
One who presents as a research participant but is actually a part of the study
What is a confederate?
Cultural style that places personal goals or needs ahead of group goals or needs
Cultural style that places group goals needs ahead of personal goals or needs
What is collectivism?
Evaluation of people, objects, ideas
What are attitudes
When we judge an out-group for a negative action rather than an in-group member
What is the Scapegoat Effect?
A generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members
What is a stereotype?
The tendency to conform when one believes that the group has more knowledge
What is informational social influence?
Changing behavior to be in accordance with a group
What is conformity?
The more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends.
What is the mere-exposure effect?
Attributing an overimportance on disposition and personality factors and less on situational factors when studying someone else's behavior
What is fundamental attribution error?
Psychologist who studied obedience
Who is Stanley Milgram?
Psychologist who studied conformity
Who is Solomon Asch?
The two routes of persuasion often used in advertising to change attitudes
What is central route and peripheral route
A feeling of discomfort caused by holding two or more inconsistent cognitions or a discrepancy between attitude and behavior
What is cognitive dissonance?
A person's belief in his or her ability to succeed at the task at hand
What is Self-Efficacy?
When a person underperforms due to their group membership being made salient to them
What is Stereotype Threat?
A persuasion technique involving having a person to agree to a small request first and a larger request later
What is Foot-in-the-door?
Name of the psychologist who looked at the impact of roles on behavior over personality.
Dr. Zimbardo
(Stanford Prison Experiment)
Name of the psychologists who coined the term Bystander Effect
Darley and Latane