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Social Psychology
influencing other people and how they influence us TERM 2
Stereotype
DEFINITION 2 -belief that we hold about a particular group of people-not necessarily negative-it will never apply to every single person in one group TERM 3
Prejudice
DEFINITION 3 -negative attitude toward a group of people ex(talking behind someone's back)-no one will admit that they are prejudice TERM 4
Implicit Association Test
DEFINITION 4 -reaction time test-measures reactions to combinations of categories-faster reaction times to paring that confirm to our prejudice-comparing images of people with words *judges the time it takes a person to make associations *if you respond quickly= prejudice *if you respond slowly= not prejudice TERM 5
How do you overcome prejudice?
DEFINITION 5 -be in contact with people you hate-cooperation instead of competition
Internal Attributions
-when a persons behavior surprises us-characteristics, personality, likes, traits-most are not valid TERM 7
External Attributions
DEFINITION 7 -environmental-situational TERM 8
Fundamental Attribution Error
DEFINITION 8 -tendency to underestimate external causes of another persons behavior-particularly true in American culture *we make more assumptions internally and more frequent *we are individualistic instead of being collective TERM 9
Actor-Observer Effect
DEFINITION 9 -ACTOR= we make internal attributions for the behavior of others-OBSERVER= external attributions of our own behavior TERM 10
Why do we do the Actor-Observer Effect?
DEFINITION 10 -we don't know the situation of others-see only the behavior, not the cause-it is self-serving-helps us protect our view of ourselves
Obedience
-changing your behavior because someone TOLD you to TERM 17
Stanley Millgrams Shock Study
DEFINITION 17 -1 experimenter (old guy)-participant comes and sits in front of a large electrical panel corresponding to shock-he will ask the person questions and shock them if they're wrong-wants to see how far someone would go TERM 18
Diffusion of Responsibility
DEFINITION 18 -we are less likely to help someone when other people are around-WHY? we feel less responsible TERM 19
Deindividuation
DEFINITION 19 -we will engage in uncharacteristic behaviors when we are stripped of our unusual identities (assigned roles) TERM 20
Zimbardo Prison
Experiment
DEFINITION 20 -students assigned roles of prisoner or guard-study cut short because guards became abusive
Who studied Influence?
Dr. Robert Cialdini TERM 22
What factors affect how others influence
people?
DEFINITION 22
- Reciprocity2. Commitments and Consistency3. Social Proof/Social Validation4. Liking5. Authority6. Scarcity TERM 23
Reciprocity
DEFINITION 23 -we try to repay others when they have provided something for us-can used to bring about unequal exchanges TERM 24
Commitments and Consistency
DEFINITION 24 -we feel pressure to behave in a way consistent with a previous choice or behavior (commitment)-ex. foot in door:start with much smaller request than build to what is really wanted-bait and switch: parents promise to buy their children christmas gifts and do so even after the price has been hiked up--calling people and asking them to vote to increase turnout TERM 25
Social Proof/Social Validation
DEFINITION 25 -we determine what is correct behavior by finding out what others are doing-ex. canned laughter on tv shoes=to provoke laughter-an insurance company has told you lots of people have switched to their car insurance
