SocialPsych

Social psychology

Studies the effects of social variables and cognitions on individual behavior and social interaction

looks at how people’s thoughts, feelings, perceptions, motives and behavior are influenced by other people

Social Context

• any ways other people could affect us

• Other groups, social diymanics you interact with

• Code switching

Social Comparison

how we compare our own behavior to others to judge norms

Relative deprivation

people will feel they have less depending on their social circle

Social circle

group of people used in social comparison

Attribution Theory

Tries to explain how people determine the cause of the behavior they observe.

Situational

the theory that changes in human behavior are factors of the situation rather than the traits a person possesses

Dispositional

(also known as 'internal factors') refer to Unique characteristics that influence behaviour and actions in an individual

Internal Locus of Control

those who believe they can control their own fate

External Locus of Control

those who believe there is little they can do to influence what happens to them

Self Fulfilling Prophecy

when we believe something to unintentionally change our actions to fulfill that belief about that belief about that group

Cognitive Dissonance

described as the mental disturbance people feel when they realize their cognitions and actions are inconsistent or contradictory

Just-World Phenomenon

the cognitive bias that assumes that "people get what they deserve" – that actions will necessarily have morally fair and fitting consequences for the actor

Stereotypes

Overgeneralized idea about a group of people.(Quick grouping)

Attitude

A set of beliefs and feelings

In-Group

US people like US

Out-Group

others, people outside our ingroup

In-Group Bias

We prefer members of our in group than outgroups weather its something not that big you’ll prefer your in-group

Scapegoat theory

• It is someone else you blam putting blame on the out group

• Normally blanning a minority of the lesser demographic

False Consensus Effect

• we think everyone agree/think with us even when holding the same prejudices

• Mainly our ingroup

Outgroup Homogeneity Bias

when think out group members are all the same and which fuels the stereotypes within those the

mirror-image perceptions

one person or party sees the person or the party they oppose as evil and wrong or as villains put have the same views (Democrats v. Republicans)

Implicit Bias/Prejudice

Subconscious feelings, attitudes, prejudices, and stereotypes an individual has developed

How do you combat prejudice?

Superordinate goals

Superordinate goals

Contact between hostile groups will reduce animosity if they are made to work towards a _______

• Having groups work together on a goal

• Working towards a common goal (contact theory)

Conformity

Changing how you act or think to be more in from with others

Culture

(A big group dymamic) Enduring behaviors, idea, attitudes, values and traditions shared by a group and transmitted through generations

Individualistic cultures

Bringing pride to you

Collectivist cultures

bringing pride to group than yourself

Tight cultures

more strict adherence to norms

Loose cultures

more flexible

What makes a group?

Roles, norms and cohesiveness

Roles

an expected set of behaviors for the group members

norms

the rules of conduct, the perceived informal, mostly unwritten, rules that define acceptable and appropriate actions. within a given group or community, thus guiding human. behaviour.

Cohesiveness

is the force that pulls group members together and forms bonds that last. 

Persuasion Techniques

What influences our attitudes?

Mere Exposure Effect

The more you seen it the more you like it (We like it when its familiar to us)

Communicators

We tend to be more influenced  by social media celebrity, Ingroup, and part of a group we want to be in

Elaboration Likelihood Model:

Central Route vs Peripheral Route

Central Path

Info based, details, logic

Peripheral Path

Ques, aesthetics, likes v. need

Halo Effect 

bias where we use one trait in a person to make an overall judgement

physically better looking people are better at certain things

Norm of Reciprocity

people should return favors and other acts of kindness

Foot in the Door 

A persuasive tactic In order to get a bigger request you ask for something small, then slowly get bigger and bigger until you get what you want 

Door in the face

A persuasive tactic of making a large request that a person will likely refuse in order to get the person to subsequently agree to a smaller request.

Social Facilitation

We do better at something when practice or are naturally good at when people are watching us

• Pressure can make you perform better because you’ll be focused

Social Loafing

When people are in a group, certain people do less work 

Group Polarization

The idea like minded groups they become more extreme within their group

Self-Serving Bias

a type of cognitive bias in which an individual distorts reality in order to protect their ego.

Self Fulfilling Prophecy

The idea that one person's or one group's expectations for the behavior of others can quite unintentionally help to bring about the behavior expected of those others.

Group Influence

• We do better at something when practice or are naturally good at when people are watching us

• Pressure can make you perform better

Social Loafing

When people are in a group people do less work

Group Polarization

The idea like minded groups they become more extreme in their group

Groupthink

People want to agree so instead of not assessments all the option they ted to not examine the basic and listen to the group leader instead of a group setting

Don't assessment alternatives, not creating or criticizing other assessments other evaluations for group hamony

Deindividuation

• when people dont know its us we tend to make bad decisions

• When we are in a group we feel anonymous and lose a sense of self 

• KKK, Anonymous hacking group

Social traps

• The idea people choose individual gain over group sucescuss which could lead to a long term failure 

• Problem in a individualistic culture 

• Scarcity of resource

• People think for themselves