AP PSYCH (MYERS UPDATED) UNIT 9 - Social Psychology [MODULE 74]

This scientific study of psychology focuses on the situation and studies what influences the same person to act differently in different situtations.

Social Psychology

This theory proposes that we can attribute a behavior of an individual either to their enduring dispositional traits or their situation.

Attribution Theory

The Attribution Theory was proposed by who?

Fritz Heider

This term is used to refer to moments when we overestimate the influence of one’s personality in a given situation compared to the situation at hand.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Which ethnic group is more likely to attribute behavior to people’s personality over the situation?

Individualist Westerners

Which ethnic group is more likely to attribute behavior to the situation over people’s personality?

East Asian

How do we tend to view a stranger’s bad action? Would people normally blame it on the situation or their innate personality?

Personality

Would we attribute our poor behavior to our situation or our personality?

Situation

This term is referred to the feelings that are often influenced by our believes which can be convertibly attributed to our actions but at the same time our actions can also influence this.

Attitude

This route of persuasion uses attention-cues to trigger emotional judgements. Most of the examples in this persuasion tactic includes famed individuals using their sphere of influence to persuade others.

Peripheral Route Persuasion

This route of persuasion uses evidence and arguments to trigger careful thinking into changing their believes. This form of persuasion is more durable.

Central Route Persuasion

This phenomenon happens in tiny increments leading to bigger increments which ultimately transforms an individuals thoughts through small actions leading into a change of attitude.

Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon

This term is referred to as a set of expectations in regard to a social position, which defines the way you’re supposed to act or behavior in this given position.

role

This man orchestrated the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment where a population was selected to roleplay as guards and inmates.

Philip Zimbardo

True or False: What we do, we gradually become. Every time we act like the people around us, we slightly change ourselves to be more like them.

True

The cognitive dissonance theory was developed by?

Leon Festinger

This theory suggests that in order to reduce the discomfort felt when 2 thoughts, actions, and attitude conflict with each other, we reduce this comfort by conforming and believing that attitude and justifying that attitude.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Claire has had several car accidents that she blames on other drivers. When her boyfriend has an accident, she is quick to blame his carelessness behind the wheel. Claire’s difference in blame is due to

The Fundamental Attribution Error

A feeling, often influenced by a belief, that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to people and events is known as

attitude

The discomfort we feel when our attitude are not in line with our actions is called

cognitive dissonance