Social Psychology - Intro to psych

Intro to Psych, LPHS, Mickley

Moras

the written norms/rules of a society

Folkways

the unwritten rules of a society

Depersonalization

being treated as less than human

Legitimization of authority

authority figure tells you to do something, you will do it as long as you are not held individually accountable

Routinization

doing something you known you shouldn’t do but you feel it is your duty to obey

Entrapment

continue doing something you know you shouldn’t because you are in too deep

Zimbardo’s Prison Study

professor at standford randomly selected students to partake in a fake prison study as prisoners and prison guards. Study ended early as the students posing as guards abused their power.

Rosenhan’s Hospital Study

professor took graduate students, labeled them schizophrenic, and put them in a mental hospital as fake patients. Staff treated the students as crazy.

Milgram Study

shock experiment, people were not held accountable and ended up doing what ever they are told.

Which study is an example of preconceived bias and depersonalization?

Rosenhan’s Hospital Study

Which study is an example of role conflict?

Zimbardo’s Prison Study

Socialization

learning how to act in society

Social Cognition

society’s impact on your behavior

Attribution Theory

rationalization for behavior

Situational attribution

behavior is due to situational factors

Dispositional attribution

behavior is due to personality

Fundamental attribution error

mistakenly attribute somebody’s behavior to their disposition when it is actually situational

Defensive attribution/self-serving bias

making excuses for yourself

Just World Hypothesis

try to justify everything that happens for a reason

Example of situational attribution

being rude to customers at work because you got broken up with

example of dispositional attribution

being rude to customers because you are an actually rude person

example of fundamental attribution error

first impressions

example of attribution/self-serving bias

my bad grade is due to the teacher not the fact i didn’t study

example of just world hypothesis

karma

stereotypes

one or more experiences with a certain group of people lead to generalization over the entire group of people

attitudes

opinions and beliefs

cohort effect

people of a similar age group have similar attitudes

does attitude direct behavior or behavior direct attitude?

attitude directs behavior however attitudes can change doing certain behaviors

friendly persuasion

person has a choice to agree or disagree with you

coercive persuasion

holding someone accountable to do something you want them to do without a choice

validity effect

repetition of an idea to help persuade

primacy effect

first impressions hold large persuasion over people

fear tactics

telling someone something might happen to them if they do not believe/follow you

which of the following is not a factor of coercive persuasion?

allowing logic or reason

conformity

going along with the group due to pressure

Solomon Asch Study details

participants are going to be in a group and told to answer questions with confederates. Confederates are told to answer certain questions intentionally wrong

Solomon Asch Study results

1/3 agreed to the incorrect answers, 1/3 apologized for disagreeing, 1/3 chose the correct answer despite the confederates

hawthorne effect

you will act different when you know you are being observed

diffusion of responsibility

you decide not to do anything because you assume someone else will take care of it in a large group

social loafing

you decide not to do anything because you assume someone else will take care of it in a small group

example of social loafing

group projects

example of diffusion of responsibility

witnessing a car crash

deindividuation

you will do something within a larger group that you normally wouldn’t do on your own

group think

individuals go along with an idea in a group when they know they should disagree

which is not a component of group think?

the idea can often become destructive

which is not a component of social loafing?

conform in order to be liked

group cohesion

sticking together no matter what

how to stop group think

everyone must feel that they won’t get ridiculed or hurt someone else if there are disagreements

group polarization

opinion within a group leads towards the majority

why does group polarization happen

people feel more strongly about their opinions when others start agreeing

how to cause group polarization

repetition, appear intellectual, find others who agree with you

who tends to fall for conformity

low self esteem &/or strong need for approval