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People assume it's just the way she is
Opinions on a lady that was told to act unfriendly for an experiment...is is just the way she is or is it all fake?
Fundamental Attribution Error
Western cultures are more likely to use this
Fundamental Attribution Error
It's restrained if you see someone is a variety of situations
Fundamental Attribution Error
Believing a teacher with a mean face hates teaching
Situational Attribution
Husband is late because of traffic
Situational Attribution
Use to explain our own behavior
Peripheral Route Persuasion
People are influenced by incidental cues (ex: people will listen to someone who is more attractive)
Results of Zimbardo's Prison Experiment
Participants were so enveloped in their roles, they had to stop the experiment
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Cheating and feeling guilty about it
Chameleon Effect
If one person coughs then someone else will cough
Conformity
Solomon Asch studied ___________________________
Normative Social Behavior
People want to be accepted in society so they adjust their thoughts and behaviors; influenced by how other people act around them.
Milgram's Shock Experiment
Participants delivered high shocks to an innocent person, in the other room
Legitimate authority figures and decisions
Makes people do things they otherwise wouldn't do
Social Facilitation
Kids reel in fishing line faster when people are around
Social Loafing
Applauding when asked
Deindividuation
People can be more aggressive if they know it's anonymous
Group Polarization
When a group shares the same opinions
Culture
Survives even with innovation
Social Norm
Covering your mouth when you cough is an example of ______________________
Genetic Predispositions
These have little to do with the fast change in western culture
Stereotypes
People from California are pretty
Stereotypes
Overgeneralizations about a group
Implicit Attitudes
Prejudice can be unconscious and automatic
Racial prejudice in police work
According to one study, police officers can judge black faces as more criminal
implicit prejudice
unfounded negative belief of which we're unaware regarding the characteristics of an out-group
social identities of Scots in Britain - do they value it
people in Scotland are increasingly likely to describe themselves as Scottish, and less likely to say they are British
In-group Bias
tendency to favor individuals within our group over those from outside our group
Just-World Phenomenon
the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
cognitive roots of prejudice
stereotypes come from how we cognitively simplify the world; categorization, vivid cases, just-world phenomenon
hindsight bias
the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it; ex: victim blaming
aggression
any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally
biopsychosocial approach of aggressive behavior
personal frustration, exposure to aggressive models, and heightened levels of arousal
mere exposure effect
the tendency for liking to increase with the frequency of exposure
Effects of unattractiveness and dating in high school
will have a more difficult time attracting other students and future employers
symmetrical faces and attraction
both men and women prefer faces that are symmetrical as it is seen as beautiful and attractive
yes
Is "Buds of a feather flock together" based on research on social attraction
altruism
unselfish regard for the welfare of others
social-responsibility norm
an expectation that people will help those needing their help
social traps
a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior
GRIT strategy in foreign policy
a behavioral strategy designed to reduce hostilities among conflicting parties; used to work together with other leaders of other countries
example of implicit prejudice
instant responses when viewing white/black faces
example of in-group bias
assuming your team is going to win even if you know nothing about the skills of the opposing team
example of just-world phenomenon
enslaved people deserve the terrible treatment
two examples of mere exposure effect
liking someone the more you see them, we like strangers if they look like us
divorce rates and importance of passionate love in non-western cultures
Non-Western cultures, where people rate love less important for marriage, do have lower divorce rates
bystander effect
people fail to interpret it as an emergency, diffusion of responsibility, people give less aid if others are present
example of GRIT
we will decrease expenditure on military in hopes all other countries will too
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