AP Psych - Unit 9

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