Psych Ch 18 Social Psychology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 social psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
| attribution theory | the theory that we tend to give a causal explanation for someon'es behvior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition |
| fundamental attribution error | the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. |
| attitude | a belief and feeling that redisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. |
| foot in the door phenomenon | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request. |
| cognitivve dissonance theory | the theory that we act to reduce the dicomfor we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent. Ex when our awareness of our attitudes and actions clash, we reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes. |
| conformity | adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
| normative social influence | influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or aviod disapproval |
| informational social influence | influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality. |
| social facilitation | improved performance of tasks in the presence of others; occurs with simple or well learned tasks but not with tasks that are difficult or not yet mastered |
| social loafing | the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable |
| deindividuation | the loss of self awareness and self restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity |
| group polarization | the enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group |
| group think | the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making roup overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives |
| prejudice | an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members. involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a redisposition to discriminatory action |
| stereotype | a generalized beliefe about a group of people |
| ingroup | Us, people whom one shares a common identity |
| outgroup | them, those perceived as different or apart from one's ingroup |
| ingroup bias | the tendency to favor one's own group |
| scapegoat theory | the theory that rejudice offers an outlet for anger y providing someone to blame |
| just world phenomenon | the tendency of peopel to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get |
| aggression | any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy |
| frustration aggression principle | the principle that frustration, the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal, creates anger, which can generate aggression |
| conflict | a pereived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas |
| social trap | a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior |
| mere exposure effect | the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them |
| passionate love | an aroused stae of intense positive absoption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship |
| companionate love | the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined |
| equity | a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it |
| self disclosure | revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others |
| altruism | unselfish regard for the welfare of others |
| bystander effect | the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present |
| social exchange theory | the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs |
| superordinate goals | shared goals that override differences among people and require cooperation |
| GRIT | gradueated and reciprocated initiative in Tension reduction, a strategy designed to decrease international tensions |
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