Social Psych Unit 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Social Psychology | the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another |
| Social influences | culture, pressures to conform, persuasion, groups of people |
| Social Psychology and Values | ... |
| Hindsight Bias | "I knew that all along"- makes people overconfident about the validity of their judgements |
| Hypothesis | a hunch, an educated guess |
| Theories | an organized set that explains and predicts observed events |
| Correlation vs. Causation | correlation does not prove causation- the two factors could cause one another, or there may be an underlying cause |
| Survey Research | research with surveys- must be careful about the representativeness of the sample and make sure people will be honest |
| Experimental Research | searching for cause and effect |
| Random Assignment | eliminates all extraneous factors- assigns people to either a control group or treatment group |
| Ethics | Psychologists must determine the difference the harmless experiments and and risky experiments |
| Informed Consent | experimenters have to tell participants enough about the experiment to enable them to choose to participate |
| Debriefing | post-experimental explanation of a study to its participants. Usually discloses any deception and asks participants about their feelings |
| Self-Concept | a persons answer to the question "Who am I?" |
| Possible selves | what we dream or dread of becoming |
| Self and Culture | Independent view of self- individualistic culture Interdependent view of self- collectivist culture |
| Self Esteem | a persons overall self-evaluation or sense of self worth |
| Locus Of Control | -the extent to which people perceive outcomes internally- controlled by their own efforts externally- controlled by outside forces |
| Learned Helplessness | a sense of hopelessness and resignation learned when a human or animal perceives no control over repeated bad events |
| Self-Serving Bias | tendency to perceive oneself favorably- when good things happen, we credit ourselves. when bad things happen, we credit the environment |
| Self-Presentation | "Impression Management" -wanting to present a desired image to both an external audience and to ourselves |
| Perceiving our Social World | -we respond not to reality as it is, but to reality as we construe it -view our social world through our beliefs, attitudes and values |
| Attribution Theory | -how we explain others behavior 1. internal dispositions- enduring traits, motives, and attitudes (dispositional) or 2. external situations (situational) |
| Cultural Differences | In Eastern cultures, they are more sensitive to the importance of situations. Western Cultures- assume that the people, not situations cause events. |
| Misinformation | incorporating "misinformation" into one's memory of the event, after witnessing an event and receiving misleading info about it- we look at the parts we want to remember instead of the whole story |
| Illusory Thinking | perception of a relationship where none exists, or a perception of a stronger relationship than actually exists ex: When I straighten my hair, it always rains |
| Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | a belief that leads to its own fulfillment |
| Foot-In-The-Door | People who have agreed to a small request will comply later with a larger request |
| Lowball | start out with a huge request and end up agreeing to something smaller |
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