Social Psychology is:

What was learned from Zilstein's shock shop?

Gregor Zilstein's study showed us that in general, we prefer to be with people in circumstances similar to our own.

When do social comparison's tend to guide our behavior? 

 During situations we consider threatening or unfamiliar, or also when we are in doubt. 

What did the social psychologis Leon Festinger theorize? 

Festinger theorized that group membership fill our need for social comparison.  

What is interpersonal attraction? 

Affinity to another person. 

What factors infuence who we associate ourselves with? 

Physical proximity, Physical attractiveness, Competence, and Similarity.  

What do we look for when choosing a mate?

We tend to marry people who are like us in almost every way. (Age, education, religion and ethnicity)

-Homogamy 

Define self-disclosure:

Sharing private thoughts and feelings with others. 

Who was psychologyst Zick Rubin? 

Zick Rubin developed a scale to measure 'like' and 'love'.

Explain evolutionary psychology... 

Evolutionary psychology is the study of evolutionary origins of human behavior patterns.  

What was Milgram's experiment used for? 

To see how long people would continue to obey a legitamate authoritative figure, even when the demands became unreasonable. 

Define the foot-in-the-door principle

This principle involves a person who agrees to a small task, and is then more likely to comply to a much larger demand. 

Define the door-in-the-face

effect. 

This termonology is used to describe the likelihood of a person who has refused a major task.. to agree to a much smaller demand. 

The low-ball technique consists of... 

getting a person committed to an act, and then making the terms of acting less desirable.