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Ch. 16 - Social Psychology
Social Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2010

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Social norms
Definition
Shared expectations about how people should think, feel & behave
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Social roles
Definition
A set of norms for how a person in a social position ought to behave
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Social facilitation (Zajonc)
Definition
The presense of others can facilitate performance
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Conformity
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Change in attitude or behavior in response to group norm
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Normative social influences
Definition
Need for approval or acceptance; go along with group expectations
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Informational social influences
Definition
Look to others when you don't know what to do
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Asch's Experiment (Line judging)
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People will conform to the group even when they know it's wrong
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Factors taht affect conformity
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Group size, presence of a dissenter
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Milgram's Obedience Study
Definition
Person asked to deliver shocks to a learner when they make mistakes on a test
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Factors influenceing obedience
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Remoteness of victim, closeness of authority figure, prestige of authority figure
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Deindividuation
Definition
People lose their individuality when in a group
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Social loafing
Definition
People work less hard in a group when no one person's effforts are identified
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Diffusion of responsibility
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People often assume it is someone else's responsibility to do something
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Zimbardo
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Prison & anonymity study with shock
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Bystander effect
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More bystanders = less likely someone will help
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LaPiere (1934)
Definition
Restaurants said they would not serve Chinese people, but they did
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Attitudes may not reliably predict behavior
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Attitude & behavior are at different levels of generality & specificity, attitudes are only 1 determinant of behavior, attitudes can involve implicit & explicit components
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Stereotype
Definition
Culturally held believe about a group or certain types of individuals
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Schemas & Roles
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Stereotypes that help us predict what to expect
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In-group bias
Definition
Friends & family deserve extra favors
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Out-group bias
Definition
Can lead to unjustified expectations, attitudes & behaviors
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Chatman & Von Hipper (2001)
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People are more likely to develop associations between aversive events & members of an outgroup
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Chatman & Von Hipper (2001)
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People are more likely to develop associations between aversive events & members of an outgroup
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Stereotypes exist with:
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Race, age & gender
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Implicit association test
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Measures the strength of automatic association between specific concepts; bias shown even when participants don't endorse the stereotype
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