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chapter 9-12 test
chapter 12
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/31/2010

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What is the significance of Stanley Milgram’s study?
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Social influence can impact behavior
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Foot in the door
Definition
asking for small commitment then after gaining compliance, asking for bigger commitment.
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Door in the face
Definition
asking for large commitment, being refused, then ask for smaller commitment
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Lowball
Definition
getting commitment then raise the cost of that commitment
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That is not all
Definition
sale technique, persuader make offer than adds something extra to make offer look better before target person can make decision
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Social facilitation
Definition
other people have positive impact on the performance of easy tasks
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Social impairment
Definition
people to have negative impact on performance of difficult tasks
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Social loafing
Definition
people put less effort into a simple task when working with others on that task
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3 elements of the ABC Model of Attitudes
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Affective
Behavior
Cognitive
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Affective component
Definition
attitude of the way a person feel toward the object, person, or situation
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Behavior component
Definition
action a person takes in regard to the person, object, or situation.
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Cognitive component
Definition
the way a person think about the person, object, or situation
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Bystander effect
Definition
effect of people has on the decision to help or not help
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Conformity
Definition
process of changing one’s behavior to match with others
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Compliance
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changing one’s behavior result of others asking for change
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Obedience
Definition
changing one’s behavior at the command of authority firgure
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What are the 3 components of love according to Robert Sternberg?
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Intimacy, passion, and commitment
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the “typical” characteristics of people who get involved with cults
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Religious, philosophical set of beliefs and identity
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techniques used to entice people to affiliate themselves with cults
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Love bombing
Efforts are made to isolate the recruits, rigid rituals, ways of dress, meditations
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Physical attractiveness
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physical beauty
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Proximity
Definition
closer together such as working in the same office building or living under same dorm
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Similarity
Definition
commons among the two such as attitudes, beliefs, and interests
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Reciprocity of Liking
Definition
tendency to like people who like them
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