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| What is social psychology? |
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| study of social roles, attitudes, relationships, and groups influence people to do things they wouldnt do on their own |
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| What are norms and roles? |
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norms-rules that regulate social life
roles-positions that are regulated by norms |
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| What did the Milgram study show about obedience? |
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learner and teacher- learner wuz paid actor, teacher had to ask question n when got rong had to push a button that shocked lever.
*it showed that people obey figures of authority no matter what |
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| What was the result of the Zimbardo prison study? How does this explain norms and roles? |
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result of prison study=ppl had 2 b let out b/c took their roles to seriously.
It explained norms n roles b/c the ppl took on their roles and forgot who they normally were. |
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| What are factors that cause people to obey? |
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1. If i do something you tell me to do its your responsibility not mine.
2. making a routine of the task
3.wanting to be polite
4.entrapment-you become so involved you feel like you can't get out |
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| What is attribution theory? |
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| theaory that people are motivated to explain their own and other people's behavior by attributing causes of that behavior to a situation or a disposition |
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| What is the fundamental attribution error? What is an example of that? |
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tendency to explain pplz behavior by ignoring situational attributes and focusing on dispotional attributes
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| What is the difference between explicit and implicit attitudes? |
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explicit attitudes-attitudes you are aware of, things you know about
implicit attitudes-beliefs that you are unaware of, more deeply ingrained in you |
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| When are we most vulnerable to persuasion? |
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1.person is under physical or emtional distress
2. person's problems are reduced to one simple explanation, repeated often.
3. leaders offer uncondtional love, acceptance, and attention
4.person is subjected to entrapment
5.person's access to outside information is controlled |
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| What did the Asch study show about conformity? |
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| shown a line. then asked which line is closest out of three examples. participater new it wuz the first one that looked the same but since aware of study participaters chose the 3rd line participater went along with everyone else and chose the rong one on purpose |
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| tendency of members to think alike and suppress disagreements |
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| What is diffusion of responsibility? |
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members of group to aviod taking responsibility 4 actions or decisions b/c they think someone else will.
*ex:someone gets shot, public things sonmeone else will call. |
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| What is deindividualization? |
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| get in large groups of people, lose sense of identity |
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| part of who you are is based on identifying with a nation or culture, gender |
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| identification with racial or religious group |
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| beliefs that one's own ethnic group, nation, or religion is superior to others |
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| members of minority group that identify with and fit into mainstream culture |
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| a cognitive schema or a summary impression of a group, in which a person believes that all members of the group share a common trait |
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| What are the origins of prejudice? |
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1.psychological-helps deal w/ doubt and fear about other group
2.social&cultural-group think
3.economic-idea that prejudice makes official form of discrimination seem legiamate |
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| How do you measure implicit prejudice? |
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*symbolic racism-disguise racism by claiming to be concerned about social issues
2.measure behavior:look at behavior not attitude
3.physioligical or biological response
4.unconcious emotions-idea that ppl that show tolerant beliefs, unconciously show more negative emotions twds a group |
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