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Social Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/11/2007

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Door in the face
Definition
unrealistic request then change to less
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low balling
Definition
increase size of request by revealing hidden costs
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foot in the door
Definition
getting someone to comply with a small request at first
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thats not all
Definition
start with inflated request, then decrease size by offering discount
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ingratiation
Definition
flattery
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hard to get
Definition
make product seem limited
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factors that influence obedience
Definition
the authority
the victim
the procedure
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Ways to decrease obedience
Definition
diminish role of experimenter
same room as victim
contact with victim
ocnfederates rebel also
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Social Impact Theory
Definition
Strength - status, ability
Immediacy - phsyical closeness
Number of authority figures
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collectives
Definition
engaged in common activities but have little interaction
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Social Facilitation
Definition
competing against others increases/decreases performance
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Zajonc Solution
Definition
Being around others increases arousal
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mere prescence theory
Definition
sufficient to produce social facilitation
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Evalutation Apprehension Theory
Definition
The presence of others will produce social facilitation only when those people are seen as potential evaluators
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Distraction Conflict theory
Definition
Only when others distract us from the task and creat attentional conflict
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Collective Effort Model
Definition
Individuals try hard on a collective task when they feel the outcome is of value to them
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Deindividualism
Definition
Doing together what we wouldnt do alone, reduction of normal constraint against deviant behavior
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Factors leasing to deindividualism
Definition
group size
physical anonymity
prevailing view: personal loss of identity
conformity to group norm
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why do people join groups?
Definition
evolutionary
help us do things we cant do alone
sense of status
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group polarization
Definition
exaggeration through group discussion of inital tendencies in thinking of group members
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factors explaining group polarization
Definition
persuasive argument
social comaparison
social categorization
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symptoms of groupthink
Definition
overestimation of ingroup
closemindedness
increased conformity pressure
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group performance, 2 heads better than 1?
Definition
additive tasks (sum of parts)
disjunctive tasks - whos the best
conjunctive - worst brings whole group down
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Factors that reduce effectiveness of group brainstorming
Definition
production blocking
free riding
evaluation apprehension
performance matching
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biased sampling
Definition
all the info one group member has may not be shared with all group members
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preventing biased sampling
Definition
less likely to occur when members realize they dont all have same info
- leader encourages group participation
- more than one person agrees with u
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