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Social Structure
Social Psychology Exam 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the fundamental attribution error? | the tendency to overestimate the role of traits (dispositional attribution) and underestimate the role of the situation (situation attributional) |
| what is the self-serving bias? | tendency to perceive and present one's self favorably |
| what is the the focus of attention bias? | tend to overestimate the casual impact of whomever or whatever we focus our attention on. (whatever we look at we tend to put the blame on) |
| what is the actors observer bias? | observes tend to attribute actor behaviors to actors internal characteristics whereas actors own behavior is due to the external situation |
| what's social structure? | typical patterns of the society which guide our behavior |
| what is culture? | the knowledge and patterns of living that members of a group, society, or organization share that distinguishes them from other groups, societies, and organizations |
| what is material culture? | the stuff, concrete things we create/use |
| what is non material culture? | abstract creations (cant reach out and touch them but they guide our culture) |
| what are other factors of non material culture? | symbols, ideologies, norms, values |
| what are folkway norms? | minor rules, theres no significant punishment |
| what are more norms? | more important norm to follow, severe punishment |
| what are values? | criteria for judging what is appropriate, correct, moral or important |
| what is social class? | a social location based on income, education, and occupational prestige |
| what is social status? | the "social self". the position one has in a society or group |
| what are roles? | behavioral expectations attached to a status |
| what is role strain? | when behavioral expectations of a single status are incompatible |
| what is role conflict? | when the behavioral expectations of two or more statuses are incompatible |
| what are social institutions/ institutions? | ordered social relationships that fulfill societies fundamental needs |
| what is society? | people who share a culture and territory |
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