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Social Psych (ch.10)

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show The study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others  
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Sociology   show
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show Changing behavior to match the actions of others. A response to indirect social pressure  
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Solomon Asch   show
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show (1) Salem witch trials (2) Internment camps - Germany and Japanese-American (3) Bombing of pearl harbour (4) 2016 presidential election - media outlets all thought Hillary would win  
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Give 8 factors that influence groupthink   show
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show Members feel they cannot fail  
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show Explain away warning signs to help each other rationalize their decision  
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Groupthink: (3) Lack of introspection   show
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Groupthink: (4) Stereotyping   show
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Groupthink: (5) Pressure   show
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Groupthink: (6) Lack of disagreement   show
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Groupthink: (7) Self-deception   show
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show Members prevent the group from hearing disruptive but potentially useful information from the people who are outside the group  
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show Changing one's behavior as a result of other people directing or asking for the change. Response to a direct request  
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show Asking for a small commitment and, after gaining compliance, asking for a bigger commitment  
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Door-in-the-face technique   show
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Lowball technique   show
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show They do something nice for you, so you feel like you have to do something nice back. "Let me get you a soda to drink while we look at cars"  
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Obedience   show
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show studied obedience - the teacher/learner shock experiment, in which the teacher shocks the learner increasingly painfully because of the direction of the authority figure (a “scientist”). 65% of teachers went to the maximum voltage  
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Attitude   show
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4 influences of attitude formation   show
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ABC model of attitudes - A   show
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show Behavior component. The action a person takes in regard to something "I listen to country music and buy country albums"  
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show Cognitive component. The way a person thinks about something, including beliefs and ideas "I think country music is better than other kinds of music"  
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Persuasion   show
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Name and explain 4 factors of persuasion   show
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Central-route processing   show
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show Attending to factors not involved with the message, such as appearance, source of message, length of message, and other noncontact factors  
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show Sense of discomfort or distress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's attitudes  
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show (1) Change conflicting behavior to match attitude (2) Change current conflicting cognition to justify behavior (3) Form new cognitions to justify behavior (ex. smoking - change behavior or thought)  
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show Assignment of someone based on characteristics they have in common with other people or groups (when a person meets someone new). Natural process, although it can cause problems such as stereotyping.  
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show The process of explaining one's own behavior and the behavior of others  
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Situational cause   show
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Dispositional cause   show
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Attribution theory   show
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show The tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors in determining behavior while underestimating situational factors  
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show Negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group. The attitude  
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Discrimmination   show
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show Increasing prejudice and discrimmination are closely tied to an increasing degree of conflict between in-group and out-group when both groups are seeking a common resource (land, jobs, etc.)  
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show (1) Physical attractiveness (2) Proximity - the more people experience something, the more they tend to like it (3) Similarity - The more people have in common with others (attitudes, beliefs, interests), the more they are attracted to them - validation  
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Reciprocity of liking   show
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show People tend to form relationships with those that are similar because they are validated in beliefs and attitudes. The more one finds in common with someone else, the more likely they are to be attracted to them.  
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show "opposites attract" - complimentary qualities can be rewarding, Complimentary qualities fills a “void” and can be rewarding  
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Robert Sternberg's love theories - Three components   show
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Robert Sternberg - Types of love   show
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Philip Zimbardo study   show
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Name some biological factors of aggression   show
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show Social role (a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person who is in a particular social position, such as a solider), learning, frustration  
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show Prosocial behavior that is done with no expectation of reward and may involve the risk of harm to oneself  
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show The likelihood of someone who is in trouble being helped decreases as the number of witnesses or bystanders increases  
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Diffusion of responsibility   show
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Why do people join cults?   show
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show Studied cognitive dissonance. Gave participants $1 or $20 to complete a boring task. The people who got $1 convinced themselves that the task was fun - waste of time to only be compensated 1$. The $20 people said that it was a boring test.  
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