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Social psychology |
Study of how living among others influence thought, feeling and behavior |
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Attribution |
Inferences made about the causes of others people's behaviour Dispositional (internal) Situational (external) |
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Fundamental attribution error |
When looking at other people's behaviour we are more likely to use external over internal |
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Schemas |
Models about the social world |
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Stereotypes |
Schemas of how people are likely to behave based on group membership |
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Ingroup/outgroup bias |
Tendency to show positive feelings towards people who are in your groups and negative feelings towards those who arent |
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Out group homogeneity |
Tendency to see all members of an outgroup as the same |
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Prejudice |
Biased negative attitude based on an individuals group membership |
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Discrimmination |
Negative behaviour towards another based on group membership |
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Implicit association test |
Cognitive reaction time Putting words into categories |
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Attitude behaviours |
Favourable or unfavourable feelings beliefs or actions towards an object idea or person |
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Attitude change |
Discomfort caused by information that challenges a person's conception as a rational person |
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Persuasion |
Act of attempting to change the opinions, beliefs or choices of others by explanation or argument |
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Nature of groups |
Important part of evolutionary history |
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Social facilitation |
Presence of others influences one's performance Improvement on easy tasks Impairment on difficult tasks
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Social loafing |
Presence of others causes one to relax and slack off |
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Conformity |
Tendency of people to adjust their behaviour to what others are doing |
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Norms |
Rules about acceptable behaviour imposed by one's cultural context |
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Informational social influence |
Others are a source of knowledge |
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Normative social influence |
Drive by desire to be accepted by others |
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Groupthink |
Thinking of group takes over |
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Obedience |
Person yields to the authority of another person |
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Aggression |
Violent behaviour that is intended to cause psychological or physical harm |
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Pro-social behaviour |
Behaviours that benefit others |
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Bystander effect |
The greater number of bystanders witnessing an emergency |
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Altruism |
Selfless attitudes and behaviour towards others |
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Kin selection |
Favouring of genes that prompts individuals to help their kin |
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Reciprocal altruism |
You scratch my back, i'll scratch yours |
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Social exchange |
Help when benefits outweigh costs |
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Empathy |
Ability to share the feelings of others and understand situations |
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Mere exposore |
Repeated exposure to a person, idea or person causes you to like it more |
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Reciprocal liking |
We like those who like us |