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Social psychology vocab
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- 1Social psychologyscientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
- 2attribution theorystudy of models to explain those processes.
- 3Fundamental attribution errortendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics (personality) to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering
- 4altruism vs reciprocity normaltruism: belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
reciprocity norm: expectation that people will respond favorably to each other by returning benefits for benefits - 5central route to persuasion vs peripheral route to persuasionCRP: thoughtful consideration of the arguments (ideas, content) of the message
PRP: the listener decides whether to agree with the message based on other cues besides the strength of the arguments or ideas in the message. - 6bystander effectwatching something happen and not reporting it
- 7groupthink vs group polarizationgroupthink: desire for harmony in a decision-making group causes a person not to express opposing viewpoints
group polarization: The dominant point of view in a group often tends to be strengthened to a more extreme position after a group discussion - 8in group vs out groupin group: a member
out group: not a member - 9ingroup biastendency to favor one's own group
- 10foot in the door phenomenon vs door in the face phenomenomFITDP: compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a large request
DITFP: getting compliance from others - 11cognitive dissonance theoryrefers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors.
- 12just-world phenomenonPeople believe that, at some time in the future, we will get justly rewarded or punished for what we do
- 13normative social influence vs informational social influenceNSI: influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them
ISI: people assume the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation - 14Superordinate goalsgoals that require the cooperation of two or more people or groups to achieve
- 15social facilitation vs social inhibitionSF: tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone
SI: conscious or subconscious avoidance of a situation or social interaction - 16GRITpositive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long-term goal or end state
- 17social loafingphenomenon of people exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone
- 18mere exposure effectpsychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them
- 19deindividuationthe loss of self-awareness in groups
- 20companionate love vs passionate loveCL: passion has gone out of the relationship, but a deep affection and commitment remain.
PL: sexual feelings, intense longing for the partner, and euphoric feelings of fulfillment and ecstasy, and want to be close to and have contact with the person