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CHAPTER 16: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
AP Psychology
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Study of how others influence our thoughts, feelings, and actionsFocuses on: •How large social forces bring out the best and worse in us•Why people act differently in the same situations and why the same person might act differently in different situations
Social Psychology
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Our Thoughts About Others
AttributionsAttributions An explanation for the cause
of behaviors and events
Mistaken Attributions Fundamental Attribution Fundamental Attribution
ErrorError Misjudging the causes of
others’ behavior as due to internal (dispositional) causes rather than external (situational) ones
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Attribution
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Other Attribution Errors
Saliency BiasSaliency Bias Focusing on the most noticeable
(salient) factors when explaining the cause of behavior
Just-World PhenomenonJust-World Phenomenon Tendency to believe that people
generally get what they deserve Self-Serving BiasSelf-Serving Bias
Taking credit for our successes and externalizing our failures
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Self-Serving Bias
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Attitudes
AttitudeAttitude Learned predisposition to respond
cognitively, affectively, and behaviorally to a specific object
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive DissonanceCognitive Dissonance A feeling of discomfort resulting
from a mismatch between an attitude and a behavior or two competing attitudes Example: smoking! Example: Festinger and
Carlsmith’s study
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Cognitive Dissonane
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Cognitive Dissonance
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Group Processes
RolesRoles Sets of behavioral patterns connected with
particular social positions Philip Zimbardo’s Prison Study (1971)
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Deindividuation
DeindividuationDeindividuation Reduced self-
consciousness, inhibition, and personal responsibility that sometimes occurs in a group, particularly when members feel anonymous
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Group Decision Making
Group PolarizationGroup Polarization Group’s movement
toward either riskier or more conservative behavior, depending on the member’s initial dominant tendency
Why? As people interact and
share opinions, they find new and more persuasive information that supports their original idea
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Group Decision Making
GroupthinkGroupthink Faulty decision making that occurs when a
highly cohesive group strives for agreement and avoids inconsistent information Examples: Kennedy and Bay of the Pigs, war in
Iraq, failure to anticipate Pearl Harbor attack, etc.
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Other Group Behavior
Social FacilitationSocial Facilitation Improved performance of simple tasks in
the presence of others If the task is difficult or unpracticed, a
person will do worse worse in the presence of others
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Other Group Behavior
Diffusion of ResponsibilityDiffusion of Responsibility The diffusion of personal
responsibility for acting by spreading it among other group members Example: Kitty Genovese murder
Bystander EffectBystander Effect Presence of other people reduces
helping behavior Example: Bystander Experiment,
Chinese Girl Hit, Homeless Man Stabbed
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Other Group Behavior
Social LoafingSocial Loafing Phenomenon of people exerting less effort
to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they are alone
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Social Loafing – Rope Pulling
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Our Feelings About Others
PrejudicePrejudice A learned, generally negative, attitude
towards members of a group (includes thoughts, feelings, and potential behaviors)
StereotypeStereotype A set of beliefs about the characteristics of
people in a group that is generalized to all group members (Average Asian)
DiscriminationDiscrimination Negative behaviors directed at members of
a group
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Prejudice
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Why does prejudice exist?
1.1. LearningLearning Learned through media, parents, friends, etc.
2.2. Personal ExperiencePersonal Experience One bad experience, people generalize to all
3.3. Mental ShortcutsMental Shortcuts Attempts to simplify and make quick
judgments Ingroup favoritism, outgroup homogeneity
4.4. Economic & Political CompetitionEconomic & Political Competition
5.5. Displaced AggressionDisplaced Aggression Scapegoat
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Interpersonal Attraction
Interpersonal AttractionInterpersonal Attraction Positive feelings towards
another Most important determinants?
1.1. Physical AttractivenessPhysical Attractiveness2.2. ProximityProximity
Mere exposure effect
3.3. SimilaritySimilarity Opposites attract? Need complementarity, need
compatibility
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Love
Romantic LoveRomantic Love Intense feeling of
attraction to another within an erotic context and with future expectations
Usually short-lived Companionate LoveCompanionate Love
Strong and lasting attraction characterized by trust, caring, tolerance, and friendship
Grows stronger with time
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Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
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Our Actions Towards Others
ConformityConformity Changing behavior because of
real or imagined group pressure Solomon Asch’s experiment
(1951)
Asch’s conclusions:Asch’s conclusions: Subjects often conform to a
group, even when obviously wrong
Conformity increases with the size of the group, but only when the group is unanimous
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Why conform?
Normative Social InfluenceNormative Social Influence Conforming out of need for
approval and acceptance Informational Social InfluenceInformational Social Influence
Conforming out of need for information and direction
Reference GroupsReference Groups People we conform to because
we like and admire them and want to be like them
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Chameleon Effect
Chameleon EffectChameleon Effect Our tendency to unconsciously mimic those
around us Examples: yawning, picking up on people’s
moods
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Obedience
ObedienceObedience Following direct commands, usually from an
authority figure Stanley Milgram’s Study (1961)
Have times changed?
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Why Obey?
Foot –in-the-Door TechniqueFoot –in-the-Door Technique A first, small request is used as a
setup for a later, larger request Door-in-the-Face TechniqueDoor-in-the-Face Technique
A large request is made knowing it will probably be refused so that the person will agree to a much smaller request
Lowball TechniqueLowball Technique An initial agreement is made before
all of the details are explained ReciprocityReciprocity
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Extra Credit Opportunity!
You may ask for 5 or 10 points of extra credit.
If everyone asks for 5 points, everyone gets 5 points.
If you ask for 10 points, you will get 10 points…UNLESS more than 6 people ask for 10 points, THEN everyone gets 0 points.
Write your name on your slip of paper and either “5” or “10” written. DO NOT LET ANYONE SEE YOUR PAPER!
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Social Trap
People do what is in their best interest, even though it may hurt the group
Short-term gains vs. long-term loss for group Examples:
overfishing, logging
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Aggression & Altruism
Aggression: Any form of behavior intended to harm or injure another living being
Where does aggression come from? - Instincts - Genes - Brain & Nervous System - Substance Abuse - Mental Disorders - Hormones & NTs - Aversive Stimuli (e.g. noise, heat, pain, bullying, frustration), Culture & Learning, Violent media/video games
Altruism: Actions designed to help others with no obvious benefit to the helper
Why are we altruistic?Evolutionary Perspective: favors survival of genes
Egoistic Model: motivated by anticipated gain
Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: motivated by concern for others