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Social Psychology (Obedience (Cult: any group of people with a particular…
Social Psychology
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Social Cognition
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Attitude: tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain idea, person, object, or situation, learned through experience
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Cognitive dissonance : sense of discomfort or distress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's impression
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Compliance
Door-in-the-face technique: asking for a large commitment and then,after being refused,asking for a smaller commitment
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Foot-in-the-door technique: asking for a small commitment and, after gaining compliance,asking for a bigger commitment
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Group Polarization
Members involved in a group discussion tend to take somewhat more extreme positions and suggest riskier actions when compared to individuals who have not participated in a group discussion
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Groupthink
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occurs when people place more importance on maintaining group cohesiveness than on assessing the facts of the problem with which the group is concerned
Social psychology
Social influence: The process through which the presence of others can influence and individual's thoughts, feelings, and behavior
- Presence of others can be real or implied
- Influence can be direct or indirect
Conformity
Informational social influence: tendency to take cues for how to behave from other people when a situation is an unclear or ambiguous
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Normative social influence: tendency to act a certain way in order to fit in with ( or accepted by) a group
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Deindividuation
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A lessening of one's sense of personal identity and personal responsibility
- Groups or crowds can offer a sense of anonymity
Social Psychology part 2
Attribution
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fundamental attribution error : the tendency to overestimate the influence of dispositional causes while underestimating situational causes
Action-observer bias : the tendency to overestimate the influence of situational causes while underestimating dispositional causes
Social Groups
Scapegoating: the tendency to direct prejudice and discrimination at out-group members who have little social power or influence
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