Social Psychology Review

Chapter 14

O Identify the name associated with each major social psych study.

1. Stanford Prison2. Obedience3. Conformity4. Zimbardo; Milgram; Asch

OThis often happens in politics and on juries where people attempt to conform their opinions to what they believe to be the consensus of the group.

OGroupthink

O Identify the major findings regarding people in emergency situations that Darley and Latane discovered in their research after the Kitty Genovese murder

ODiffusion of responsibility; bystander effect

OThe reward theory of attraction states that we base our interpersonal attraction on these four things.

OProximity, similarity, self-disclosure, physical attractiveness

OWe often have discomfort when our behaviors conflict with our attitudes or thoughts. Therefore, we must change either our behaviors or attitudes. This is known as…

OCognitive dissonance

OWhen we tend to focus on dispositional factors instead of situational factors, we are committing the ____. Is it more common in collectivist or individualistic cultures?

OFundamental attribution error; individualistic

OOften, we take credit for our successes, but deny responsibility for our failures. This is

OSelf-serving bias

OPrejudice is to _______ as discrimination is to ______.

OThoughts; actions

OYou will join in riots after the Cubs win the World Series this year. You wouldn’t normally do this, but since the group will assume responsibility instead of you, the individual, you do.

ODeindividuation

OName the 3 components of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love.

O Intimacy, passion, commitment

OYou absolutely love the 7:30 start time at GCHS. After talking to your friends who love it, too, you begin to feel even more strongly. What is this?

OGroup polarization

O___________ is the perceived or real differences or similarities between oneself and another.

OSocial distance

OAn increase in performance due to being in a group is ______; a decrease in performance because of being in a group is _______.

OSocial facilitation; social loafing

O This route to persuasion uses facts and evidence to influence people while this route to persuasion uses superficial cues (ex. celebraties) to influence people.

O Central; peripheral

O This persuasion technique gets people to agree to a small request in hopes that they will feel obligated to agree to later larger requests.

O Foot-in-the-door

O The actor-observer bias is the tendency to attribute our behaviors to ___________ factors and others’ behaviors to ______________ factors.

O Situational;dispositional

O We tend to take credit for our successes and deny responsibility for our failures when using the ________.

O Self-serving bias