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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ALL TERMS LIST
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Informational Social Influence Ans: influence resulting from one's
willingness to accept other's opinions about reality
Normative Social Influence Ans: influence resulting from a person's
desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) Ans: a theoretical model that posits
two channels by which persuasive appeals lead to attitude change: a
central route and a peripheral route
Reciprocity Ans: idea that if you do something for someone, they owe
you something in return
Scapegoat Theory Ans: the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for
anger by providing someone to blame
Ethnocentrism Ans: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
Altruism Ans: the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Social Group Ans: a collection of people who interact with one another
and have a certain feeling of unity
Norms Ans: rules and expectations by which a society guides the
behavior of its members
Roles Ans: the different positions in the group, each with its own set of
norms
Latane & Darley Study Ans: When white smoke comes in, you are much
less likely to respond if there are passive confederates. Proves pluralistic
ignorance- assume nothing is wrong because others seem unconcerned
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Sherif Study Ans: children in a summer camp were divided into two
groups on an arbitrary basis and made to engage in competition with
each other. This engendered intergroup hostility and dislike, which was
found to be greatly reduced when a task requiring the two groups to
cooperate (on superordinate goals) was introduced.
Rosenthal & Jacobson Study Ans: aimed to test the existence of the
Pygmalion Effect in schools.
Found that those students randomly assigned to the "bloomer" group
made larger gains at the end of the year than the "average" students.
Zimbardo Study Ans: This social psychologist studied how people
behave when they are asked to play roles, in particular as prison guards
or prisoners.
Out-Group Homogeneity Ans: tendency to view all individuals outside
our group as highly similar
In-Group Bias Ans: tendency to favor individuals within our group over
those from outside our group
Dispositional Factors Ans: Personal factors of the individual being the
main explanation for their behaviour
Situational Factors Ans: environmental stimuli that affect a person's
behavior.
Superordinate Goals Ans: shared goals that override differences among
people and require their cooperation
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis Ans: Theory arguing that aggression
is the natural reaction to frustration.
Attribution Theory Ans: the theory that we tend to give a casual
explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the
situation or the person's disposition
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ALL TERMS LIST
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Informational Social Influence Ans: influence resulting from one's
willingness to accept other's opinions about reality
Normative Social Influence Ans: influence resulting from a person's
desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) Ans: a theoretical model that posits
two channels by which persuasive appeals lead to attitude change: a
central route and a peripheral route
Reciprocity Ans: idea that if you do something for someone, they owe
you something in return
Scapegoat Theory Ans: the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for
anger by providing someone to blame
Ethnocentrism Ans: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
Altruism Ans: the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Social Group Ans: a collection of people who interact with one another
and have a certain feeling of unity
Norms Ans: rules and expectations by which a society guides the
behavior of its members
Roles Ans: the different positions in the group, each with its own set of
norms
Latane & Darley Study Ans: When white smoke comes in, you are much
less likely to respond if there are passive confederates. Proves pluralistic
ignorance- assume nothing is wrong because others seem unconcerned
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Sherif Study Ans: children in a summer camp were divided into two
groups on an arbitrary basis and made to engage in competition with
each other. This engendered intergroup hostility and dislike, which was
found to be greatly reduced when a task requiring the two groups to
cooperate (on superordinate goals) was introduced.
Rosenthal & Jacobson Study Ans: aimed to test the existence of the
Pygmalion Effect in schools.
Found that those students randomly assigned to the "bloomer" group
made larger gains at the end of the year than the "average" students.
Zimbardo Study Ans: This social psychologist studied how people
behave when they are asked to play roles, in particular as prison guards
or prisoners.
Out-Group Homogeneity Ans: tendency to view all individuals outside
our group as highly similar
In-Group Bias Ans: tendency to favor individuals within our group over
those from outside our group
Dispositional Factors Ans: Personal factors of the individual being the
main explanation for their behaviour
Situational Factors Ans: environmental stimuli that affect a person's
behavior.
Superordinate Goals Ans: shared goals that override differences among
people and require their cooperation
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis Ans: Theory arguing that aggression
is the natural reaction to frustration.
Attribution Theory Ans: the theory that we tend to give a casual
explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the
situation or the person's disposition
