Chapter 13: Social Psychology- Concepts study Guide

Chapter 13: Social Psychology- Concepts study Guide social psychology - Answer️️ --study of how peoples influence others' behavior, beliefs, and attitudes -think others are vulnerable to social influence but not ourselves humans as a social species - Answer️️ --natural want to form interpersonal networks that are very large (150 people or so) -need-to-belong theory and biologically based need for interpersonal connects which is why it literally hurts us to be isolated or rejected -social influence processes are generally adaptive but can become maladaptive when blind or unquestioning social comparison theory - Answer️️ --we seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others' -superiors are seen upward and inferiors are seen as downward, both can boost self-confidence social contagion - Answer️️ -mass hysteria is a contagious outbreak of irrational behavior that spreads (ex: UFO outbreaks, urban legends) social facilitation - Answer️️ --when the mere presence of others enhances our performance and drives us (bicycle racing, cockroaches running mazes) ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM Page 2 of 13 social disruption - Answer️️ --the concept of choking while performing from fear of failure or psyching ones self out just from the presence of others fundamental attribution error - Answer️️ --attributions are assigning causes to behavior (altered by internal and external influences) -when we look at others' behavior, we overestimate impact of dispositional influences, underestimate impact of situational influences because you can't predict social influences (social pressure) -doing the opposite for our own behavior and can be associated with cultural factors (Japanese and Chinese do not commit this error as often) -may be prone to seeing other's behavior as a combination of both dispositional and situational influences social contagious behavior - Answer️️ --people tend to be natural mimics (copy laughs, yawns, looking up, gestures) -dangerous in aspects of copycat killers, waves and springs of suicide conformity - Answer️️ --the tendency of people to alter their behavior as a result of group pressure -factors to this would be unanimity (strongest with full agreement), size of group, difference in the wrong answer (any difference of opinion from majority matters) -low self esteem makes you more likely to conform ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM Page 3 of 13 normative social influence - Answer️️ --we tend to gravitate towards the average attitudes and behavior of the group -cost of not conforming often higher then of conforming (disagreement can often cause more issues and we fear that) Deindividuation - Answer️️ --tendency of people to engage in atypical behavior when stripped of their usual identities -feeling anonymous and lack of individual responsibility -more it more likely to conform to norms of the situation (good or bad) -wearing masks and concealing identity lead