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Chapter 12
Group Think |
When ppl place mre impotance on maintaining group cohesiveness than on assessing the facts of problem w/which group is concerned.
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Cognitive Dissonance
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Psychological discomfort, when a persons behavior doesn't match persons attitude.
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Attitudes
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Tendency to respond (pos. or neg.) toward a certain person obj., idea, or situation.
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Attribution
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Process of explaining ones behavior and behaviors of others.
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Tendency to overestimate influence on external factors on own behavior and internal on others behaviors.
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Social Roles
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Patterns of certain behaviors, for certain roles.( Soccer momo,employee,husband,wife)
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Stereotypes
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Set of charateristics that ppl believe is shared by all members of a particular social category.
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Prejudice
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Negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group.
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In-Groups
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Social groups w/whom a person identifies:"US"
--All the ppl w/whom a particular group identifies |
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Out Groups
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Social groups with whom a person does not identify "them"
--Everyone else |
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Realistic Conflict Theory
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Conflicts between groups increase conflict and prejudice.
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Scapegoating
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A person or group, typically a member or members of an out-group, who serves as the target for the frustrations and neg, emotions of members of the in-group
(blaming ppl who dont have power) |
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Zimbardo's Study(Prison)
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Assigning social roles auch as guard and prisoners. Acting out roles and go over and behind
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Milgram's(Shock)
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Assigned students and teachers. Teachers increased shoch voltage(on demand of experimenter) if student got word wrong. (Confederate=students)(Volunteers=Teacher)
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Robber;s Cove(Group Seperation)
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Well adjusted boys seperated into groups to form bonds then groups put together caused conflict, rivalry and hostilty). Then forced to work together and eventually for friendships between both groups.
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Conformity
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Changing one's own behavior to match that of other peoples.
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Obedience
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Changing one's behavior at the command of an authority figure.
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Aggression
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Behavior intended to hurt or destroy another person.
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Causes of Aggression
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-Fustrations(Prevented from reaching goal
-Pain -Alcohol and drugs |
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