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21 Cards in this Set
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norms |
rules that regulate social life ex. how to behave in elevator |
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role |
social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior ex. gender roles |
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culture |
program of shared rules that governs the behavior of people in a community/society that is shared by most members |
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milgram study |
polysci study electrecution |
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obedience is a function of _______ not _______ |
situation, personalities |
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Zimbardo |
Prison study, prison or guard-- assumed goals |
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why do people obey? |
to avoid punishment respect for authority entrapment |
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*attribution theory* |
people are motivated to explain their own/other's behavior by attributing causes of that behavior/ a situation |
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dispositional |
think someone is dumb/careless--worst possible thing
OVERESTIMATE |
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situational |
think about situation
UNDERESTIMATE |
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self-serving bias |
choose most flattering and forgiving attributions for yourself |
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explicit attitudes |
attitudes we're aware of that shape our decisions |
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implicit attitudes |
attitudes about which we are unaware of and influence our bahavior |
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cognitive dissonance |
when you hold 2 different beliefs that counteract each other |
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familiarity effect |
the tendency of people to feel more positive towards a person/item/product or stimulus the more familiar they are with it |
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validity effect |
the tendency of people to believe something if they hear it enough times |
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methods of indoctrination |
entrapment explaining problems using one attribution (all of them are bad) offering a new identity and salvation controlling access to disconfirming info |
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asch study |
lines |
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groupthink |
the tendency for all members of a group to think alike and suppress disagreement for the sake of harmony |
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bystander apathy |
more poeple, less likely someone will do something because they think someone else will |
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deindividualization |
increases when people feel anonymous |
