Social Psych Test 2

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conformity

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A change in one's behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people

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informational social influence

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Influence of other people that leads us to conform because we see them as a source of info to guide our behavior; we conform because we believe that others' interpretation of an ambiguous situation is more correct than ours

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Private Acceptance

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Conforming to other people's behavior out of a genuine belief that what they are doing or saying is right

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Public Compliance

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Conforming to other people's behavior publicly without necessarily believing in what we are doing or saying

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Contagion

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The rapid spread of emotions or behaviors through a crowd

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Mass Psychological Illness

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The occurrence, in a group of people, of similar physical symptoms with no known physical cause

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Social Norms

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The implicit or explicit rules a group has for the acceptable behaviors, values, and beliefs of its members

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Normative Social Influence

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The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them; this type of conformity results in public compliance with the group's beliefs and behaviors but not necessarily private acceptance of those beliefs and behaviors

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Social Impact Theory

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The idea that conforming to social influence depends on the strength of the group's importance, its immediacy, and the number of people in the group

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What are the 3 variables of the Social Impact Theory?

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1. Strength
2. Immediacy
3. Number

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Minority Influence

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The case where a minority of group members influence the behavior or beliefs of the majority

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Injunctive Norms

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People's perceptions of what behaviors are approved or disapproved of by others

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Descriptive norms

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People's perceptions of how people actually behave in given situations, regardless of whether the behavior is approved or disapproved of by others

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Group

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2 or more people who interact and are interdependent in the sense that their needs and goals cause them to influence each other

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Social Roles

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Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave

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Group Cohesiveness

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Qualities of a group that bind members together and promote liking between members

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Social Facilitation

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The tendency for people to do better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be evaluated

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Social Loafing

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The tendency for people to do worse on simple tasks but better on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performances cannot be evaluated

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Deindividuation

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The loosening of normal constraints on behavior when people can't be identified (like when they're in a crowd), leading to an increase in impulsive and deviant acts

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Process Loss

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Any aspect of group interaction that inhibits good problem solving

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Transactive Memory

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The combined memory of 2 people that is more efficient than the memory of either individual

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Groupthink

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A kind of thinking in which maintaining group cohesiveness and solidarity is more important than considering the facts in a realistic manner

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Group Polarization

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The tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of its members

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Great Person Theory

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The idea that certain key personality traits make a person a good leader, regardless of the situation

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Transactional Leaders

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Leaders who set clear, short-term goals and reward people who meet them

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Transformational Leaders

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Leaders who inspire followers to focus on common, long-term goals

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Contingency Theory of Leadership

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The idea that leadership effectiveness depends both on how task-oriented or relationship-oriented the leader is and on the amount of control and influence the leader has over the group

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Task-Oriented Leader

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A leader who is concerned more with getting the job done than with workers' feelings and relationships

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Relationship-Oriented Leader

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A leader who is concerned primarily with workers' feelings and relationships

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Social Dilemma

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A conflict in which the most beneficial action for an individual will, if chosen by most people, have harmful effects on everyone

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Tit-for-Tat Strategy

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A means of encouraging cooperation by at first acting cooperatively but then always responding the way your opponent did (cooperatively or competitively) on the previous trial

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Public Goods Dilemma

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A social dilemma in which individuals must contribute to a common pool in order to maintain the public good

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Commons Dilemma

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A social dilemma in which everyone takes from a common pool of goods that will replenish itself if used in moderation but will disappear if overused

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Negotiation

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A form of communication between opposing sides in a conflict in which offers and counteroffers are made and a solution occurs only when both parties agree

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Integrative solution

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A solution to a conflict whereby the parties make trade-offs on issues according to their different interests; each side concedes the most on issues that are unimportant to it but important to the other side