Study Guide‚ Exam #4 Know all about the following terms and concepts including what they are‚ how they’ve been studied and be able to teach your knowledge to an innocent bystander. Also included are sample response sets to guide your studies. There will be other questions‚ including DVD-relevant questions from the talks of Positive Psychology‚ Stanford Prison Study‚ etc.‚ that are not on this guide. Social Psychology Attributions—dispositional and situational; What is Social Identity Theory
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from a tiny unlit closet. An undergraduate research assistant was the "warden" and Zimbardo the "superintendent". He set up a number of specific conditions for the participants which were intended to promote disorientation‚ depersonalization and deindividuation. To facilitate role identification‚ guards were given wooden batons and akhaki‚ military-style uniforms. They were also given reflecting sunglasses to prevent eye contact. Unlike the prisoners‚ the guards were to work in shifts and return home
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people feel dependent on the group” - Margaret Singer Prejudice against other groups evidence: “People want to feel their own group (and therefore themselves) as being better than other groups” - Starting with Psychology (2010) Group pressure Deindividuation - diminished self-awareness and self-restraint and increased responsiveness to the immediate situation either positive or negative. Research Social Identity Theory - Tajfel and Turner (1979) Robbers cave & Kondo Activity 30 1. Kondo acquires
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STRESS (chapter 12) 1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance 2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events‚ ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures‚ impact our adjustment. 3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal
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Social Attitudes Attitudes‚ or a person’s internal/mental beliefs about a specific situation‚ object or concept can greatly influence behaviours. From simple‚ nonharmful situations such as the choice to not wear orange because you do not like the colour to much more destructive attitudes such as racial prejudice‚ attitudes can lead our thoughts and actions. Social influences can affect human behaviour by changing our attitudes. This can be a positive change‚ such as opening up a closed-minded
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individuals he studied? 24. What is group dynamics? 25. What is social facilitation? Social interference? 26. What is social loafing and what is social striving? In which culture is each one more likely to be found? 27. What is deindividuation? 28. What is group polarization? How is it related to risky shift? 29. What is groupthink? 30. What is the difference between in-group and out-group? 31. What is in-group bias? 32. What is out-group homogeneity?
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PSY/285 Elizabeth Davis November 11‚ 2012 Bettye Griffin I am well rounded‚ independent‚ and unique. I believe that being well rounded means that you are not just one way or another. It means you have a little bit of every thing. I think that independent means for a person to be out on their own in life. It means to be able to take care of them selves in life‚ along with other people. I am independent not interdependent. I do not rely on others
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finding’s credibility. Methodological issues are a major problem. The results found in Palmer’s study have not been replicated when such an experiment has been carried out within a group in an impromptu fashion. This is believed to be due to the deindividuation of the neurotic subject‚ which results in less anxiety and consequential better performance in ESP tasks. Due to this‚ many extraneous variables appear to have been failed to have been controlled in the work of Palmer‚ and so the validity of such
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Conformity and Group Influence & Persuasion and Culture Define: Conformity is the act/need of fitting in with a group and many factors are involved when an individual’s choose to conform to the group. A culture has certain beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors that are acceptable for that certain culture and persuasion intersects that by looking at an individual’s culture and apply those beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors in his/her argument to more effectively persuaded the audience. Develop: When
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Evaluate explanations of institutional aggression (16 marks) Strengths In Irwin and Cressey (1962) study they don’t look at inmates having one value. They look at the subcultures within prison. This shows the nature of the inmates as well as how they were brought up and accept other values. This is also supported by Blomberg & Lucken (2000) study on inmates. However you could counter this point by saying its reductionist because it reduces down behaviour to measurable units. Weaknesses
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