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© 2016 Cengage Learning.SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Social Thinking and Social Influence
This section covers: The importance of roles and norms How our behavior is influenced by others
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How do interactions with others affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? Humans have evolved to be social beings
Social Psychology
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What position does someone occupy in society? What behaviors are expected from him or her?
Social Roles
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Why did somebody behave in a particular way? What caused the behavior?
Attributions
Internal (dispositional) External (situational)
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A tendency to attribute others’ behavior to internal factors
Why is this woman yelling at her companion?
Fundamental Attribution Error
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We make different attributions for ourselves and others.
Other Attribution Errors
Actor-observer bias Self-serving bias
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May include cognitive, affective, and behavioral components
Attitudes
Attitude on gun control
Cognitive (beliefs, ideas)
“Gun owners are more likely to shoot a loved one than a
criminal.”
Affective (emotions, feelings)
“Guns just make me sick”
Behavioral (actions)
“I vote for gun-control politicians.”
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Related to characteristics of the communicator, the message, and the audience
Persuasion
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An uncomfortable state that occurs when behavior and attitudes do not match
How can this state be resolved?
Cognitive Dissonance
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Behaving in ways that increase the likelihood of gaining a group’s approval and avoiding rejection
Conformity
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Agreeing to do something simply because we have been asked
Compliance
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Complying with instructions given by an authority figure
Obedience
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Occurs when the presence of other people changes individual performance
Social Facilitation
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Reduced motivation and effort by individuals who work in a group as opposed to work alone
Social Loafing
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Immersion of the individual within a group, making the individual relatively anonymous
Deindividuation
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A type of flawed decision making in which a group does not question its decisions critically
Groupthink