Social Psyhology
Conformity
changing what you are doing to follow what people around you are doing.Example: if you see every one raising their hand your going to raise your hand
conferderates
people know about the experiment and are helping the experimenter.EXAMPLE: MILEGRAM EXPERIMENT
Attribution
-how we give reasons for behavior-about other people-explain other sbehaviorEXAMPLE: when some is mad cause they is hungry but they take the angry out on you.
Compliance
is when people change their behavior because someone asks them to - comply
Foot-in-the-door Technique
when you want someone to buy something and you them a sample-small commitmentExamples:1. We you got to the mall and the person from the make up company give you a sample then next thing you know they are making you buy.2. we go loving for furniture they ask you to sit down on the bed and then they asking if you want to buy or is you concerning it.3. I weave so when so i go to buy 2 bundles of hair and the sale mans tell me if I but get the third one it wont be nothing but $20 extra so I get it.
Visual Perspective taking
being able to know what someone else can SEE from their perspectiveExample: when you sit in the back of the class someone can see better cause they are in the front
Theories of Behavior
having general rules about what people do in particular situationsexample: people are rude when you are rude to them
Bystander Effect
when people are around, people are likely to help someone ( like a kid)-if someone is abusing someone in a relationship other people will try and stay out of it.
Social Categorization
understand a person based on a group they are part of-race or religion
Prejudice
negative stereotypes
Prosocial Behavior
helping behavior- giving a dollar to the homeless
Informational Social Influence
we take clues from other people when a situation is unclear because we think they have more information.example: if we seeing people running from a build then the person walking towards the building will begin to run.
Asch's Experiment
•Asch had a room with several people•There was only 1 real participantThe other people in the room were “confederates” or people that know about the experiment and are helping the experimenter
Normative Social Influence
is what you believe is normal"norm"-a trend EXAMPLE: WHEN ONE START WEARING MICHEAL KORS. THEN EVERYONE ELSE WILL
Door- in- the- face technique
in salesman's face for the first offer but then people are more willing to accept it-sticker price- mean if you ask for something big but get something small Example:1. I asked my mom can I spend the night for the weekend and she told me no I can stay for the night2.when I ask my boyfriend do he want to go to the mall with me but instead he say he will drop me off.3. I asked my mom for $30 but instead I got $10.
Theory Of Mind
being able to guess about what other people think, want, and believe-no kids -if come to class you already know to get your pencil and paper out.
Non- visual perspective taking
being able to know what someone else will want, think, do , or feel-understand what are feeling without them telling you
Fundamental Attribution Error
if something goes wrong for someone else, because its something too do with the world.Example: have a test but your missed it because your car got stop in the mud.
Actor-Observer Bias
if something goes wrong for you it the situation not who you are-because you are the actor and you observe yourself
Stereotypes
ideas about a group of people-Asians are smart
Cognitive Dissonance
is that feeling you get when something you are doing or about to do doesn't match with your sense of who you are or what you believe.if you eat chocolate but you're on a diet.
Altruism
helping people in trouble with no expectation of reward-superhero