Social Psychology Chapter Eighteen
What do Social Psychologists Study? Social Cognition Social Cognition –How do people think about social interactions? Social Influence Social Influence –What influences how people behave in public? Social Relations Social Relations –What affects how we act toward others?
Social Cognition Attribution Theory Attribution Theory –Dispositional vs. situational Internal vs. external locus of control Internal vs. external locus of control –Fundamental Attribution Error Attitudes & Behavior Chicken & Egg Attitudes & Behavior Chicken & Egg –Tripartite Theory Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Dissonance –Leon Festinger Phil Zimbardo’s Prison Study Phil Zimbardo’s Prison Study –Foot-in-the-Door –Door-in-the-Face
Social Influence Conformity Conformity –Solomon Asch Normative vs. informational social norms Normative vs. informational social norms Obedience Obedience –Stanley Milgram Group Influences Group Influences –Social Facilitation –Social Loafing –Group Think Deindividuation, Group Polarization Deindividuation, Group Polarization
Social Relations Stereotyping Stereotyping –Discriminating Stereotype Prejudice –Ingroup/Outgroup Bias fundamental attribution error –Scapegoating “vivid cases” confirmatory bias “vivid cases” confirmatory bias –Just-world-bias Aggression Aggression –Frustration-aggression principle T.V., video games, pornography T.V., video games, pornography –Albert Bandura Bobo Doll Study Bobo Doll Study
Conflict and Attraction Conflict Conflict –Game theory and the social trap Attraction Attraction –Proximity Mere exposure effect Mere exposure effect –Bob Zajonc –Attractiveness Do looks matter? Do looks matter? –Similarity Do you like people b/c they like you? Do you like people b/c they like you?
Romantic Love Passionate vs. Companionate Passionate vs. Companionate –Do opposites attract or Do Birds of a feather flock together? Altruism Altruism –Bystander Effect Darley and Latané Darley and Latané –Kitty Genovese Diffusion of Responsibility Diffusion of Responsibility