Social PsychologySocial Psychology

Chapter EighteenChapter Eighteen

What do Social What do Social Psychologists Study?Psychologists Study? Social CognitionSocial Cognition

– How do people think about social How do people think about social interactions?interactions?

Social InfluenceSocial Influence– What influences how people behave What influences how people behave

in public?in public? Social RelationsSocial Relations

– What affects how we act toward What affects how we act toward others?others?

Social CognitionSocial Cognition

Attribution TheoryAttribution Theory– Dispositional vs. situational Dispositional vs. situational

Internal vs. external locus of controlInternal vs. external locus of control– Fundamental Attribution ErrorFundamental Attribution Error

Attitudes & Behavior Attitudes & Behavior Chicken & Chicken & EggEgg– Tripartite TheoryTripartite Theory

Cognitive DissonanceCognitive Dissonance– Leon FestingerLeon Festinger

Phil Zimbardo’s Prison StudyPhil Zimbardo’s Prison Study– Foot-in-the-DoorFoot-in-the-Door– Door-in-the-FaceDoor-in-the-Face

Social InfluenceSocial Influence

ConformityConformity– Solomon AschSolomon Asch

Normative vs. informational social normsNormative vs. informational social norms

ObedienceObedience– Stanley MilgramStanley Milgram

Group InfluencesGroup Influences– Social FacilitationSocial Facilitation– Social LoafingSocial Loafing– Group ThinkGroup Think

Deindividuation, Group PolarizationDeindividuation, Group Polarization

Social RelationsSocial Relations

StereotypingStereotyping– Discriminating Discriminating Stereotype Stereotype Prejudice Prejudice– Ingroup/Outgroup Bias Ingroup/Outgroup Bias fundamental fundamental

attribution errorattribution error– ScapegoatingScapegoating

““vivid cases” vivid cases” confirmatory bias confirmatory bias– Just-world-biasJust-world-bias

AggressionAggression– Frustration-aggression principleFrustration-aggression principle

T.V., video games, pornographyT.V., video games, pornography– Albert BanduraAlbert Bandura

Bobo Doll StudyBobo Doll Study

Conflict and AttractionConflict and Attraction

ConflictConflict– Game theory and the social trapGame theory and the social trap

AttractionAttraction– ProximityProximity

Mere exposure effectMere exposure effect– Bob ZajoncBob Zajonc

– AttractivenessAttractiveness Do looks matter?Do looks matter?

– SimilaritySimilarity Do you like people b/c they like you?Do you like people b/c they like you?

Romantic LoveRomantic Love

Passionate vs. CompanionatePassionate vs. Companionate– Do opposites attract or Do Birds of a Do opposites attract or Do Birds of a

feather flock together?feather flock together? AltruismAltruism

– Bystander EffectBystander Effect Darley and LatanéDarley and Latané

– Kitty GenoveseKitty Genovese Diffusion of ResponsibilityDiffusion of Responsibility