Chapter 12: Social Psychology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SOCIAL THINKING................................................................................................................................... 6
SOCIAL THINKING................................................................................................................................... 6
THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR ......................................................................................... 6
THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR ......................................................................................... 6
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT OUR ATTRIBUTIONS? ..................................................................................................... 6
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT OUR ATTRIBUTIONS? ..................................................................................................... 6
ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS .................................................................................................................. 6
ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS .................................................................................................................. 6
ATTITUDES AFFECT ACTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 7
ATTITUDES AFFECT ACTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 7
ACTIONS AFFECT ATTITUDES ................................................................................................................................. 7
ACTIONS AFFECT ATTITUDES ................................................................................................................................. 7
ROLE PLAYING AFFECTS ATTITUDES ................................................................................................................. 7
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: RELIEF FROM TENSION ........................................................................................... 7
SOCIAL INFLUENCE – CULTURAL ............................................................................................................. 8
SOCIAL INFLUENCE – CULTURAL ............................................................................................................. 8
SOCIAL COGNITION............................................................................................................................ 8
SOCIAL COGNITION............................................................................................................................ 8
CONFORMITY AND SOCIAL NORMS .................................................................................................... 8
CONFORMITY AND SOCIAL NORMS .................................................................................................... 8
OBEDIENCE: FOLLOWING ORDERS ...................................................................................................... 9
OBEDIENCE: FOLLOWING ORDERS ...................................................................................................... 9
LESSONS FROM THE CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE STUDIES ........................................................................... 10
LESSONS FROM THE CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE STUDIES ........................................................................... 10
1 GROUP BEHAVIOR............................................................................................................................ 10
GROUP BEHAVIOR............................................................................................................................ 10
SOCIAL FACILITATION.......................................................................................................................................... 10
SOCIAL FACILITATION.......................................................................................................................................... 10
SOCIAL LOAFING.................................................................................................................................................. 10
SOCIAL LOAFING.................................................................................................................................................. 10
DEINDIVIDUATION............................................................................................................................................... 11
DEINDIVIDUATION............................................................................................................................................... 11
TABLE – BEHAVIOR IN PRESCENCE OF OTHERS: 3 PHENOMENA ........................................................................ 11
TABLE – BEHAVIOR IN PRESCENCE OF OTHERS: 3 PHENOMENA ........................................................................ 11
GROUP POLARIZATION ..................................................................................................................... 12
GROUP POLARIZATION ..................................................................................................................... 12
GROUPTHINK................................................................................................................................... 12
GROUPTHINK................................................................................................................................... 12
PREJUDICE............................................................................................................................................ 12
PREJUDICE............................................................................................................................................ 12
EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT PREJUDICE ................................................................................................... 13
EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT PREJUDICE ................................................................................................... 13
RACIAL AND ETHNIC PREJUDICE .......................................................................................................................... 13
RACIAL AND ETHNIC PREJUDICE .......................................................................................................................... 13
GENDER PREJUDICE............................................................................................................................................. 14
GENDER PREJUDICE............................................................................................................................................. 14
LGBTQ PREJUDICE................................................................................................................................................ 14
LGBTQ PREJUDICE................................................................................................................................................ 14
ROOTS OF PREJUDICE ....................................................................................................................... 14
ROOTS OF PREJUDICE ....................................................................................................................... 14
SOCIAL INEQUALITEIS AND DIVISIONS ................................................................................................................ 14
2 SOCIAL INEQUALITEIS AND DIVISIONS ................................................................................................................ 14
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.......................................................................................................................................... 15
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.......................................................................................................................................... 15
COGNITIVE SHORTCUTS ...................................................................................................................................... 15
COGNITIVE SHORTCUTS ...................................................................................................................................... 15
REMEMBERING VIVID CASES ............................................................................................................................... 15
REMEMBERING VIVID CASES ............................................................................................................................... 15
VICTIM BLAMING................................................................................................................................................. 15
VICTIM BLAMING................................................................................................................................................. 15
AGGRESSION........................................................................................................................................ 16
AGGRESSION........................................................................................................................................ 16
THE BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION ......................................................................................................... 16
THE BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION ......................................................................................................... 16
GENETIC INFLUENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 16
GENETIC INFLUENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 16
NEURAL INFLUENCES........................................................................................................................................... 16
NEURAL INFLUENCES........................................................................................................................................... 16
BIOCHEMICAL INFLUECES .................................................................................................................................... 17
BIOCHEMICAL INFLUECES .................................................................................................................................... 17
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL-CULTURAL FACTORS IN AGGRESSION ................................................ 17
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL-CULTURAL FACTORS IN AGGRESSION ................................................ 17
AVERSIVE EVENTS................................................................................................................................................ 17
AVERSIVE EVENTS................................................................................................................................................ 17
REINFORCEMENT AND MODELING ..................................................................................................................... 18
REINFORCEMENT AND MODELING ..................................................................................................................... 18
MEDIA MODELS FOR VIOLENCE .......................................................................................................................... 18
MEDIA MODELS FOR VIOLENCE .......................................................................................................................... 18
PROSOCIAL RELATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 18
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