Social Psychology Principles Flashcards
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When a person attributes their own aggressive behavior to provocation but attributes another's aggression to bad character, this illustrates:
Answer: The actor-observer effect
The actor-observer effect describes how we attribute our own behavior to situations while attributing others' behavior to their dispositions.
Contact hypothesis proposes that prejudice between groups decreases when contact occurs under which condition?
Answer: Equal status and cooperative goals
Allport's contact hypothesis states that prejudice reduction requires equal-status contact, cooperative interdependence, and institutional support.
The phenomenon where the presence of others improves performance on well-learned tasks but impairs performance on complex or novel tasks is called:
Answer: Social facilitation
Social facilitation occurs because an audience increases arousal, which enhances the dominant (well-practiced) response but hurts performance on difficult tasks.
Which persuasion route in the Elaboration Likelihood Model involves careful consideration of argument quality?
Answer: Central route
The central route of the ELM involves deep processing of message content and leads to more durable attitude change when strong arguments are presented.
Minimal group paradigm research by Tajfel demonstrated that in-group favoritism occurs even when:
Answer: Groupings are based on trivial and arbitrary criteria
Tajfel's minimal group studies showed people favor their own group over others even when assigned to groups arbitrarily, such as by a coin flip or art preference.
Which of the following best describes the concept of 'deindividuation'?
Answer: Loss of self-awareness and restraint in group settings or anonymity
Deindividuation occurs when anonymity and group immersion reduce self-awareness, lowering inhibitions and increasing impulsive or antisocial behavior.
Self-perception theory (Bem) proposes that people infer their attitudes by:
Answer: Observing their own behavior when internal cues are weak
Bem's self-perception theory suggests that when attitudes are unclear, we infer them from observing our own actions, much as we would infer others' attitudes.