Social Psychology

peripheral route processing

Appealing to emotion and trust instead of logic to manipulate someone is called

brain washing

Breaking down individuality and then replacing it with group ideals.

social crisis

During our psychosocial development we have a number of stages that we need to pass. The stages are also called

fundamental attribution error

Human beings tend to judge people dispositionally instead of situationally. They think that people's behavior is based on their personality instead of the situation that they are in.

secure attachment

Someone is able to trust or share their feeling with their romantic partner.

authority

The ability to get others to follow instructions. We have been trained to follow the instructions of people in uniforms and people with power.

attributions

The explanations that we give for the behaviours of ourselves and others

social physcology

This is a field of psychology studies how other people influence our thoughts, feelings and actions.

cult

This is a group that recruits people who are lost and confused. They then brainwash them and use them for sexual purposes or financial gain.

scapegoat theory

in society, when something goes wrong we tend to try and find a minority group to take the blame for the situation. Think the Jewish people in Pre-WWII Germany.

norms

In different social situations, there are different unwritten rules. We follow these rules unconsciously. As members of society we tend to police these rules.

insecure attachment

Someone is unable to trust or share their feelings with other people. They may have

cognitive dissonance

When there is a difference between what we believe and our actions it causes us psychological distress.

diffusion of responsibility

The bystander effect occurs because the responsibility for acting is spread over a large number of people. This idea that no one is personally responsible is called what?

pattern

The human mind naturally uses stereotypes to organize the world around it. This is because the human mind has evolved to look for

physiological stages

The idea that we encounter a number of social crisis that we need to pass in order to develop psychologically

group polorization

When we are in a group of people that share our beliefs. Those beliefs tend to become more extreme over time.

love bombing

When someone is lost and confused is pulled into a cult they are immediately given love and empathy in order to make them feel that they have a new family.

just world pheonmenon

We sometimes make the cognitive error of believing that people "get what they deserve." It is similar to the concept of Karma.

in group vs out group

We tend to divide our lives into social circles. For example, at North Delta our friends vs everyone else.

obedience

We tend to follow the instructions of authority figures even if we disagree with the instructions. We are also more likely to agree if the authority figure takes responsibility for our actions.

self serving

We tend to think that our own errors are based on external situations. We tend to make situational attributions about ourselves in order to protect our self-esteem.

identity vs role confusion

What do we need to go through during adolescence in order to establish our own independent sense of identity and morality?

identity vs role confusion

What psychosocial stage do we encounter during adolescence?

discrimination

When act a certain way towards someone based on stereotypes and prejudice

conformity

When everyone else is doing something, we tend to want to do it as well so that we do not stand out.

deindividuation

When in a group we stop behaving like an individual and start behaving like a group member. Sometimes we are less moral as a group member.

ethos

When someone attempts to influence you by appealing to someone you trust it is called

pathos

When someone attempts to influence you using emotions it is called

logos

When someone attempts to influence you using logic it is called

the bystander effect

When someone is hurt, they are more likely to be helped when there are fewer people around because of the diffusion of responsibility.

group think

When we are in a group situation, we sometimes tend to go along with the group behaviour even though we know that it isn't correct. In general, groups make worse decisions than individuals.

sterotypes

When we group people into simplistic categories based on preconceptions about them

situational attributions

When we judge behaviors to arise from external situations and not the person's personality

dispositional attributions

When we judge behaviors to arise from internal characteristics related to their personality

prejudice

When we judge someone based on their membership in a certain group

in group biased

When we think that our own group of people in better than other groups

central route washing

When we use logos and present a logical argument in order to convince somebody we are using

foot in the door phenomenon

When we want to change someone, we start small and then build up over time. Eventually, we are able to achieve large changes through small steps.

trust vs mistrust

Which psychosocial stage has to do with the development of our attachment style?