Soc Psych exam 2 vocab

negative prejudgement of a group of people and its individual members

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group of people

"we"

the minimal conditions required for discrimination to occur between groups

"us"

tendency to favor one's own group

"them"

predisposed to follow the dictates of a strong leader and traditional, conventional values

one that bears the blame for others

belief about personal attributes of a group of people-sometime overgeneralized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information

disruptive concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype-as opposed to self-fulfilling prophecy, the effects are immediate.

• pupils are divided into small groups, mixed by race and by ability, to work co-operatively on a task, Members with the same role from each group gather in "expert groups" to discuss their sections. They then return to their own groups and take turns to present what they have learnt to their own groups. They are
• then assessed individually on all sections of the material. This division of responsibilities means that students are motivated to listen to each other each of them experiences a role in which they are valuable to others

shared goal that necessitates a cooperative effort; the goal overrideds people's differences

change in behavior or belief to accord with that of others

yeilding to the will of others

to give admittance or approval to

one form of conformity. the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them

• Type of conformity.
• When a person is in a situation where s/he is unsure of the correct way to behave, s/he will often look to others for cues concerning the correct behavior

acting in accordance with a direct order

an emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms

interested people focus on arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

opposing arguement

people are influenced by accidental cues,. such as speaker's attractiveness

source, message, means, and audience

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

goes hand in hand with cognitive dissonence, we are more accountable if we make the commitmenr publically

group to which another individual or group is compared

to inform in advance

2 components. The first is threat, which provides motivation to protect one's attitudes or beliefs. Refutational preemption is the second component . Refutational preemption is the cognitive part of the process. It is the ability to activate one's own argument for future defense and strengthen their existing attitudes through counterarguing.

2 or more people

the tendency for people to be aroused into better performance on simple tasks (or tasks at which they are expert or that have become autonomous) when under the eye of others, rather than while they are alone

a conscious or unconscious constraint or curtailment by a person of a process or behaviour that the person may consider objectionable in a social setting

mere exposure: the phenomenon that repeated exposure to a stimulus brings about an attitude change in relation to the stimulus

tendency for people to exerpt less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when the individual is held accountable

people who benefit greatly from the group but give little in return