Social Psychology

Social Psychology is...

• The study of how social traumas effect a person later in life

• The study of interactions within a party

• The study of how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by our interaction with others

• The study of how neurons "talk" to each other in the brain

True or False: Attitudes and Behaviors are always the same

• True

• False

Persuasion is...

• Using evidence to persuade people

• A direct attempt to influence someones attitude

• Using famous people to persuade people

• A ton of repitition

Prejudice is...

• Generalized attitude to a group of people

• Judging someone based on themselves

• A true reason to hate someone

• Distorted beliefs about a group of people

This is the theory that happens when the ABC's of Attitudes are not aligned

• Trait Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Cognitive Dissonance Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

All of these are how Attitudes develop EXCEPT

• Cognitive Anchors

• Observational Learning

• Conditioning

• A bad day

Attitudes are...

• Beliefs and feelings about an object or person that affect how we behave

• A result of conditioning

• When the ABC's of Attitude do not align

• Beliefs based off of collecting data

All of these are ways to overcome Prejudice EXCEPT

• Increase contact between different groups of people

• Remain in complete isolation of your house and watch only one news source

• Not acting on prejudicial thoughts

• Speaking up when you see prejudicial acts

All of these are causes of Prejudice EXCEPT

• Socioeconomic Status

• Scapegoating

• Exaggerating Similarities

• Social Learning

adjusting our behavior or thinking to go along with group standards

• social norms

• prejudice

• conformity

• in-group

• cognitive dissonance theory