FINAL EXAM SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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• levels of analysis societal/structural, interpersonal and individual
• operationalization turning abstract ideas into measurable observations
• cognitive dissonance the discomfort a person feel when having contradictory beliefs
• social proof our tendency to follow the crowd. based on social comparison and conformity.
• fear mongering skrämselpropaganda, som conspiracy theories. cause fear to manipulate
• psychological reactance the negative reaction of being told what to do
• group polarization when a group adopt more extreme attitudes or actions
• inoculation this theory informs us how to strengthen our existing attitudes and beliefs, and how to resist persuasion
• firehose of falsehoods a propagande technique, often fake. quick and repetitively messages
• deindivuation loss of one's sense of individuality
• social role a specific set of behaviors and characteristics expected from a person based on their social role
• learned helplessness a state that occurs after a person has experiences a stressful situation repeatedly and do not try to get away
• social identity theory a person's sense of who they are based on of their group memberships. The social identity affect people's attitudes and behavior.
• in-group favoritsm when favoring in-group members over out-group members
• right-wing authoritarianism the tendency to submit to authorites and punish those who break the law.
• social dominance orientation a measurement to see an individual's support for social hierchy. People with high SDO believes inequality is good.
• microaggressions everyday, subtle, intentional or unintentional interactions or behaviors that communicate some sort of bas towards historically vulnerable groups.
• meritocratic threat the threat is based on when experiencing privilege and then feel that their accomplishments is not fully earned
• group-image threat the threat when you realize that the in-group is privileged, which threats the positive view of the group
• central route to persuasion a persuasion style that focus on facts
• peripheral route to persuasion persuasion style that focus on giving positive messages
• what makes a person trustworthy? authority, honesty and likability
• foot-in-the door a person will likely agree if they first agree so a smaller request
• reciprocity if you scratch my back i'll scratch yours
• door-in-the face tvärtom foot-in-the door - firs task for something big then for something small
• that's not all 1. ask a large request but before they respond 2. make the request more attractive by making it smaller and better
• the epistemic motives the motive of believing a conspiracy theory because you want to understand things you dont understan
• the existential motives the explanation why people turn to conspiracy theories is because they want control over their existance
• the social motives a conspiracy explanation that is the desire to maintain a positive image and position of self or group by blaming or sabotaging others.
• what individual characteristic make someone more prejudiced? people who seek dominance, feeling threatened, having conservative values, dont understand that someone is different
• realistic conflict theory when there are two or more groups that are seeking the same limited resources will lead to conflict, negative biases and discriminatin
• social identity theory us vs. them
• the guards response to stanford prison experiement deindividuation
• prisoners responses to stanford prison experiement dehumanized, isolated, learned helplessness

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