Social Psychology Definitions

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  • Created on: 19-10-15 04:08
Above Average Effect
The tendency of people to consider themselves better than others - The above average effect is a self-serving bias - The above average effect is usually measured on a population basis and is indicated by a skewed distribution
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Reasons for the Above Average Effect
People from individualist cultures are motivated to think of themselves as better than others, as this is part of the cultural definition of status
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Four Factors That Underlie Attraction
1. Repeated Contact 2. Physical Attractiveness 3. Similarity 4. Reciprocity
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Components of Love
1. Passion 2. Intimacy 3. Commitment
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Passionate Love
Key elements: obsession, wildly fluctuating emotions and physiological arousal (hearts pounding, trembling) in the presence of our love.
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Companionate Love
Key elements are companionship, mutual trust and care
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Parental Love
- Mother-child bond as universal - Good evolutionary reasons to assume a considerable genetic contribution Infant strategies for "being lovable" including smiling, looking cute
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Adult Attachment Styles
A. Secure - 55% B. Avoidant - 25% C. Anxious-ambivalent - 20%
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How is romantic love influenced by culture?
- Romantic love seems to exist in most or all cultures - Jankowiak and Fischer (1992) in study of 168 cultures found evidence of romantic love in nearly 90% with the evidence unclear for the rest - HOWEVER - people in individualist cultures appear
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Social Norms
The rules that implicitly or explicitly govern members of a group
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Perceived Norms
peoples perception of the social norm - which may or may not be accurate but is important in influencing their behaviour
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Social Roles
The behaviour that a member in a given position in a group is expected to perform
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Status Hierarchy
The roles that reflect that distribution of power in a group
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Deindividuation
a process by which behaviours become acceptable in a group context that would not be outside that context, that is they lose their personal identity
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Dehumanisation
when "victims" are not seen as a real person
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Conformity
a change in beliefs or behaviours to follow a groups norms
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Four Factors That Underlie Attraction

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Components of Love

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