Social Psychology
The study of how we think about influence and relate to one another's
•Social Thinking----
how do we think about one another?
•Attribution Theory: the idea that we give a casual explanation for someone's behavior
-we credit that behavior either to the situation or..
-to the persons disposition
•Fundamental Attribution Error
- the tendency to underestimate the impact of a situation and overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
- how do you view your teachers behavior? You probably attribute it to their personality rather than their profession.
Attitudes
• a belief it feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to something
Do our attitudes guide our actions
Only if...
-External pressure is minimal
-We are aware of our attitudes
-The attitude is relevant to the behavior.
Our actions affect our attitudes
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
• The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
Door-in-face phenomenon
• The tendency for people who say no to a huge request, to comply with a smaller one
Zimbardo Prison Study
• Role playing affects attitudes. What do you think happened when college students were made to take on the roles of prison guards and inmate.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
• We do not like when we have either conflicting attitudes or when our attitudes do not match our actions
• When they clash we will change our attitude to great balance
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