University:
Louisiana State University
Course:
PSYC 3082 | Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Academic year:

2020
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481

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9
Author:

Kyuwon J.

• Latency Elementary school years to puberty  Energy is focused on school rather than on sexual or bodily issues. • Genital     Puberty to adulthood Focuses on mature, adult sexual relationships Personality is set prior to this stage.  What are the five components of the fivefactor model (Big Five) o Know what each components low and high score is? Chapter 13  Define Social Psychology  The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to each other  Define Social Cognition • A person’s thoughts about other people and the social world o Know the Attribution and Attribution Theory • Attributions: an explanation of the cause of behavior • Attribution theory: a theory that behavior is caused either by traits within the individual or by the situation surrounding the individual  What are the different atÝtude Persuasion Strategies • Foot-in-the-door technique  A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one  the bigger request is the target, the change the first person wanted all along • Door-in-the-face technique   A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to reject a large request before making a smaller one the smaller request is the target that the first person has in mind from the beginning Why study atÝtudes? • Many of our atÝtudes are social and are important influences on our behavior • Also, because we spend so much time and effort trying to change each other’s atÝtudes  What is cognitive dissonance and what is an example of it?        • The discomfort caused by having an atÝtude that contradicts another atÝtude or a behavior • How do you resolve the discomfort? • Change AtÝtude A • Change AtÝtude B • Come up with AtÝtude C to relieve the tension between AtÝtudes A and B • Can motivate desirable behavior change  What did Solomon Asch’s classic studies examine and why is this important?  • Conformity: changes in an individual’s behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people  • 37% of the time, participants conformed. • Only about 25% of participants never conformed to any of the 12 situations  How is obedience different than conformity? • We conform to groups of peers • We obey superiors who have power over us  What is: o social facilitation- An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people  A magician who makes more mistakes on simple tricks when practicing alone as compared to when giving a performance. o Social loafing- A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups The failure to sing as loud in group as compared with alone in your car. o Deindividuation- A loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior • Military, gangs, hate groups (e.g., Ku Klux Klan)  Groupthink- A phenomenon that occurs when group members value getÝng along with each other more than finding the best solution  Real-life examples: Bay of Pigs invasion,  “New Coke” To combat groupthink, encourage disagreement and solicit outside opinions.

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