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Ch 06 - Attitude and Social Cognition12th Psychology
Social Psychology
What is the psychological definition of 'Social Psychology'?
What is the psychological definition of 'Social Psychology'?
DEFINITION
- Definition: The branch of psychology that investigates how the behaviour of individuals is affected by others and the social environment.
- Everyday Example: Studying why a teenager completely changes their fashion style specifically to fit in with a new group of friends at school.
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Social Cognition
How is 'Social Cognition' defined in the context of human behaviour?
How is 'Social Cognition' defined in the context of human behaviour?
DEFINITION
- Definition: The mental activities and psychological processes related to gathering, interpreting, and processing information about the social world.
- Everyday Example: Observing a new classmate's polite behaviour and mentally interpreting that they are a trustworthy, friendly person.
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Attitude
What is the psychological definition of an 'Attitude'?
What is the psychological definition of an 'Attitude'?
DEFINITION
- Definition: A state of the mind, a set of views, or thoughts regarding a specific topic (the 'attitude object') which carries a positive, negative, or neutral evaluative feature.
- Everyday Example: A person holding a highly negative view towards junk food, actively feeling disgusted by it, and refusing to consume it.
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- 4The A-B-C Components of Attitude
- 5Application: A 'Green Environment' Attitude
- 6Beliefs vs. Values
- 7Attitude Valence
- 8Attitude Extremeness
- 9Simple vs. Complex Attitudes (Multiplexity)
- 10Attitude Centrality
- 11Factors Influencing Attitude Formation
- 12Attitude Formation: Reward and Punishment
- 13Attitude Formation: Modelling (Observational Learning)
- 14Application: Personal Experience in Attitude Formation
- 15Fritz Heider's Balance Theory
- 16Balance Theory: Balanced vs. Imbalanced Structures
- 17Application: P-O-X Balance Theory (Dowry)
- 18Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance
- 19Festinger & Carlsmith's Dissonance Experiment
- 20Application: Cognitive Dissonance (Pan Masala)
- 21S.M. Mohsin's Two-Step Concept of Attitude Change
- 22Application: Two-Step Concept (Soft Drinks)
- 23Congruent vs. Incongruent Attitude Change
- 24Source vs. Target Characteristics in Persuasion
- 25Message Characteristics: Rational vs. Emotional Appeals
- 26Richard LaPiere's Attitude-Behaviour Study
- 27Social Schemas
- 28Prototypes
- 29Impression Formation Sub-processes
- 30Primacy Effect vs. Recency Effect
- 31Halo Effect
- 32Bernard Weiner's Attribution of Causality
- 33Fundamental Attribution Error (Lee Ross)
- 34Actor-Observer Effect
- 35Prejudice vs. Discrimination
- 36Stereotypes
- 37Scapegoating
- 38Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- 39Norman Triplett's Social Facilitation
- 40Zajonc's Arousal Theory
- 41Cottrell's Evaluation Apprehension
- 42Social Facilitation: Task Complexity
- 43Co-action
- 44Social Loafing & Diffusion of Responsibility
- 45Pro-social Behaviour (Altruism)
- 46Social Norms of Pro-social Behaviour
- 47The Bystander Effect & Diffusion of Responsibility
- 48Application: Pro-Social Behaviour vs. Bystander Effect
- 49Empathy in Pro-social Behaviour & Role Models
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