Psychology 101 - Study Notes

Chapter 16 - Social Cognition

Matlin

Dr. David L. Carpenter

Rev. 10/01

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I.    Introduction

A.    social psychology

B.    social cognition

C.    cognition

D.    heuristics

II.    Attitudes

A.    How Attitudes Influence Behavior

1.    subjective norms

B.    Cognitive Dissonance

C.    Attitude change

1.    heuristic-systematic model

2.     Expertise of the Persuader

3.    Attractiveness of the Persuader

4.     Frequency

a.    mere exposure effect

b.    demand charactersitics

summary of persuasion factors

III.    Person Perception

A.    Introduction

1.    person perception

2.    impression formation

3.    attribution

B.    Impression formation

1.    Schemas and Impression Formation

a.    schema

b.    person schema

2.    The Primacy Effect

3.    The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

C.    Attribution

1.    personal attribution

2.    situational attribution

3.    The fundamental Attribution Error

a.    individualistic cultures

b.    collectivist cultures

4.    The Actor-Observer Bias

IV.    Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

A.    Definitions

1.    stereotype

2.    prejudice

3.    discrimination

B.    Racism

C.    Sexism

1.    glass ceiling

D.    In Depth - The cognitive Basis of Stereotypes

1.    Stereotypes and Perceptions of the Group

a.    polarization

b.    outgroup homogeneity

2.    Stereotypes and Memory

a.    in-group favoritism

E.    Stereotypes and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

1.    sterotype threat

F.    Reducing Bias

1.    Contact Under Positive Circumsatnces

a.    Jigsaw classroom

2.    Overcoming mindlessness

V.    Close Relationships

A.    Friendship

1.    Similarity

2.    Proximity

3.    Attractiveness

a.    matching hypotheses

B.    Love 

1.    Factors Related to Love relationships

2.    Theories About Love relationships

a.    prototype

b.    Secure attachment style

c.    Avoidant attachment style

d.    Anxious/ambivalent attachment style

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