FSU SOP 3004 - Exam 4 Social Psych Study Guide

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Exam 4 Social Psych Study Guide Study Points Morality AS ALWAYS BE ABLE TO APPLY ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS TO YOUR LIFE 1 What is morality including the 3 components rather than disagreeable unfashionable or imprudent morality a psychological state that deems acts as immoral and wrong also motivates punishment toward the immoral individual morality can be turned off and on not only is it OK to harm them but wrong to let them get away with it morality comes with a feeling of rightenousness drive to recruit others to their moral cause health vegetarians vs moral vegetarians morality often is aligned with one s lifestyle 2 How does morality relate to the selfish impulse vs social conscience many moral laws are universal evolution favors selfishness morality requires the individual to put the group over oneself all cultures have systems of morality different cultures place different emphasize on different things social conscious don t wear pajamas in school 3 Which moral rules discussed in class seem to be universal incest is wrong killing is wrong morality 4 What are the indications we have that suggest that we are biologically programmed for children as young as 3 months old have some sense of morality they choose the nice character over the mean character when the stuffed animal was deserving of punishment the preferred the animal that punished it give 2 monkeys cucumber and they complete the task if 1 monkey gets cucumber and the other gets grapes a better reward saw the other monkey getting grapes he threw the cucumber back at the experimenter even though cucumber monkey was previously happy with cucumber when he it s not fair that if we do the same task as someone else and get rewarded differently 5 What is meant by the elephant and the rider metaphor argument that people don t user moral reasoning but moral rationalization in other words they start with the answer that comes from the unconscious and then work backwards to come up with a plausible justification unconscious instinct is revulsion when we are harming an innocent shown not only with scenarios but with MRI studies 6 Is our morality rational we know things are wrong and then we come up with reasons for it and reasons are not always there 7 What is the typical outcome of the train moral dilemmas What are the two things that we learn from the train moral dilemmas most people throw lever to kill 1 person instead of five most people wouldn t throw a man off a bridge to stop the train from killing 5 people 8 How does emotion relate to our morality 9 What are the important emotions for morality and what do they tell us about morality emotions are major motivators for morality disgust major motivator in morality keeps us away from immoral acts guilt unpleasant moral emotion associated with a specific instance in which one has acted badly or wrongly motivates people to make it up sympathy prompts people to offer the first favor with the exception of reciprocation anger protects people from cheaters motivating people to punish them or server the relationship gratitude motivates one to reward those that helped them in the past 10 How do health vegetarians respond differently to food with meat in it than moral vegetarians Why health vegetarians do not have disgust response because they are not doing it for moral reasons 11 What can studies done on facial expressions tell us about the emotional nature of morality facial expression of disgust expressed when nasty taste pictures of gross things unfair treatment exact same facial response 12 How do people respond when they feel unethical people who think about write about or talk about a time they acted immorally prefer hand sanitizer rate cleaning products as more valuable prefer mouthwash 13 What were the methods and findings of the guilty participant study 1 2 participants have confederate tell them about the study and all the answers before and are told don t tell experimenter when asked by experimenter do you know anything about this experiment all participants say they know nothing a few minutes extra would you want to help me out with something how long are the participants going to help if they didn t lie they helped for 2 3 minutes if they did lie they helped for over an hour guilt is a powerful motivator 14 What are the 6 moral spheres and what are the evolutionary explanations for each 1 Harm it is wrong to harm another person or animal not harming others increases chance of survival 2 Fairness focus is on karma and on people getting what they put into a situation 3 Liberty focus is on egalitarianism 4 Group loyalty building group bonds enhances survival anything that interferes with the group and its goals must be dealt with 5 Authority greater chance of survival if give respect to those with authority focus on group hierarchy and respect for those above you people expect those lower to be submissive and to protect those higher up 6 Purity focus on feeling physically and mentally clean or pure from corruption 15 What cultural and political differences have been found for moral foundations Cultural West focuses on harm and fairness Japan focuses on loyalty through fear of nonconformity Hindus Jews focus on purity through dietary restrictions muslims focus on authority politics democrats focus on harm liberty and fairness republics focus on all 6 equally 16 What is the moral licensing effect What are the two theories to explain moral licensing effects and which is correct moral licensing past moral behavior makes people more likely to do potentially immoral things without worrying about feeling or appearing immoral 2 theories moral credentialing reframes immoral behavior as not a transgression taking previous immoral behavior and reframe it as I didn t actually do something wrong moral credits good deeds establish moral credits that can be withdrawn to purchase the right to do bad deeds study initial task s electing best hire from a group of candidates control condition one is best qualified and most everybody picks him moral licensing condition one is black Almost everyone chooses black second task police hiring decision one is white and one is black police department has had racial insensitivity issues in the past and want to promote racial equality they specifically ask are you going to use ethnicity in your hiring decision participants who were in moral licensing condition were more likely to say you should use ethnicity in hiring decision and hire the white guy


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FSU SOP 3004 - Exam 4 Social Psych Study Guide

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