This phenomenon explains that our overall impression of another person is often predominantly influenced by the first information we receive about that person, rather than information that comes later
What is primacy effect
100
Changing or adopting a behavior or an attitude in order to be consistent with the social norms of a group or the expectations of other people is known as this
What is conformity
100
Name the three components of attitude
What are cognitive, emotional, and behavioral
200
Phyllis just heard that her neighbor, Cal, was involved in an automobile accident at a nearby intersection. If she concludes that Cal's reckless driving habits caused the accident, she has made this type of attribution
What is dispositional
200
It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three other lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying this
What is groupthink
200
When an individual's beliefs or ideas about a particular situation conflict with the reality of that situation, they can experience this
What is cognitive dissonance
300
George attributed his success in chemistry to his great intelligence, but when he failed physics, it was because the teacher was impossible to understand. George's behavior best demonstrates this attribution process
What is self-serving bias
300
Stanley Milgram's famous study in which participants were led to believe that they could deliver electric shocks to "learners" was an experiment to test this
What is obedience
300
Altruism and bystander effect are examples of this
What is prosocial behavior
400
This term is used to describe situations in which people assume that someone is intelligent, exciting, and fun to be around just because they are physically attractive
What is halo effect
400
A football coach wants to get his team to perform better. He suspects that they are exhibiting social loafing. According to research, the coach should take this action
What is grade/measure each person's performance
400
You are running for student government president and a key issue is whether to raise parking fees to fund a badly needed new parking lot. Your opponent doesn't agree with your opinion. In you campaign speech you decide to present both your side of the issue and your opponent's views because you know that this technique is most persuasive with individuals who share this characteristic
What is high intelligence
500
This term explains the fact that people generally marry people they have had continuous exposure to, as opposed to people they don't know well
What is proximity
500
Clarence went to at "street party" with some friends to celebrate the UK championship. There were hundreds of people at the party, and as the party progressed, Clarence began to vandalize property with some of the others in the group. It appears that the "street party" cause Clarence to experienced this
What is deindividuation
500
According to this theory, observing aggressive models, having aggressive responses reinforced, and deferring higher status to aggressive group members contribute to how people learn to behave aggressively