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When the presence of other both arouses us and makes us feel anonymous, we may experience a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint.
What is deindividuation?
“US”- people with whom we share a common identity
What is in-groups?
The tendency for individuals to be less likely to help another person in need when others are present.
What is the bystander effect?
The unselfish regard for the welfare of others
What is Altruism?
This figure in psychology conducted an experiment using line tests to observe the effects of conformity
Who is Solomon Asch?
Group behavior where the decisions and opinions of people in a group setting become more extreme than their actual, privately held beliefs
What is group polarization?
“THEM”- those preserved as different or apart of the in-group
what is out-groups?
People tend to do better at their activity when people are watching them
What is social facilitation?
A physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy
What is aggression?
This figure in psychology conducted the Stanford Prison experiment to test the effect that roles play on behavior
Who is Philip Zimbardo?
Solomon Asch devised an experiment where actors and one nonactor in a group were to chose the longest line, yet the nonactor chose the wrong answers just to be like the group.
What is conformity?
This is an unjustified attitude toward a group and it's members; generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory actions
What is prejudice?
When different individuals and cultures view the opponent as untrustworthy and evil-intentioned, and itself as an ethical, peaceful victim. Those individuals and cultures in conflict that lead to certain prophecies.
What is self-fulfilling prophecy?
the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting ether the situation or the person's disposition; an explanation of motives including errors of this and bias
What is attribution theory?
This figure in psychology conducted an experiment using a “teacher” and a “learner” to study obedience
Who is Stanley Milgram?
In a decision-making group, the desire for one unified answers tends to override the realistic of the alternatives.
What is groupthink?
The unjustifiable negative behavior between a group and its members
What is discrimination?
A set of expectations about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave.
What is a role?
an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship
What is attraction?
This figure in psychology discovered the cognitive dissonance theory
Who is Leon Festinger?
The experiment that shows people will obey authority figures, even if it conflicts with their morals or perceived person of authority is wrong
What is Milgram's shock experiment?
The evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture
What is ethnocentrism?
Dan hates fat people because he thinks they are gluttonous. He doesn’t hire overweight people.
What is prejudice?
This is the disposition to various opinions including the theory of cognitive dissonance, or the disposition to various persuasion strategies such as foot-in-the-door, etc.
What is attitude?
Bonus:Considered to be the father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?