Theories of Attraction
What term is defined by "sharing information brings people closer"?
What is Self Disclosure?
What did the cult members of People's Temple lace the Flavor-Aid with?
What are cyanide and other drugs?
How does risky shift affect the decisions you make?
You take more chances and make riskier decisions
The time period needed to understand the social norms when you are in a new place/situation/group is the definition of?
What is an adjustment period?
What did Milgrim's case study test?
What is obedience?
Define Reciprocal Liking
What is returning another person’s feelings of affection?
In the instance of David Koresh and Wako Texas, how many days did he hold hostages?
What is 51 days?
"Bump on a log" is connected to this term
What is Social Loafing?
Define social reality
an individual's subjective interpretation of how they see things
Why did the Zimbardo Prison Experiment stop?
Volunteers to be guards abused their power and dehumanized the prisoners
Prejudice is a negative ______ whereas discrimination is ______ upon a prejudice
attitude, acting
What do cults believe about money?
They believe it is evil and usually, the leader tries to scam his/her followers into giving him/her their money
"EVERYONE is going to be drinking tonight" is connected to what term?
What is False-Consensus Effect?
According to bystander apathy, if an individual sees someone who needs help, but there are other people are around, will they be more or less likely inclined to help?
They will be less likely to help
It is claimed that how many people watched Kitty Genovese get murdered
What is 38?
Why does the Principle of Proximity warn us to be extra careful with who we work with?
We tend to be attracted to people with who we are in close contact with on a regular basis
What did the leader of Heaven's Gate preach?
That suicide would allow them to leave their body containers and enter an alien spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp comet
Explain the difference between Deindividuation and Group Polarization
Group Polarization is the tendency to make more extreme decisions when you're with like-minded people whereas deindividuation is the loss of self-control and diffused responsibility in a group.
This term is associated with mob mentality
What is Groupthink?
The Kitty Genovese story is an example of _____
What is bystander apathy?
What are Cohen and Aherean's Five Stages of reacting to disasters?
What are psychic, numbness, automatic action, communal effort, and letdown recovery?
What is a common misconception on a characteristic of a cult?
Cults don't have to be satanic, they can sound really nice and welcoming to people
What is a superordinate goal?
What is a difficult goal achieved by the cooperation of individuals where opposing groups will work on a task together?
Define Disposition Attribution Error
One's behavior is internal, little to nothing to do with the situation, it is a part of your character which reveals your true self
What were the volunteers told at the Milgrim study?
Volunteers were told that they would be shocking the test subjects every time they got a wrong answer because they thought it would help the subjects learn