Social Thinking
What is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another?
Social psychology
What is the word for adjusting our behavior or thinking to match up with a group standard?
Conformity
What is the term for when people put in less effort when they are working in a group toward a common goal compared to when they work alone?
Social loafing
What is an unjustifiable, and usually negative, attitude toward a group and its members
Prejudice
What is the term for an unselfish concern for the welfare of other people?
Altruism
What is the term for the tendency, when analyzing another person's behavior, to underestimate the situation and overestimate their personal traits?
The fundamental attribution error
What is the term for influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval from a group?
Normative social influence
What is the term for improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others?
Social facilitation
What is the name of the theory that states prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone else to blame?
Scapegoat theory
If a stranger drops their books in a crowded hallway and everyone walks past because they assume someone else will help, what is this called?
The bystander effect (or diffusion of responsibility)
What is the term for the feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a certain way to objects, people, and events?
Attitude
What is the term for influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality?
Informational social influence
What is the term for the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity?
Deindividuation
What principle states that the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal creates anger, which can generate aggression?
The frustration-aggression principle
What is the term for shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation to achieve?
Superordinate goals