SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Theory that explains someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition.
What is the ATTRIBUTION theory!
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.
What is DEINDIVIDUATION.
The tendency for any given bystander to be LESS likely to give aid if others are present.
What is the bystander effect.
Theories that view personality with a focus on the unconscious and importance of childhood experiences.
What are psychodynamic theories.
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting.
What is PERSONALITY.
The tendency for observers, when analyzing others' behavior, to underestimate the impact of a situation and overestimate their personal disposition.
What is the FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR.
A generalized belief about a group of people.
What is a stereotype.
People are more likely to date or marry people that live or work around them because of this effect.
What is the mere exposure effect.
People are prone to use these to protect themselves from anxiety.
What are defense mechanisms.
A characteristic behavior pattern or disposition to feel or act in a certain way.
What is a TRAIT.
A type of influence that results from a person's desire to gain approval OR avoid disapproval.
What is NORMATIVE social influence.
Those perceived as different or apart from our own group.
What is an OUTGROUP.
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another person.
What is passionate love.
According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories.
What is the UNCONSCIOUS.
A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of test items that tap basic components of a trait.
What is FACTOR ANALYSIS.
When someone adjusts their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.
What is conformity.
An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members.
What is PREJUDICE.
A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give it.
What is EQUITY.
Theories that view personality with a focus on the potential for healthy personal growth.
What are HUMANISTIC theories.
A view of behavior as influenced by the interaction between epople's traits and their social context.
What is the social-cognitive perspective.
A theory that says we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent.
What is cognitive dissonance.
This symbolizes the idea that good is rewarded and evil is punished.
What is the just-world phenomenon.
An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.
What is the RECIPROCITY NORM.
A caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude which a therapist can use to help people develop self-awareness.
What is UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD.
The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition and environment.
What is reciprocal determinism.