Social Relations
The mere exposure effect explains why repeated exposure increases this.
What is liking?
An unjustifiable negative attitude toward a group is called this.
What is prejudice?
This prison simulation study was conducted at Stanford University.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Explaining behavior based on personality traits instead of situations reflects this error.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
Advertisers often use celebrities because people tend to follow this type of influence.
What is normative social influence?
Attraction based on physical closeness is influenced by this factor.
What is proximity?
Treating people unfairly because of group membership is called this.
What is discrimination?
The psychologist who led the Stanford Prison Experiment was this person.
Who is Philip Zimbardo?
Attributing your own failures to external causes but successes to internal causes is this bias.
What is the self-serving bias?
Peer pressure is a common real-world example of this concept.
What is conformity?
A deep affectionate attachment is called this.
What is companionate love?
Oversimplified beliefs about a group are known as these.
What are stereotypes?
In the Stanford Prison Experiment, participants quickly adopted these assigned social roles.
What are prisoner and guard roles?
The theory explaining how people interpret others’ behavior is called this.
What is attribution theory?
Online anonymity can increase toxic behavior because of this phenomenon.
What is deindividuation?
Intense emotional attraction is known as this.
What is passionate love?
Favoring your own group over others is called this.
What is ingroup bias?
Ethical concerns in the Stanford Prison Experiment included emotional distress and lack of this.
What is informed consent or protection from harm?
Assuming someone’s behavior reflects their personality rather than circumstances demonstrates this.
What is dispositional attribution?
Jury members agreeing too quickly to maintain harmony may be experiencing this.
What is groupthink?
Conflicts between groups often increase because of competition over resources, according to this theory.
What is realistic conflict theory?
The tendency to overestimate differences between groups while underestimating differences within groups is called this.
What is the outgroup homogeneity effect?
Both Milgram and Zimbardo’s studies demonstrated the powerful effects of this.
What is situational influence?
Explaining behavior through environmental circumstances is called this.
What is situational attribution?
Social psychologists study how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by this.
What is the presence of others?