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What is a a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing?
a stereotype
________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.
Dispositionism
The ________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the Western world that people get the outcomes they deserve.
just-world
Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________.
Diffusion of responsibility
(factor of bystander effect)
Within the field of social psychology, a script is defined as a ________.
person’s knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting
Which type of persuasion approach involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?
foot-in-the-door technique
What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?
social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior
What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgram’s obedience study?
Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.
What bias is involved in focusing only on supporting evidence, and ignoring contrary evidence, to your already existing beliefs?
Confirmation bias
What is a confederate in a study?
an aide of the experimenter who poses as a participant but whose behavior is rehearsed prior to the experiment.
A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that person’s membership in a specific group is called ________.
prejudice
you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television.
normative social influence
What is "a group’s expectation of what is appropriate and acceptable behavior for its members" called?
Social norm
What is a social role?
a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group
The view that our behavior and actions are determined by our immediate environment and surroundings is called what?
Situationism
Jasmin belongs to the chess club on her campus. She prefers to associate with other members of the chess club while avoiding people that do not belong to this group. She thinks that those who do not play chess must be less intelligent than those who do, and thus she doesn’t want to spend time with them. Jasmin has a(n) ________ bias.
In-group
A juror voting "not guilty" along with the other jurors despite what he sees as evidence clearly indicating guilt. This is an example of the ________ effect.
Asch effect
What is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group called?
Group polarization