social influence
terms use to describes changing one's behavior due to the real or imagined influence of others?
what is conformity?
terms describe a group's expectations of how members should behave?
what are group norms?
what terms describe a favorable or unfavorable evaluative reaction toward something or someone?
what is an attitude?
what is the process by which we intercept and understand the social events and behaviors?
what is social cognition?
what is a generalized belief about a group of people called
What is stereotypes?
conducted the famous line experiment on conformity?
who is Salomon Asch?
what phenomenon occurs when individuals in a group exert less effort than they would alone?
what is social loafing?
attitudes based on this are better predictors of behavior
what is experience?
what terms describe the mental structure we use to organize and simplify knowledge about the social world?
what are schemas?
what term describes unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members?
what is discrimination?
what is it called when people change their behavior at the request of another person?
what is compliance?
what is the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions than individuals?
what is risky shift?
term describes the discomfort we feel when our attitudes and behaviors are inconsistent?
What is cognitive dissonance?
what is the tendency to overestimate the impact of personal disposition and underestimate the impact of situations in analyzing other's behaviors?
what is the fundamental attribution error?
what is the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame?
what is the scapegoat theory>
terms refers tot he influence of a group majority on an individual judgment
what is majority influence?
what term describes the strengthening of a group's prevailing opinion after discussion?
what is group polarization?
who proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance?
who is Leon Festinger?
what terms refers to the expectation that helps bring about the expected outcome?
what is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
what term describes the us versus them mentality?
what is in group bias?
researcher is known for the obedience study involving electric shocks
who is Stanley Milgram?
what is it called when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives?
what is groupthink?
what is the phenomenon where repeated exposure to a stimulus increases liking?
what is the mere exposure effect?
what heuristic involves judging the probability of an event based on how easily examples come to mind?
what is the availability heuristic?
what hypothesis suggests that increased intergroup contact can prejudice?
what is the contact hypothesis?