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uncomfortable mental state due to conflicting ideas
cognitive dissonance
belief that people get what they deserve
just-world phenomenon
negative attitudes about a certain individual or group
prejudice
changing one's behavior or decisions based on common group ideas
conformity
college students were asked to role play as prisoners and gaurds to study their behavior
Zimbardo prison experiment
you do something for me, I do something for you
norm of reciprocity
an individual's performance improves in the presence of others
social facilitation
negative behavior towards a certain individual or group
discrimination
tendency for people to contribute less when involved in a group task
social loafing
study of subject's obedience when asked to shock someone
Milgram experiment
tendency to favor those in your own group
in group bias
tendency to overestimate the extent that others share our ideas ("everybody loves me")
false-consensus effect
generalized ideas about groups of people and their behavior
stereotypes
loss of self awareness or individuality in a group
deindividualization
study of social pressure where the first subjects gave an incorrect response to see if other subjects would also give an incorrect response
Asch experiment
sense of hopelessness learned through repeated failures
learned helplessness
an individual's performance decreases in the presence of others
social inhibition
tendency to not help someone in need when others are present
bystander effect
enhancement of group's beliefs when only talking within themselves
group polarization
study where children watched adults interact with a doll to see how the children would then play with the doll
Bobo doll experiment
tendency to search for information that coincides with one's previous beliefs
confirmation bias
when one blames their failures on others, but takes credit for successes
self-serving bias
making assumptions on someone, disregarding their circumstances or situation
fundamental attribution error
shared goals that two differing groups can overcome together
superordinate goals
study where children were told to resist a treat in order to receive a second treat, studied their obedience
Mischel (marshmallow) experiment