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an exclusive, typically small, group of people with a shared interest or identity
IN-GROUP
occurs when a group of like-minded people reinforce each other's opinions, positive or negative, and these opinions become more extreme as they're discussed.
Group Polarization
experiments demonstrated how individuals are influenced by the majority opinion of a group, even when it conflicts with their own judgment. This highlights the significance of social pressure on individual decision-making and the factors that lead to conformity within a group
Solomon Asch
a Swiss psychologist, is renowned for his theory of cognitive development, which describes how children's thinking and understanding of the world progresses through distinct stages.
Jean Piaget
those people who do not belong to a specific in-group.
OUT-GROUP
where an individual exerts less effort to meet a goal when working in a group than they do working individually.
Social Loafing
He is probably best known for his series of studies that analyzed the causes of bystander apathy to people in need.
John Darley
is renowned as a pioneer in the experimental study of memory, known for discovering the "forgetting curve" and "spacing effect," and for being the first to describe the "learning curve"
Hermann Ebbinghaus
compliance with standards, rules, or laws.
CONFORMITY
occurs when people who need to make a decision wait for someone else to act instead
Diffusion of Responsibility
is best known for his controversial and groundbreaking experiments on obedience to authority, particularly his "M......" experiment
Stanley Milgram
is best known for developing the "Hierarchy of Needs", a theory of psychological health based on fulfilling innate human needs in a hierarchical order, culminating in self-actualization.
Abraham Maslow
the discomfort a person feels when their behavior does not align with their values or beliefs.
Cognitive Dissonance
In psychology, an a_______e refers to a set of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors toward a particular object, person, thing, or event.
Attitude
is best known for his controversial 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, which demonstrated the power of social situations to influence people's behavior, and for his work on topics like shyness, time perspective, and heroism.
Philip Zimbardo
is renowned as the founder of psychoanalysis, a theory and method for understanding and treating mental health conditions, emphasizing the unconscious mind and its influence on behavior.
Sigmund Freud
refers to the phenomenon where the presence of others enhances an individual's performance on a task.
Social Facilitation
the process by which a person's attitudes or behaviour are, without duress, influenced by communications from other people.
Persuasion
who was the driving force behind the popular Marvel franchise. He started his career at Timely Comics, a family-run business that later became Marvel Comics.
Stan lee
is primarily known as the architect of the theory of evolution by natural selection
Charles Darwin