Group
Processes
Processes
Reduced effort when working in groups.
Social Loafing
Encountering someone or something repeatedly leads to increased liking.
Mere Exposure Effect
Belief in one's ability to succeed, which influences motivation and behavior.
Self-Efficacy
The more frustrated a person becomes, the more likely they are to become aggressive.
Frustration-Aggression Link/Hypothesis
This theory suggests that individuals are motivated to act based on expected outcomes.
Expectancy Theory
Shared expectations about behavior that influence conformity and behavior regulation
Social Norms
This fundamental need is central to human motivation and strongly tied to happiness. "No man is an island."
Need to Belong
This common phenomenon refers to reduced helping in the presence of others.
The Bystander Effect
This theory proposes that aggression can be learned through observing and imitating others, especially role models.
Social Learning Theory
Changes in behavior that occur when individuals know they are being observed, affecting productivity.
The Hawthorne Effect
The presence of others improves task performance when it's a familiar task.
Social Facilitation
This theory says social behavior is the result of an exchange process, where individuals seek to maximize benefits and minimize costs in relationships.
Social Exchange Theory
Alarm. Resistance. Exhaustion.
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
A classmate stole Cam's pencil case, so Cam punched him in the face. What type of aggression is this?
Reactive Aggression
Pressure and coercion in the criminal justice system can lead to...
False Confessions
Poor decisions caused by pressure for consensus.
Groupthink
This attachment style involves fear of abandonment.
Anxious Attachment
A condition where individuals feel powerless to change their situation, impacting mental health.
Learned Helplessness
A framework for understanding the factors that lead to aggression, including situational and personal variables.
General Aggression Model (GAM)
The tendency to continue investing in a losing proposition because of already invested resources.
Sunk-Cost Fallacy
Emotional arrousal and oss of self-awareness due to anonymity in groups
Deindividuation
According to Sternberg, these are the three components of love.
Intimacy, passion, and commitment
This hypothesis states that empathy for others can lead to genuinely selfless helping behavior.
The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
The Dark Triad
Policies aimed at increasing opportunities for underrepresented groups, often controversial due to perceptions of unfairness.
Affirmative Action