People to Know
Explaining Behavior
Social Influence
Behavior in Groups
Wild Card
100
This Stanford psychologist is known for his infamous prison experiment.
Who is Philip Zimbardo?
100
This is a common form of bias which refers to observers' bias in favor of internal attributions in explaining others' behavior.
What is the fundamental attribution error (FAE)?
100
This is yielding to social pressures.
What is conformity?
100
People are less likely to provide needed help when they are in groups than when they are alone is known as the...
What is the bystander effect?
100

A shared goal that override differences among people and require cooperation. Demonstrated by Sherif in the "Robbers Cave Study".


What is Superordinate goal?

200
This man did a famous experiment on conformity and discovered that group size and group unanimity are key determinants to conformity.
Who is Soloman Asch?
200
This is when you did well on something because you are awesome, but when you fail, it is someone else's fault.
What is the self serving bias?
200
Milgram discovered that his subjects were more likely to obey if the person giving them orders was an...
What is authoritative leader?
200
This is what you see people doing in group projects (compared to working by themselves).
What is social loafing?
200
This is the tendency for people who agree to a small request to comply later with a larger one.
What is the foot-in-the-door technique?
300
This man's is known for his infamous study on obedience and electric shocks.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
300
This exists when related cognitions are inconsistent. It creates an unpleasant states of tension that motivates people to reduce their inconsistencies by changing their thought process.
What is cognitive dissonance?
300
The mass suicide of cult members by their leader's order is an example of this at the highest level (Jonestown, Heaven's Gate).
What is obedience?
300
Having an extreme opinion on a center political leader as an effect of a group discussion is known as this.
What is group polarization?
300
The distorted images people in conflict form of each other are called mirror-image perceptions. These perceptions may become _______-_______ ___________ that confirm themselves by influencing others to react in ways that seem to justify them.
What is self-fulfilling prophecies?
400

This psychologist teacher is famous for embodying all the physical and emotional traits of attraction. Commonly referred to as "Mr. Hotty".

Who is Dr. Mr. Stephen?

400
An unselfish regard for the welfare of others is called this....
What is altruism?
400
The feeling of anonymity and loss of self-restraint that an individual may develop when in a group is called this.
What is deindividuation?
400
This occurs when groups of friends stress having fun together over the importance of good decision making.
What is groupthink?
400
Aggressive behavior is tied to this hormone, which is seen in higher levels in men.
What is testosterone?
500
This man created the cognitive dissonance theory.
Who is Leon Festinger?
500
Our first impression of another person is most influenced by the person's ____________.
What is appearance?
500
The tendency to perform a task better when other people are present is called this.
What is social facilitation?
500

An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them before.

What is Reciprocity Norm?

500
Many factors contribute to aggression, including __________ factors, such as an increase of testosterone; _________ factors such as frustration; and _________-______ factors, such as deindividuation.
What is biological; psychological; social-cultural?
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