Social Psych
Who conducted the obedience experiment where participants believed they were shocking another person?
Milgram
What phenomenon describes the reduced likelihood of helping someone when others are present?
bystander effect
Which global event greatly influenced the development of modern social psychology?
wwII
In the Stanford Prison Experiment, participants were randomly assigned to be what two roles?
guards and prisoners
Who were the two psychologists who studied the bystander effect after Kitty Genovese’s murder?
John Darley and Bibb Latané
Who is best known for his “Bobo doll” experiment on observational learning?
Albert Bandura
Solomon Asch’s line experiment studied what social phenomenon?
conformity
What is the diffusion of responsibility?
Belief that others will take action, so individuals don’t act themselves
What term describes the strong emotional bond between an infant and caregiver?
Attachment
What term describes the tendency to underestimate situational factors and overestimate personal traits when judging others’ behavior?
fundamental attribution error
What is the “foot-in-the-door” technique?
Getting someone to agree to a small request to increase the chance they’ll agree to a larger one later
According to Freud, what are the three parts of personality?
Id, Ego, Super Ego
What theory explains how we reduce discomfort when our thoughts and actions are inconsistent?
cognitive dissonance
In Zimbardo’s prison study, how long did the experiment last before being stopped?
6 days
According to Erikson, what is the main conflict of adolescence?
Identity vs. Role Confusion