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The study of how the real, implied, or imagined presence of other people affects our behavior, beliefs, and attitudes.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
factors outside the person doing the action, such as peer pressure
Situational Attribution
The tendency to apply internal factors to success and external factors to failures
Self-Serving Bias
Attributing success to external factors and blaming failure on internal factors
Self-Effacing Bias
Columbia is the capital of which US state?
South Carolina
the person’s stable, enduring traits, personality, ability, emotions
Dispositional Attribution
Decrease in effort and productivity that occurs when an individual works in a group instead of alone
Social Loafing
the tendency to put your own goals and wishes ahead of the goals and wishes of the group
Individualism
Increased individual effort in group settings
Social Striving
How many of the seven dwarfs had mustaches?
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Stronger responses on simple or well-learned task in the presence of others
Social Facilitation
The tendency to blame individuals for their victimization typically motivated by a desire to see the world as a fair place
Blaming the Victim
the tendency to put the goals of the group ahead of your own goals.
Collectivism
When we go too far in assuming that a person’s behavior is caused by their personality.
Fundamental Attribution Error:
What is the blood-sucking creature of Puerto Rican lore?
El Chupacabra
Tendency to view an outgroup as homogenous or as “all the same” whereas the ingroup is seen as more heterogeneous or varied
Homogeneity Effect
our evaluations about people and a predisposition to act in a particular way toward them.
Social attitudes
Negative attitudes toward members of a social group
Prejudice
Generalized impressions based on groups
Stereotypes
Which famous actress began her career playing Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz"?
Judy Garland
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
Deindividuation
the behaviors and attitudes expected from someone with a particular social position.
Social roles
Refers to a person’s belief and tendency of having predict the outcome of an event when, in reality, there was no sure way of knowing the outcome
Hindsight Bias
the tendency to mimic the posture, mannerisms, facial expressions, or other behaviors of others.
The chameleon effect
Chicken-fried steak is which U.S. state’s signature dish?
Oklahoma