Psychologist
Experiments
Definitions
Social Behavior
Group
100

This psychologist conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment.

Philip Zimbardo

100

This experiment showed how people conform to group pressure.


Answer:
Asch Conformity Experiment

100

Working less hard in a group than alone.



Social Loafing

100

Question:

Helping someone in need.



Bystander Intervention

100

Performance improves when others watch simple tasks.


Answer:
Social Facilitation

200

Question:
This psychologist studied conformity using line judgments.


Answer:
Solomon Asch

200

Participants believed they were shocking another person.


Answer:
Milgram Obedience Experiment

200

Changing behavior to match the group.



Conformity

200

Being in a good mood increases helping behavior.




Feel-Good, Do-Good Effect 

200

People put in less effort in group work.



Social Loafing

300

This psychologist discovered people obey authority even when uncomfortable.


Answer:
Stanley Milgram

300

A prison simulation that showed the power of social roles.


Answer:
Stanford Prison Experiment

300

Loss of self-awareness in a crowd.



Deindividuation

300

Behavior shaped through rewards and consequences.



Operant Conditioning

300

Group situations can cause people to make poor choices.



Deindividuation

400

Question:
This psychologist created the Hierarchy of Needs.

Answer:
Abraham Maslow

Answer:
Abraham Maslow

400

People are less likely to help when others are present.



Bystander Effect

400

Unselfish concern for others.

Answer:
Altruism


Altruism

400

Model explaining health through biological, psychological, and social factors.


Answer:
Biopsychosocial Model

400

Favoring people in your own group.



In-group Bias 

500

This psychologist emphasized unconditional positive regard in therapy.


Answer:
Carl Rogers

500

Question:
The spreading of responsibility across many people.



Diffusion of Responsibility

500

Learning society’s values and norms.


Answer:
Socialization

500

Brain chemicals linked to anxiety like serotonin and GABA.



Neurotransmitter imbalance

500

Negative attitudes toward a group.


Answer:
Prejudice