Social Thinking
This term refers to how we explain others’ behavior, often assigning causes.
What is attribution?
This term refers to feelings, beliefs, and behaviors toward a person or object.
What is an attitude?
Adjusting behavior to match a group is known as this.
What is conformity?
This refers to loss of self-awareness in group settings.
What is deindividuation?
Unjustifiable negative attitudes toward a group are called this.
What is prejudice?
This bias leads people to overestimate personality factors and underestimate situational factors.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
This theory explains how behavior can influence attitudes to reduce discomfort.
What is cognitive dissonance theory?
This type of conformity occurs when people go along with a group to be liked or accepted.
What is normative social influence?
This occurs when group discussions strengthen members’ initial beliefs.
What is group polarization?
Unjustified negative behavior toward a group is known as this.
What is discrimination?
This phenomenon explains why people attribute their own failures to situations but others’ failures to personality.
What is the actor-observer bias?
Which experiment demonstrated that people take on roles assigned to them?
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Following orders from an authority figure is known as this.
What is obedience?
This phenomenon occurs when the presence of others reduces individual effort.
What is social loafing?
This effect explains why people are less likely to help when others are present.
What is the bystander effect?
This theory explains how we compare ourselves to others to evaluate ourselves.
What is social comparison theory?
This psychologist conducted a famous study where participants changed attitudes after being paid $1 or $20.
What is the central route to persuasion?
This type of social influence occurs when people conform because they believe the group is correct.
What is informational social influence?
This occurs when group members prioritize harmony over critical thinking.
What is groupthink?
This theory explains helping behavior as maximizing rewards and minimizing costs.
What is social exchange theory?
This type of attribution assigns behavior to external circumstances rather than internal traits.
What is situational attribution?
This route to persuasion relies on superficial cues like attractiveness or emotion.
What is the peripheral route to persuasion?
This concept refers to improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others.
What is social facilitation?
This term describes how adopting specific social roles can influence behavior and attitudes.
What is the power of social roles?
This hypothesis suggests contact between groups can reduce prejudice.
What is the contact hypothesis?