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Tendency to attribute people’s behavior or misfortunes to their personal traits rather than situational forces.

Fundamental Attribution Error

100
This famous researcher was a student of Solomon Asch and studied how people would respond to outright commands. His study was controversial.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
100

The tendency to favor the ideas of those people in your group. (Type of bias)

In-group Bias

100

Whats the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

Prejudice: negative attitude

Discrimination: negative behavior

100

If you do well on an exam, you might attribute it to your preparation, but if you do poorly, you might blame the exam

Self-serving bias

200
The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when 2 of our thoughts are inconsistent.
What is cognitive dissonance?
200
This researcher conducted the famous "line" experiment to illustrate conformity.
Who is Solomon Asch?
200

What you do well, you are likely to do even better in front of an audience, especially a friendly audience. 

What is social facilitation?

200
The ideal that good is rewarded and evil is punished. We develop the attitude that things are justified.
What is just world phenomenon?
200

What is the claim that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present; the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that one of them will help?

Bystander effect

300

Assuming a person's actions are due to their personality, not their situation. (Be specific)

Dispositional Attributions

300
We conform to avoid rejection, or to gain social approval.
What is normative social influence?
300

Tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.

Social loafing

300
Following, 9/11 some outraged people lashed out at innocent Arab-Americans. This is the notion of when things go wrong, we find someone else to blame for our anger.
What is scapegoat theory?
300

The loss of self awareness and self restraint in group situations that foster arousal and decreased personal responsibility.

Deindividuation 

400
An example of this is environmental advocates showing us evidence of rising temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas and shifts in animal life. This is more thoughtful and less superficial.
What is central route persuasion?
400
When we conform because we want to be accurate. We accept other's opinions about reality.
What is informational social influence?
400

Define Out-group homogeneity bias

Bias that causes people to perceive members of a group they are not part of (the outgroup) very similar to each other, are principally characterized by stereotypical traits

400

The belief that one's own culture is superior to others

What is ethnocentrism?

400

What did Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Study show?

Showed that situational factors and power dynamics played a significant role in shaping participants' behavior. The guards became abusive and authoritarian, while the prisoners became submissive and emotionally distressed. 

*Conformity to social roles and obedience to authority*

500

Belief that leads to its own fulfillment

Self-fulfilling prophecy

500

When are we more likely to conform (must be able to list 3)

-One is made to feel incompetent or insecure

-One admires the groups status

-One has made no prior commitment

-One’s culture strongly encourages respect for social standards

-Group is unanimous


500

When a group prioritizes agreement over critical thinking when making decisions. It can lead to irrational or poor decisions because group members are more concerned with maintaining harmony than with analyzing potential consequences

Group think

500

Is the tendency to think that other people will help, so they do not intervene.

Diffusion Responsibility 

500

When we act to promote someone else's welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves

Alturism