Social Psychology Basics
What does social psychology study?
The influence of social and physical environments on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
Attributing others’ actions to internal factors while ignoring situational influences
What is conformity?
Adjusting opinions or behaviors to align with a group’s norms
What term describes helping another without expecting personal benefit?
Altruism
What is the term for mental processes used to understand social environments?
Social Cognition
What term describes attributing one’s success to internal causes and failures to external causes?
Self-Serving Bias
Which researcher is associated with experiments on obedience to authority?
Stanley Milgram
What increases the likelihood of helping others?
High empathy
What term refers to the expectation of appropriate behavior in a situation?
Social Norm
What is the Just-World Hypothesis?
The belief that people get what they deserve
What phenomenon occurs when individuals in a group expend less effort?
Social Loafing
Who researched the phenomenon of bystander apathy?
Bibb Latané and John Darley
What is the phenomenon where first impressions are difficult to change?
Halo Effect
What term describes the tendency to blame a victim for their misfortune?
Blaming the Victim
What effect reduces the likelihood of helping when more people are present?
Bystander Effect
What term refers to actions that help others, whether selfless or self-serving?
Prosocial Behavior
What describes automatic, unconscious mental processes in categorizing people?
Implicit Cognition
What bias involves overestimating one’s ability to predict an event after it occurs?
Hindsight Bias
What is deindividuation?
Reduced self-awareness in group settings
What factors can decrease the likelihood of helping others?
Presence of others, high personal cost