Theories
The theory that the physical environment can affect arousal levels by stimulation and by stress created when psychological or physical needs are not met.
What is arousal theory?
The degree to which one's view of themselves is positive.
What is self-esteem?
Who created the Hierarchy of Needs that is a triangle divided into 5 sections?
Socially determined standards that indicate what behaviors are considered typical in a given context.
What are social norms?
Refusing to accept the truth
What is denial?
The theory that prejudiced behavior provides an outlet for anger and blame.
What is the scapegoat theory?
An unpleasant psychological state resulting from an inconsistency between one's thoughts or feelings, and their actions.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This man developed reciprocal determinism and is responsible for the Bobo Doll Experiment
Who is Albert Bandura?
This term refers to the tendency for people to do less work when working in a group setting.
What is social loafing?
Directing your own weaknesses and thoughts onto other people
This theory poses that behavior is primarily driven by external rewards (positive outcomes), and/or the avoidance of punishments.
What is incentive theory?
One's perception of their own capability to perform successfully.
What is self-efficacy?
Philip Zimbardo wanted to research the effects of authority on social situations. What famous experiment was his way of conducting this research?
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment
What is a social trap?
Retreating back to behaviors done in childhood
What is regression?
A theory of learning in which the goal of motivated behavior is a reduction of a drive state. Theorizes that motivated behavior arises from drives, stemming from a disruption in homeostasis, and the responses that lead to reduction of those drives tend to be reinforced or strengthened.
What is drive-reduction theory?
Ascribing one's actions to internal or psychological causes specific to the person, such as traits, moods, attitudes, abilities, or effort.
What is dispositional attribution?
Who was the social psychologist that conducted an experiment involving an authority figure who would instruct a person to deliver controlled shocks to another person?
Who is Stanley Milgram?
This occurs when the presence of other people watching improves the performance of the person performing the task.
What is social facilitation?
Taking out anger or feelings on a less threatening, more accessible target
What is displacement?
This theory believes that learning occurs in a social context through dynamic, reciprocal interactions between people, their behavior, and their environment. It emphasizes that individuals not only learn from direct experience, but also from observing others.
What is social-cognitive theory?
The tendency to overestimate the degree to which an individual's behavior is determined by their personal characteristics or beliefs, in order to minimize the influence of the surrounding situation on that behavior.
What is a fundamental attribution error?
Who was the social psychologist that studied how to reduce or eliminate prejudice behavior and conducted "The Robber's Cave Experiment"?
Who is Muzafer Sherif?
These two standards can be confused for one another. The first standard is that people who help others will receive equivalent benefits for them in return. The second standard is that one should assist those in need when possible. Two answers must be provided.
What is the social reciprocity norm and the social responsibility norm?
Saying or doing the opposite of what you are actually thinking
What is reaction formation?