Attributions
what is a way that people explain the world around them
what is a attribution
and the bigger the crowd, the more pressure there is to conform to the crowd
what is the asch conformity experiment
Additional/secondary
What Is Peripheral?
people are less productive as a team then they are individually.
What is social loafing?
why might an individual publicly conform, while privately disagreeing privately?
The fear of social rejection
The environment is causing the behavior
what is situational attribution
Strong emphasis on long-lasting relationships and Stronger conformity
What is a Collectivist Culture
affects the brain (facts, logic, statistics)
What is the central route of persuasion?
the loss of a person’s sense of individuality/ The group takes on its own identity and we follow like sheep.
What is Deindividuation?
what condition is most likely to lead to deindividuation in a crowd?
Anonymity/ personal responsibility
their action/ behavior is based off of personality
what is dispositional attribution?
People will listen to someone they view as an authority, even if it is only one person
what is the Milgram Experiment
Positive emotions your audience feels for you because you act friendly, dressing professionally and looking pretty, using words with positive connotation
What is Peripheral route of persuasion?
the strengthening of a group’s prevailing position on a topic following discussion on the topic.
What is Group Polarization?
We blame situations for our actions but blame others' traits for theirs.
what is Actor-Observer Bias?
those that view the world favorably/ positive motivations
what is an optimist?
the rules for behaviors in a society. Unlike laws, which are written down and punished if broken, norms are unofficial, and breaking them may result in confusion at best or social shunning at worst
What is a social norm?
a small favor is asked that is likely to be accepted so that later increasingly larger favors can be asked
What is The Foot-in-Door?
which a smaller number of individuals are able to influence the opinions or behaviors of the larger group
what is minority influence?
We assume others' actions are due to personality, not the situation.
What is Fundamental Attribution Error?
the glass is half empty
what is a pessimist
when we believe a group has the best ideas and so we act like that group.
What is Informational social Influence
a large favor is asked and refused so that a smaller second favor is more likely to be accepted.
What is door-in-the face?
Kitty Genovese: they reported that while 38 of her neighbors heard the sounds of a fight, none had intervened, and only one had called the police.
what is the bystander effect?
Success = our skill, failure = external factors
What is Self-Serving Bias?