Aggression/Conformity
Who are individuals more likely to obey.
A man in a white lab coat.
A man in regular clothes.
Man in white lab coat
Joseph witnesses a woman being rude to a waitress. He assumes that the woman is meanspirited.
What kind of attribution?
Theodore volunteered to help his classmate because he is hoping that will make his teacher like him more and get him a better grade.
What is the motivation for this prosocial behavior?
Egoism
Pam and her friends all share the same political views. When they got together to talk about politics, they came away from the conversation even more convinced that their views were the right ones.
What concept explains why this is the case?
Group polarization
Peripheral Route
The more frustrated you are, the more aggressive you act. This concept is called ____.
Frustration aggression principle
Tyler's coworker, Matt, arrives late to work half of the time. Tyler assumes that he is late because of traffic.
What kind of attribution?
Situational
When Ms. Gonzales saw a student in the library struggling with their assignment, she stopped to help them even though he wasn’t one of her students.
What type of motivation is her prosocial behavior?
Altruism
When working in teams at work, Andrew puts much less time into his projects than when he is assigned solo projects.
What concept explains this behavior?
Social loafing
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people, regardless of the personal qualities of the individual members, is referred to as _____.
Stereotype
Danny buys a brand new pair of Nike shoes because they are popular right now and he wants to fit in.
What concept changed his behavior?
Normative Social Influence
When Tyler was robbed walking home from a club at 2:00 am, his brother said, “That’s what you get for being out so late.”
What concept explains why his brother attributed the event to his reason?
Just World Phenomenon
Ryan asked his dad if he could come home two hours past curfew. When his dad said no, he then asked if he could come home 45 minutes after curfew and his dad agreed.
What strategy did Ryan use?
Door-in-the-face
Even though Republicans and Democrats disagree on many things, they sometimes put their differences aside and work together when it comes to issues of national security.
What concept explains this group behavior?
Groupthink
Jared brought a case of Pepsi to the Super Bowl party. He was surprised when the majority of his friends said they prefer Coke over Pepsi. He thought most people agreed that Pepsi was better.
Why does Jared believe this?
False Consensus Effect
Nobody trained Gracie on her first day of work, so she watched what her coworkers were doing and copied them.
What concept changed her behavior?
Informational social influence
When Sean failed his test, his parents told him he needs to stop being so lazy and study more. They didn’t know that he was struggling with depression and found it extremely difficult to study.
What psychological concept does this show?
Patrick tripped over a rock and dropped his books and notebooks on the sidewalk during passing period. Everyone walked by without stopping to help him.
Why did nobody help him?
Bystander Effect
At Priyanka’s ballet recital, in front of hundreds of people, she gave the best performance of her life.
What concept explains why Priyanka performed better with a crowd?
Social Facilitation
Katie is trying to explain to her parents why they should allow her to attend State University. She presents them with information on tuition, graduation and retention rates, financial aid, and enrollment.
What is Katie using to convince her parents?
Central route of persuasion
List two biological impacts on aggressive behavior.
Serotonin - more = less aggressive
Testosterone - more = more aggressive
When Minh and Aaron are on the same team playing doubles tennis, Minh credits herself for their successes and blames Aaron for their losses.
What best explains Minh’s thinking?
Self-Serving Bias
Since Gina has done so many favors for Enrique in the past, he thinks it’s only fair that he do a favor for her in return.
Why does she belive this?
Social Reciprocity Norm
When the crowd erupted during the football game, Erin found herself throwing trash on the field and shouting insults at the other team along with the rest of the crowd. After the game, she was shocked she engaged in this kind of behavior.
Why did she behave this way?
Deindividuation - loss of sense of self when part of a group
Deborah says that she is not interested in dating anyone at her workplace. However, after spending time with her coworker James at a week-long conference, she finds herself attracted to him and begins to pursue a relationship. Deborah’s interest in James is most likely due to ____.
Mere Exposure Effect