Go With the Crowd!
Adjusting your behavior to match group norms.
What is conformity?
Slacking off when you’re part of a group project.
What is social loafing?
Blaming someone’s personality instead of the situation.
What is dispositional attribution?
A negative attitude toward a group.
What is prejudice?
Helping others just because you care.
What is altruism?
Changing your behavior to gain approval or avoid disapproval.
What is normative social influence?
A group’s opinions becoming more extreme after discussion.
What is group polarization?
Overestimating traits and underestimating situations.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
Negative behavior toward a group.
What is discrimination?
A norm that says we should help those in need.
What is the social responsibility norm?
Believing others’ opinions because you think they know better.
What is informational social influence?
Prioritizing peace over good decisions.
What is groupthink?
Believing people get what they deserve.
What is the just-world phenomenon?
A generalized belief about a group of people.
What is a stereotype?
Shared goals that make rivals work together.
What are superordinate goals?
Doing better on simple tasks when people are watching.
What is social facilitation?
Not helping someone in need because others are around.
What is the bystander effect?
Blaming our own failures on luck but others’ on character.
What is the actor-observer bias?
Favoring your own group over others.
What is in-group bias?
When everyone’s self-interest leads to collective harm.
What is a social trap?
Losing self-awareness and restraint in a crowd.
What is deindividuation?
Feeling less responsible to act when others could.
What is diffusion of responsibility?
Taking credit for wins but blaming losses on bad luck.
What is the self-serving bias?
When expectations cause someone to act in ways that confirm them.
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Liking something more after repeated exposure.
What is the mere exposure effect?