Under the Influence!
This controversial study placed participants in a simulated prison to explore power and obedience.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
This phenomenon occurs when people perform better on simple or well-practiced tasks in the presence of others.
What is social facilitation?
This term refers to a negative attitude toward a group and its members, often based on stereotypes.
What is prejudice?
This theory states that we are more likely to help others when we believe that the person’s need for help is genuine and not their fault.
What is the just-world phenomenom?
The theory that we explain someone’s behavior, crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition.
What is attribution error?
Young adults must post certain social media actions to seem cool to others.
What are social norms?
This term describes when individuals exert less effort when working in a group compared to working alone.
What is social loafing?
The tendency to favor one's own group over others, often leading to discrimination.
What is ingroup bias?
Repeated exposure to a stimulus, even for a brief period of time, leads to a preference for that stimulus.
What is the mere exposure effect?
This error occurs when we attribute someone else's behavior to their personality, while overlooking situational factors.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
This researcher showed that 65% of participants would deliver a fatal shock under the command of an authority figure.
Who is Stanely Milgram?
This decision-making bias occurs when group members suppress dissenting opinions to maintain harmony and consensus.
What is groupthink?
This refers to generalized beliefs, often overgeneralized and inaccurate, about a group of people.
What is stereotypes?
This theory suggests that we help others based on a cost-benefit analysis, even if we don’t realize it.
What is the social exchange theory?
This theory suggests that when there is a discrepancy between our attitudes and behaviors, we experience discomfort and are motivated to change one to align with the other.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This concept explains why people might not help in an emergency if others are around.
What is the bystander effect?
When discussion within a like-minded group leads to stronger, more extreme positions, this occurs.
What is group polarization?
A strategy used to reduce intergroup conflict by working together toward a shared goal that overrides individual interests.
What is superordinate goals?
This love style, according to Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love, is characterized by intimacy and commitment but lacks passion.
What is companinate love?
This type of attribution explains why we might attribute our success to internal factors, but our failure to external factors.
What is self-serving bias?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when individuals conform to perceived group norms and obey authority even in morally questionable situations, often rationalizing their behavior through diffusion of responsibility and social proof.
What is deindividuation?
This process can lead to poor decisions in high-pressure groups, often characterized by illusions of invulnerability, moral superiority, and pressure on dissenters.
What are the symptoms of groupthink?
This term refers to behaviors or policies that disadvantage an outgroup, often driven by implicit or explicit bias.
What is discrimination?
A conflict-resolution strategy where one party offers small, cooperative gestures to de-escalate tensions, inviting reciprocal cooperation.
What is GRIT (Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction)?
This phenomenon occurs when an individual perceives that they are not in control of the outcomes in their life, attributing success or failure to external factors rather than their own actions.
What is the external locus of control?