Chapter 12 - Social Behavior Flashcards
Attribution theory
Cause of behavior are due to external or internal attributions
Fundamental Attribution Error
Observers have bias in favor of internal attributions in explaining behavior
Self-serving bias
People attribute one’s successes to personal factors and one’s failures to situational factors
Physical attractiveness
More important to people in becoming attracted to another rather than personality
Similarity
More similar people tend to date and get married to opposite people
Reciprocity
You will like another person more if they show signs of liking you and vice versa
Milgram’s Obedience to Authority
People will bend to authority even if they disagree with them; milgram’s shock experiment
4 reasons why we are obedient
Socialization and rewards, lack of comparisons, perception of authority, buffers
Situationism - Stanford Prison Experiment
Prisoners and guards fulfilled their roles even though they were fake
Bystander effect
People are less likely to help others when they are in a group than when they are alone
Social loafing
People work less in larger groups
Group polarization
Occurs when a group discussion strengthens a dominant point of view and produces an extreme shift in that direction
Groupthink
Group members express concurrence at the expense of critical thinking when making a decision
