Chapters 10&11 Flashcards
What is the difference between conformity and compliance
Compliance is changing one’s behavior as a result of other peoples directing or asking for the change and conformity is changing one’s behavior to match that of other people
Asking for a small commitment and after gaining compliance asking for a bigger commitment
Foot in the door technique
Asking for a large commitment and being refused and then asking for a smaller commitment
Door the face technique
Getting a commitment from a person and then raising the cost of that commitment
Lowball technique
What percent of people went up to 450 V in milgrams grams study
60%
A tendency need to respond positively or negatively towards a certain person object idea or situation
Attitude
Sense of discomfort or stress that occurs when a person’s behavior does not correspond to the person’s attitude
Cognitive Dissonance
A set of assumptions about how different types of people personality traits and actions are related to one another
Implicit personality theory
The process of explaining one’s own behavior and the behavior of others
Attribution
The tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors in determining behavior while underestimating situational factors
Fundamental attribution error
The effect the presence of other people has on the decision to help why not go without becoming less likely as the number of by standers increase
The bystander effect
The unique and relatively stable ways in which people think feel and behave
Personality
The level of mind in which thoughts feelings memories and other information Are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness
Unconscious mind
Material just beneath the surface of awareness
Preconscious
Contact with outside world
Conscious