Key Definitions Flashcards
agentic state theory
people obey because they believe they have lost their personal responsibility
accentuation effect
a tendency to exaggerate…
similarities WITHIN categories
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difference BETWEEN categories
banality of evil
people commit extreme acts of inhumanity in a state where they lack awareness or control over what they are doing
compliance
publicity acting in accord with an implied/explicit request even if privately disagreeing
descriptive group norms
perception of the prevalence of behavior among others
–> shared beliefs about how group members typically behave, reflecting the COMMON ACTIONS OR BEHAVIOURS observed within the group.
fundamental attribution error
tendency to interpret others’ actions as expressing their DISPOSITION (aka who they are) rather than the situation they are in
injunctive group norms
are shared beliefs about how group members SHOULD BEHAVE, reflecting the group’s values, expectations, and moral standards.
key dif - descriptive norms describe what people do (actual behavior), while injunctive norms prescribe what people should do (ideal behavior).
locus of control
a person’s belief about who or what is responsible for what happens (internal or external)
possible selves
images of what we dream of or dread becoming in the future
social constructivism
an approach to understand how reality is formed: argues that all cognitive functions originate in social interactions (therefore behaviour/thinking etc. is a consequence social interactions)
self-schema
beliefs about the self that organise and guide the processing about self-relevant information
self-reference
the self-reference effect: the tendency to process efficiently and remember well information RELATED TO THE SELF
self-serving bias
tendency to favour oneself favourably
the spotlight effect
the idea that you wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you realised how rarely they actually do
self-efficacy
one’s sense of competence and ABILITY to HANDLE situations and produce an INTENDED result
