Modules 55-58 Social Psychology Flashcards
study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
social psychology
your way of blaming it on someone else’s disposition to make yourself feel better
self-serving bias
we give a casual explanation for someone’s behavior
attribution theory
blame it on someone else’s disposition when you underestimate the impact of a situation
fundamental attribution error
a belief or feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to something
attitudes
more often our ____ affect our _____
actions, attitudes
when a first request becomes a larger request
foot in the door phenomenon
the tendency to say a huge request to comply with a smaller one
door in the face phenomenon
the study where “role playing” changes attitudes
zimbardo prison study
what we are thinking doesn’t match our attitude, we change our attitude instead of the action
cognitive dissonance theory
adjusting one’s behavior or thinking doesn’t match group standards
conformity
the study where people were shocked because someone of authority told them to do it
milgrim’s obedience experiment
improved performance of tasks in the presence of others
social facilitation
when people in a group to exert less effort toward common goal then if they were independent
social loafing
the loss of self-awareness or identity in group situations
deindividuation
a group’s attitude is one of extremes and rarely moderate
group polarization
when we desire for harmony in a decision-making group decisions a group overrides common sense
groupthink
influence resulting on gaining approval or avoiding disappointment
normative social learning
influence resulting on accepting others opinions about reality
informational social learning
an unjustifiable attitude towards a group of people
prejudice
a generalized belief about a group of people
stereotype
types of social inequalities
ingroup, outgroup, ingroup bias
people that are like you
ingroup
people that are not like you
outgroup
