psych 1630 exam 3 chapter 10

Question 1

Social Norm

Answer 1

Implicit rules of conduct according to which each culture operates.

Question 2

Attribution

Answer 2

an explanation we create to explain a person’s behavior

Question 3

Primacy Effect

Answer 3

the tendency for impressions of others to be heavily
influenced by information appearing early in an interaction; occurs for two
reasons

Question 4

Fundamental Attribution Error

Answer 4

a tendency to overestimate
the impact of personal causes of behavior and to overlook
the role of situations

Question 5

Cognitive Dissonance

Answer 5

an unpleasant psychological state
often aroused when people behave in ways that are discrepant
with their attitudes

Question 6

Social Facilitation

Answer 6

the tendency for the presence of others to enhance performance on simple tasks and impair performance on complex tasks.

Question 7

Social Loafing

Answer 7

the tendency for people to exert less effort in group tasks for
which individual contributions are pooled

Question 8

Milgram’s window study

Answer 8

had research confederates stop on
a busy street in New York City, look up, and stare at a 6th
floor window of a building; film showed that 80% of
passersby stopped and gazed up when they saw the
confederates

Question 9

Bystander effect

Answer 9

The finding that the presence of others inhibits helping
in an emergency