pyschology progess check

Question 1

Heuristics

Answer 1

Heuristics: mental shortcuts we use to make quicker, more efficient decisions.

Question 2

Availability heuristic:

Answer 2

Availability heuristic: a mental shortcut in which we use the information that we first think of to make a judgement.

Question 3

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 3

Fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the influence of personal factors and underestimate the impact of situational factors on other people’s behaviour.

Question 4

Groupthink

Answer 4

Groupthink occurs when people’s desire to maintain group loyalty becomes more important than making the best choices.

Question 5

Old fashion and modern prejudice

Answer 5

Old fashion is when people in the majority group OPENLY rejects people in the minority group.
Where as,
Modern prejudice is when people are more SUBTLE, hidden and expressed in ways that is more likely to be accepted within the majority group.

Question 6

Conformity

Answer 6

It involves changing one’s behaviour to match the responses or actions of others.

Question 7

Factors of conformity

Answer 7

Factors of conformity
Group Size
- Our conformity increase as the group size expands from two or four, then stays at similar levels of conformity in a group of 8.
Unanimity
- We are more likely to conform when other members of the group behave in the same way
Informational influence
- We look at the behaviour of others to guide us in whether we should behave in a similar way
Normative influence
- Our likelihood to conform is influenced by the established behaviour of the group. The group can be friends, family, or society.
Culture
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Social loafing
- Refers to the tendency of an individual to make less effort when involved in a group activity than when working alone.
Deindividuation
- When we are in a large group, our behaviour can be influenced by a sense of anonymity and can lead us to behave in a way that we never would when alone.

Question 8

What power does an influencer have?

Answer 8

They have referent power as people want to be like them

Question 9

Deindividuation

Answer 9

Deindividuation - When a person’s identity within a group overrides their own identity and self-awareness.