social

Question 1

what are some types of attribution?

Answer 1

dispositional and situational

Question 2

dispositional attribution

Answer 2

based on people’s internal characteristics (abilities, traits, moods, or efforts)

Question 3

situational attribution

Answer 3

based on external factors (weather, bad luck, or other peoples actions)

Question 4

what are so bias in attribution?

Answer 4

fundamental attribution & actor/observer

Question 5

fundamental attribution error

Answer 5

tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situations when attempting to explain other people’s behavior

Question 6

actor/observer

Answer 6

tendency to focus on situations rather than personality traits when interpreting our own behavior

Question 7

stereotype

Answer 7

mental shortcuts that allows for easy and fast processing of social information

Question 8

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 8

tendency to behave in ways that confirm their own or other people’s expectations

Question 9

stereotype threat

Answer 9

to worry or fear about confirming negative stereotypes related to a person’s own group

Question 10

prejudice

Answer 10

negative feelings, opinions, and beliefs associated with a stereotype about people in a particular group

Question 11

discrimination

Answer 11

inappropriate and unjustified treatment of people base on the group they belong to

Question 12

mere exposure effect

Answer 12

increase in liking due to repeated exposure

Question 13

explicit attitude

Answer 13

an attitude that you are consciously aware of and can report to other people

Question 14

implicit attitude

Answer 14

attitudes that influence your feelings and behaviors at an unconscious level, and often revealed through behavior

Question 15

cognitive dissonance

Answer 15

uncomfortable mental state due to a contradiction between two attitudes or between an attitude and a behavior

Question 16

insufficient justification effect

Answer 16

people are more likely to engage in a behavior that contradicts the beliefs they hold personally when offered a smaller reward, in comparison to a larger award

Question 17

social facilitation

Answer 17

an effect that occurs when the mere presence of others improves performance

Question 18

social loafing

Answer 18

occurs when people tend to work less hard in group than alone

Question 19

deindividuation

Answer 19

state of reduce individuality, self-awareness, and attention to personal standards

Question 20

risky-shift effect

Answer 20

groups forger make riskier decisions than individuals do

Question 21

group polarization

Answer 21

whether the group accepts more risk or is more cautious depends on the initial attitudes of the group members

Question 22

conformity

Answer 22

the act of altering your own behavior and opinions to match those of other people or to match other peoples expectations

Question 23

normative influence

Answer 23

leads to conformity when - to be liked, accepted, or to avoid looking foolish - you go along with what the group does

Question 24

informational influence

Answer 24

leads to conformity when you assume that the behavior or a group provides information about the right way to act

Question 25

compliance

Answer 25

the act of agreeing to do things requested by others

Question 26

foot-in-the-door

Answer 26

agreeing to a small request will make you more likely to comply with a large request

Question 27

door-in-the-face

Answer 27

refusing a large request, more likely to comply with a small request

Question 28

lowballing

Answer 28

if you agree to pay for a product for a set price, you are more likely to comply with a request to
pay more for the product

Question 29

obedience

Answer 29

the act of following the orders of a person of authority

Question 30

Milgram’s Obedience Experiment

Answer 30

ordinary people can be coerced into obedience by insistent authorities
effects occurs when the coerced behavior goes against the way people would behave
situation and personality affect obedience
ppl were willing to inflict harm bc they identify with the goals of science

Question 31

Asch’s conformity experiment

Answer 31

participants tended to conform to social norms by giving the wrong answer, even when that answer was obviously wrong

Question 32

implicit bias

Answer 32

form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally that affects judgements, decisions, and behaviors