Social

Question 1

Locus of control: Internal

Answer 1

“I can control outcomes through my own efforts and actions”

Question 2

Locus of control: external

Answer 2

“Things are outside of my control”

Ex-Learned helplessness

Question 3

Attribution Error

Answer 3

Over-attribute the behavior of others to internal factors

Ex- They are obese because they are lazy

Question 4

Social Facilitation Effect

Answer 4

people tend to perform simple, well-learned tasks better when other people are present
Ex- walk faster when there are pedestrians, study more efficiently when in the library

Question 5

Deindividuation

Answer 5

when people lose their sense of self-awareness and trade their individual identity in exchange for a mob mentality

Question 6

Bystander effect

Answer 6

less likely to provide help when there are other bystanders. Presence of bystanders diffuses responsibility

Ex- Kitty Genovese case: stabbing of Kitty in NYC; neighbors heard cries for help but did not call police because they assumed someone else had already called the police

Question 7

Social loafing

Answer 7

. People exert less effort when they are being evaluated as a group than if they are individually accountable