Social Pscyhology

Question 1

Actor-observer effect

Answer 1

the tendency of actors to see observer behavior as due to external factors (situational factors) and the tendency of observers to attribute actors’ behavior to internal characteristics (dispositional characteristics)

Question 2

altruism

Answer 2

a form of helping behavior where the animal’s intent is to benefit other animals at some cost to itself

Question 3

attachment bond

Answer 3

evidence of a preference for the primary caregiver and a wariness of strangers

Question 4

attribution theory

Answer 4

fritz heider’s theory that people tend to infer the causes of other people’s behavior as either dispositional (related to the individual) or situational (related to the individual)

Question 5

bystander effect

Answer 5

the reluctance of people to intervene to help others in emergency situations when other people also witness the situation