Unit 10: Social Psychology

Question 1

automatic mimicry

Answer 1

unconscious imitation of speech or movements

Question 2

Milgram’s Experiment

Answer 2

fake prison at Yale; to what extent will people carry out orders under authority?

Question 3

normative social influence

Answer 3

conformity to belong to a group

Question 4

informational social influence

Answer 4

make decisions based on information

Question 5

group think

Answer 5

well-intentioned people make irrational decisions from the urge to conform

Question 6

group polarization

Answer 6

members of a group move towards an extreme point

Question 7

deindividuation

Answer 7

people lose their own conscious while in a group where they can’t be identified

Question 8

social facilitation

Answer 8

an improvement or decrease in individual performance when working with a group

Question 9

social loafing

Answer 9

slacking off while working with a group

Question 10

unconscious patronization

Answer 10

treating certain groups with less harsh standards

Question 11

reflexive body responses

Answer 11

unconscious body language in response to an implicit bias

Question 12

just world phenomenon

Answer 12

tendency to believe that the wold is just and people get what they deserve

Question 13

in-group bias

Answer 13

favoring members of one’s group over others

Question 14

cognitive dissonance

Answer 14

actions that are the opposite of a belief

Question 15

Sternberg’s Love Theory

Answer 15

love is made up of intimacy, passion, and attraction

Question 16

altruism

Answer 16

feeling a genuine concern for others

Question 17

Social Exchange Theory

Answer 17

cost/benefit situations

Question 18

reciprocity norm

Answer 18

people feel the need to return favors