Psych Unit 6

Front 1

social psychology

Back 1

the study of the social influences that help explain why the same person will act differently in different situations.

Front 2

fundamental attribution error

Back 2

the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

Front 3

situational attribution

Back 3

a reaction to stress or abuse

Front 4

Fritz Heider

Back 4

proposed the attribution theory.

Front 5

attitudes

Back 5

feelings, often based on your beliefs, the predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events

Front 6

agression

Back 6

any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

Front 7

Solomon Asch's experiment

Back 7

he found that people will conform to a group's judgement even when it is clearly incorrect.

conformity increases when we feel incompetent or insecure

Front 8

normative conformity

Back 8

being sensitive to social norms.

influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

Front 9

Stanley Milgram experiment

Back 9

people torn between obeying an experimentor and responding to another's pleas to stop the shocks usually chose to obey orders, even though obedience supposedly meant harming the other person.

Front 10

diffusion of responsibility

Back 10

the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

Front 11

deindividuation

Back 11

the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

Front 12

discrimination

Back 12

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members

Front 13

superordinate goals

Back 13

shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

Front 14

just-world phenomenon

Back 14

the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

Front 15

groupthink

Back 15

the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

Front 16

group polarization

Back 16

the enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within a group

Front 17

physical attractivness

Back 17

percieved as healthier, happier, more sensitive, more successful, and more socially skilled

Front 18

similarity

Back 18

increases liking after people makie it past first impression

Front 19

cognitive dissonance theory

Back 19

theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of are thoughts are inconsistent

example: when awareness of attitudes and awareness clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes

Front 20

altruism

Back 20

unselfish regard for the welfare of others