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14 Cards in this Set
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the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
social psychology |
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the observer's tendency to underestimate the impact of a situation and overestimate the impact of personality |
fundamental attribution error |
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the tendency for people who have agreed to a small request to agree later to a larger to a larger request, based on the idea that actions-affect-attitudes as much as attitudes-affect-actions |
foot-in-the-phenonomenon |
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states that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts or our thoughts and behaviors are inconsistent, by changing one or the other |
cognitive dissonance theory |
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enduring behaviors, values, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group, transmitted across generations |
culture |
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an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior |
norms |
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adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
conformity |
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an unjustifiable negative attitude toward a group and its members |
prejudice |
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unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members |
discrimination |
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the tendency to favor our own group |
ingroup bias |
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less likely to help when others are present |
bystander effect |
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the study showed how social influence can lead one to behave cruelly towards others, and that obedience is the highest |
Stanley Milgram Obedience Studies |
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What factors lead to most obedience? |
(1) the person giving orders is close by and is perceived as a legitimate authority (2) the authority figure is supported by a prestigious institution (3) the victim is depersonalized or at a distance (4) there are no models for defiance |
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the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster both arousal and anonymity |
deindividuation |
