Social Psychology

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Attribution theory

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attempts to understand the behavior of others by attributing feelings, beliefs, and intentions to them.

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Self serving bias

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people's tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

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Compliance

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The action or fact of complying with a wish or command.

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Zimbardos Stanford prison study

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Participants were randomly assigned to either the role of prisoner or guard in a simulated prison environment.

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Leon festinger

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developed theories on cognitive dissonance

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Cognitive dissonance

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inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.

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Conformity

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behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.

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Chameleon effect

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nonconscious mimicry of the postures, mannerisms, facial expressions, and other behaviors

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Social loafing

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exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

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Group think

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making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.

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Stereotypes

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fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

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Scapegoat

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person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others

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Social traps

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situation in which a group of people act to obtain short-term individual gains, which in the long run leads to a loss for the group as a whole

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Altruism

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belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

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Bystander effect

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individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present.

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Attitudes

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way of thinking or feeling about someone or something

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Fundamental attribution theory

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tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics (personality) to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering the situation's external

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Foot in the door technique

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asking for something small and then asking for more

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Door in the face technique

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Asking for something bigger then reducing the wishes

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Discrimination

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prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things

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Social exchange theory

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explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties.

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Aggression

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hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another

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Deindividuation

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loss of self-awareness in groups

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In group bias

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pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members.

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Aschs line judging task

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investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.