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| 8158886402 | social psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another | 0 | |
| 8158886403 | attribution theory | theory that suggests how we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition | 1 | |
| 8158886404 | Internal/dispositional attribution | attributing one's behavior to his or her personality; for example, attributing a child's hostility to their aggressive personality | 2 | |
| 8158886405 | external/situational attribution | attributing one's behavior to an outside factor; for example, attributing a child's hostility to stress or abuse | 3 | |
| 8158886406 | fundamental attribution error | the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition | 4 | |
| 8158955816 | Actor-observer bias | the tendency to overestimate external factors when we make an error, but underestimate external factors when someone else makes an error | 5 | |
| 8158972208 | self-serving bias | the tendency to overestimate internal factors when we are successful and overestimate external factors when we fail | 6 | |
| 8158981543 | modesty bias/self-effacing bias | the tendency to overestimate external factors to explain our personal successes and overestimate internal factors to explain our failures | 7 | |
| 8158886407 | attitudes | feelings, often based on our beliefs, that cause us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events | 8 | |
| 8158886408 | foot in the door phenomenon | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to later comply with a larger request | 9 | |
| 8159019659 | door in the face phenomenon | making a large request to persuade someone to agree to a smaller request later on | 10 | |
| 8158886409 | cognitive dissonance theory | the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent; for example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes | 11 | |
| 8158886410 | chameleon effect | effect in which we unconsciously mimc others' expressions, postures, and voice | 12 | |
| 8158886412 | conformity | adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard | 13 | |
| 8158886413 | normative social influence | persuading someone based on a desire to fit in or be like others | 14 | |
| 8158886414 | informational social influence | persuading someone based on facts or evidence | 15 | |
| 8158886415 | social facilitation | phenomenon in which stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks are present in the presence of others or when working with a group | 16 | |
| 8158886416 | social loafing | the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable | 17 | |
| 8158886417 | deindividuation | the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity; basically, you do something with a group of people that you would not do alone | 18 | |
| 8158886418 | group polarization | when the belief of individuals become more extreme when they talk to a like-minded group; for example, if a racist person talks to other racist people, they will become more racist | 19 | |
| 8158886419 | groupthink | When you go along with the group because you don't want to stand out or cause problems, but you do not change your opinion to agree with that of the group. | 20 | |
| 8158886423 | prejudice | an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude towards a group and its members; typically involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action | 21 | |
| 8158886424 | stereotype | a generalized belief about a group of people | 22 | |
| 8158886425 | discrimination | unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group or its members | 23 | |
| 8158886426 | blame the victim dynamic | the tendency for people to believe that the victim of a crime is partially responsible for that crime | 24 | |
| 8158886427 | ingroup | "us" - people with whom one shares a common identity, we tend to believe that we are each unique and different | 25 | |
| 8158886428 | outgroup | "them" - those perceived as different or apart from one's closest peers, we tend to believe that these people are "all the same" | 26 | |
| 8158886430 | scapegoat theory | the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame | 27 | |
| 8158886431 | just world phenomenon | the tendency of people to believe the world is fair and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get | 28 | |
| 8158886432 | aggression | any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy whether done reactively out of hostility or proactively as a calculated means to an end | 29 | |
| 8158886433 | frustration aggression principle | the principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression | 30 | |
| 8158886439 | conflict | a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas | 31 | |
| 8158886440 | social trap | a situation in which each person does what is best for him/herself which ends up harming the group. | 32 | |
| 8158886441 | mirror image perceptions | this happens when two opponents view each other as the other views them; each demonizes the other; while they believe themselves to be seeking peace and being helpful | 33 | |
| 8158886442 | mere exposure effect | the phenomenon that repeated exposure to new stimuli increases liking of them | 34 | |
| 8158886444 | passionate love | an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship | 35 | |
| 8158886445 | companionate love | the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined | 36 | |
| 8158886446 | equity | a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it | 37 | |
| 8158886447 | self disclosure | revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others | 38 | |
| 8158886448 | altruism | unselfish regard for the welfare of others | 39 | |
| 8158886449 | bystander effect | the tendency effect for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present | 40 | |
| 8158886450 | diffusion of responsibility | the occurrence in which more people share responsibility and are therefore less likely to help or step up and volunteer | 41 | |
| 8158886451 | social exchange theory | the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs, people weigh benefits and risks of any social relationship. | 42 | |
| 8158886452 | reciprocity norm | an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them | 43 | |
| 8158886453 | social responsibility norm | an expectation that people will help those dependent upon them | 44 | |
| 8158886454 | superordinate goals | shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation | 45 | |
| 8158886455 | GRIT | Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction; a strategy designed to decrease international tensions | 46 | |
| 8158886456 | (Solomon) Asch | This psychologist did an experiment in which he showed participants a "standard line" and then three others; the participants had to identify which line was closest standard line. The confederates participating in the experiment purposely said the wrong answer to see if the blind participant would conform. | 47 | |
| 8158886457 | (Philip) Zimbardo | This psychologist conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment in which some participants were "prisoners" and some were "prison guards". The prison guards ended up being hardcore and the prisoners either tried to rebel or had mental breakdowns. The experiment lasted 6 days. | 48 | |
| 8158886458 | (Stanley) Milgram | This psychologist is best known for his Yale experiment on obedience. The confederate played the role of the "learner" where they would try (and often fail) to learn a set of words, and the "teacher" (the blind participant) would shock them when they failed. |  | 49 |
| 8172481442 | Ethonocentrism | Evaluating another culture through the values and norms of your own culture. Believing your culture is "right" and others are odd, strange or wrong. | 50 | |
| 8172498583 | norm | a (usually unspoken) rule that governs social behavior. | 51 | |
| 8172502920 | personal space | the social norm that determines how far away we should be from one another to feel comfortable. | 52 | |
| 8172517557 | social inhibition | The tendency to perform worse in the presence of others, especially at new or poorly learned tasks. | 53 | |
| 8172638016 | central route persuasion | Convincing someone to agree with you by using facts and evidence | 54 | |
| 8172642126 | peripheral route persuasion | Convincing someone to agree by using celebrities, experts or attractive people, not by the information of the message. | 55 | |
| 8172691194 | Other-race Effect | the tendency to believe that those of another race all look similar | 56 | |
| 8172712569 | self-fulfilling prophecy | the tendency to live up to or down to expectations about a behavior or ability placed on us by ourselves or others | 57 | |
| 8172752716 | Halo effect | the tendency to assume positive characteristics of those whom we find attractive | 58 | |
| 8172758270 | Festinger | Psychologist who conducted an experiment regarding cognitive dissonance by offering participants $1 or $20 do do a boring task and then asking them to convince others to do the same task. | 59 | |
| 8172775582 | Muzafer Sherif | Conducted an experiment at a camp to study conflict resolution and superordinate goals. | 60 | |
| 8172795227 | Kitty Genovese | A women whose experience being attacked and killed while in the presence of many witnesses is the foundation for the study of the bystander effect. | 61 | |
| 8172805287 | Jane Elliot | A teacher who conducted the famous "brown eye v. blue eye" experiment to help show her students the power of prejudice, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecies. | 62 |
