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| 10308188477 | social psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another | 0 | |
| 10308188478 | attribution theory | theory that suggests how we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition | 1 | |
| 10308188479 | situational attribution | attributing one's behavior to an outside factor; for example, attributing a child's hostility to stress or abuse | 2 | |
| 10308188480 | 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 | 3 | |
| 10308188481 | attitudes | feelings, often based on our beliefs, that cause us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events | 4 | |
| 10308188482 | foot in the door phenomenon | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to later comply with a larger request | 5 | |
| 10308188483 | 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 | 6 | |
| 10308188484 | chameleon effect | effect in which we unconsciously mimc others' expressions, postures, and voice | 7 | |
| 10308188485 | mood linkage | this happens when people share each others' up and down moods; for example, we feel happier around happy people than around angry or depressed ones | 8 | |
| 10308188486 | conformity | adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard | 9 | |
| 10308188487 | normative social influence | influence resulting from a person's desire to gain social approval or avoid social disapproval | 10 | |
| 10308188488 | informational social influence | influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality | 11 | |
| 10308188489 | social facilitation | phenomenon in which stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks are present in the presence of others | 12 | |
| 10308188490 | 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 | 13 | |
| 10308188491 | 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 | 14 | |
| 10308188492 | group polarization | the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group; for example, if a racist person (*cough* Mason according to his IAT) talks to other racist people, they will become more racist | 15 | |
| 10308188493 | groupthink | the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives; if everybody agrees on something and you're like, "Eh..." you're still going to agree because you don't want to be THAT guy that disagrees | 16 | |
| 10308188494 | social control | the power of the situation in regards to social influence | 17 | |
| 10308188495 | personal control | the power of the individual in regards to social influence | 18 | |
| 10308188496 | minority influence | the power of one or two individuals to sway majorities | 19 | |
| 10308188497 | 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 | 20 | |
| 10308188498 | stereotype | a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people | 21 | |
| 10308188499 | discrimination | unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group or its members | 22 | |
| 10308188500 | blame the victim dynamic | the idea that the victim of discrimination is partially responsible for that discrimination | 23 | |
| 10308188501 | ingroup | "us" - people with whom one shares a common identity | 24 | |
| 10308188502 | outgroup | "them" - those perceived as different or apart from one's closest peers | 25 | |
| 10308188503 | ingroup bias | the tendency to favor one's own group | 26 | |
| 10308188504 | scapegoat theory | the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame | 27 | |
| 10308188505 | 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 | |
| 10308188506 | 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 | |
| 10308188507 | frustration aggression principle | the principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression | 30 | |
| 10308188508 | social scripts | mental tapes for how to act, provided by our culture or various aspects of media | 31 | |
| 10308188509 | conflict | a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas | 32 | |
| 10308188510 | mere exposure effect | the phenomenon that repeated exposure to new stimuli increases liking of them | 33 | |
| 10308188511 | passionate love | an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship | 34 | |
| 10308188512 | companionate love | the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined | 35 | |
| 10308188513 | equity | a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it | 36 | |
| 10308188514 | self disclosure | revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others | 37 | |
| 10308188515 | altruism | unselfish regard for the welfare of others | 38 | |
| 10308188516 | bystander effect | the tendency effect for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present | 39 | |
| 10308188517 | diffusion of responsibility | the occurrence in which more people share responsibility and are therefore less likely to help others | 40 | |
| 10308188518 | social responsibility norm | an expectation that people will help those dependent upon them | 41 | |
| 10308188519 | (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. | 42 | |
| 10308188520 | (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. | 43 | |
| 10308188521 | (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. His experiment was shocking. |  | 44 |
| 10308188522 | (Sherif) Robber's Cave Experiment | This experiment mimicked the kinds of conflict that plague people all over the world. 22 boys were put into groups where they competed against each other in order to study the Realistic Conflict Theory. | 45 |
