| 6491746304 | disposition | an internal trait; how someone is "naturally" | 0 | |
| 6491758249 | situation | external factors imposed by the environment | 1 | |
| 6491710324 | attribution theory | the tendency to explain the behavior of others as an aspect of either an internal disposition or the situation | 2 | |
| 6491878790 | fundamental attribution error | the tendency to attribute the behaviors of others to inner dispositions rather than to external situations | 3 | |
| 6491957608 | self-serving bias | the readiness to perceive oneself favorably | 4 | |
| 6491974790 | attitude | a belief and feeling that predisposes you to respond in a particular way to people, events, and objects | 5 | |
| 6491993289 | foot-in-the-door phenomenon | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request | 6 | |
| 6492092834 | role-playing | assuming a set of expectations in a social setting that define how one ought to behave | 7 | |
| 6492097459 | Philip Zimbardo | American psychologist whose research focuses on heroism, cult behavior, and shyness; most famous for the Stanford Prison Study | 8 | |
| 6492161496 | cognitive dissonance theory | the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent | 9 | |
| 6492301389 | conformity | adjusting behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard | 10 | |
| 6492382671 | Solomon Asch | social psychologist who researched the circumstances under which people conform | 11 | |
| 6492890415 | Stanley Milgram | social psychologist who researched obedience to authority | 12 | |
| 6492928578 | obedience | the tendency to comply with orders, implied or real, from someone perceived as an authority | 13 | |
| 6493049967 | social norm | an informal understanding that governs the behavior of members of a society | 14 |
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