| A | B |
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| foot-in-the-door phenomenon | tendency for people who agree to a small action to comply later with a larger one |
| fundamental attribution error | overestimating the influence of personality and underestimating the influence of situations |
| social psychology | study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another |
| Philip Zimbardo | Stanford Prison Experiment |
| cognitive dissonance | the tension we experience when we become aware that our attitudes and actions don't match. Ex. IF you smoke you feel "bad" about it because you know it is unhealthy. |
| cognitive dissonance theory | Leon Festinger proposed this theory that we often bring our attitudes in line with our actions by rationalizing. Ex. A smoker might say "well, I only smoke a couple of cigarettes a day. That can't possibly hurt you" |
| conformity | adjusting our attitude or thinking toward some group standard. |
| Stanley Milgram | He conducted experiment on obedience to authority. The "teacher' administered an electrical shock to the student (actor) when he answered wrong. |
| social facilitation | says What you do well, you are more likely to do even better in front of an audience. |
| social loafing | sort of the opposite of social facilitation; the tendencey for someone in a group to do less. |
| deindividuation | textbook definition-the loss of self-restraint in group situations that foster anonymity; Ms. Russ' def. If you think you are invisible you do things you would never normally do. |
| group polarization | enhancement of a group's prevailing tendencies. Ex. When highly prejudiced students discuss racial issues, they become MORE prejudiced. |
| groupthink | happens in a group, when dissenting views are suppressed or censored. Ex. what might happen during jury deliberations |
| prejudice | an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members |
| stereotype | a belief about a group of people based on a broad generalization |
| ingroup | "us"; people we share a common identity with |
| outgroup | them-people who are perceived as different or apart from our group |
| scapegoat theory | theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. Ex. Adolf Hilter blamed the Jews for Germany's fall. |
| other-race effect | the tendency to recall faces of ones own race more accurately than faces of other races. Also called own-race bias |
| just-world phenomenon | tendency for people to believe that the world is just and good is rewarded and evil punished. |
| frustration-aggression principle | the theory that frustration creates anger which can cause aggression |
| mere exposure effect | theory that familiarity breeds acceptance |
| altruism | to help others; the unselfish regard for the welfare of others |
| bystander effect | bystanders are less likely to give help if there are other people around. Ex. video about the 3 white teenagers vandalizing the car in public; only one person called the police |
| reciprocity norm | the idea that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them. |
