Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
psych chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social Psychology | study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people |
| Person Vs. Situation Debate | ongoing exploration of which set of factors best predict human thought, feeling, behavior |
| Social Facilitation | presence of others enhances performances (on simple tasks) |
| Social Disruption | others harm performance, "choking" (on complex tasks) |
| Fundamental Attribution Error | tendency to over-estimate personality in explaining others' behaviors, especially for negative or undesirable behaviors |
| Attribution | any cognition (thought) which attempts to explain the cause of an event, in the absences of proof of that cause |
| Confederates | Faux-participants or other actors; misleading or deception Trained by a researcher and an involved aspect |
| Stanford Prison Study | 2-week "psychological study of prison life" participants randomized to be prisoners and guards dressed to anonymize, study explored peer treatment |
| Social Conformity | tendency to alter behavior toward social matching as a result of group pressure |
| Social Obedience | adherence to direction or orders from sources to higher authority |
| Bystander Effect | tendency of non-intervention when people see someone in need but others are around |
| Terror Management Theory | Socio-cultural theory about our attempts to deny mortality and other existential concerns |
| Proximal Defenses | literal, denial, physical |
| Distal Defenses | symbolic, self-esteem |
| Prejudice | cognitive pattern, negative conclusions about group prior to evidence |
| Stereotyping | cognitive pattern, quickly processes info about group/assume category |
| Discrimination | behavioral, treating members of prejudiced group differently/worse |
| In-Group Bias | favoring those within our group |
| Out-Group Homogeneity | viewing as uniform people outside our group |
| Scapegoating | need to blame another group for our misfortunes, results in resentment |
| Just-World Belief | Need to see the world as fair and just, results in blaming victims of oppression/bigotry |
| Conformity | Need to fit in, results in outdated prejudices, stereotypes, and discrimination upheld for ages |
Created by:
chloemcmillin
Popular Psychology sets