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Social Psych Mod75
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chameleon Effect | unconscious mimicry of the postures, mannerisms, facial expressions, and other behaviors of another, such that your behavior passively and unintentionally changes to match that of others |
| Automatic Mimicry | behavior is contagious |
| Conformity | adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
| Normative Social Influence | influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval |
| Informational Social Influence | influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others’ opinions about reality |
| Demand Characteristics | any characteristics of an experiment that let research participants guess how the experimenters expect or want them to behave |
| Experimenter Bias | a type of cognitive bias that occurs when experimenters allow their expectations to affect their interpretation of observations |