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Social Psych
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aggression | Behavior intended to harm others physically or verbally |
| altruism | Unselfish concern for the well-being of others. |
| bystander effect | The phenomenon where people are less likely to help in an emergency when others are present. |
| social loafing | Tendency for individuals to put in less effort when working in a group than when working alone |
| reciprocity norm | Expectation that people will help those who have helped them |
| conflict | A perceived clash of interests between individuals or groups |
| social trap | Situation in which conflicting parties pursue self-interest, resulting in mutual harm |
| out-group homogeneity bias | Perception that members of other groups are more similar to each other than they actually are |
| fundamental attribution error | Tendency to make attributions about cause of behavior being internal and not external |
| diffusion of responsibility | The tendency to feel less responsible for helping when others are present. |
| deindividuation | Tendency for people to lose individuality in a group |
| social responsibility norm | Expectation that people will help those who depend on them, even without personal gain |
| stanford prison experiment | Conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971, studied how people conform to roles in a simulated prison |
| groupthink | Group reaches its consensus that it might not have otherwise reached because of a strong leader at the beginning |
| social facilitation | People show increased levels of efforts when in presence of others |
| Asch experiment | Studied how people conform to group pressure, even when the group is obviously wrong, by having participants match line lengths. |
| Milgram Study | Tested obedience by having people give fake, painful shocks; many obeyed authority even against their conscience. |
| foot-in-the-door technique | You comply with a small request, and then you may comply with a larger request |
| obedience | Compliance with authority figures’ orders or instructions |
| conformity | Adjusting behavior to match group standards or expectations |