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U13 PSYCH
VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Correspondence Bias | Viewing behavior as the result from disposition even when it can be explained by situational. |
| Fundamental Attribution Error | Overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors when explaining other people’s behavior |
| Actor-observer bias | Other behaviors = dispositional, our own behavior = situational |
| Self-serving bias | Success = dispositional factors, Failure = situational factors |
| Just-world bias | Good things happen to good people, bad to bad people |
| Scapegoating | A person or group, typically a member of an out-group who serves as the target for the frustrations and negative emotions of the members of the in-group |
| Realistic conflict theory | Prejudice and discrimination will be increased between groups that are in conflict over a limited resource. |
| Engaged followership | People are willing to do unpleasant things as long as they agree with the objectives. |
| Low balling | Getting a commitment from a person and then raising the cost of that commitment. |
| Group polarization | The intensifying on an attitude following discussion |
| Social facilitation | A situation where the presence of other people changes performance |
| Groupthink | A type of flawed decision making in which the group does not question its decision critically. The desire for conformity overrides alternatives and leads to irrational decisions. |