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Stack #4709646
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conformity | A change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group and/or a group's norms |
| Fundamental attribution error | A cognitive bias where people look at someone else's actions and assume it shows their true personality. |
| Internal attribution | The process of assigning the cause of a behavior or event to personal factors, such as personality traits, intelligence, abilities, or feelings, rather than outside forces |
| Self Serving Bias | If we DO WELL, we are more likely to attribute it to our disposition/actions (internal attribution) |
| External/situational attribution | The process of explaining a person's behavior or an event by pointing to outside forces, the environment, or circumstances rather than the person's internal traits or personality. |
| Actor/observer bias | The tendency to blame our own mistakes on outside circumstances, but blame other people's identical mistakes on their personal character. |
| Defensive Attribution | A cognitive bias where observers attribute the cause of a misfortune or accident to minimize their own fear of becoming a victim or a cause in a similar situation. |
| Cognitive dissonance | When our actions do not match our beliefs AND we are uncomfortable about it! |
| Resolution of dissonance | When we do things to make us feel less bad! |
| Social Facilitation | A psychological phenomenon where an individual's performance on a task improves in the real, imagined, or implied presence of others. |
| Social Comparison Theory | The theory that people evaluate their own personal worth, abilities, and opinions by comparing themselves to others. |
| Deindividuation | A psychological state where a person loses their sense of individual identity and personal responsibility while in a group, crowd, or anonymous setting. |
| Diffusion of responsibility | A psychological phenomenon where people feel less personal accountability to take action or help someone in need when other people are present. |
| Groupthink | A psychological phenomenon where a group of people makes irrational or flawed decisions because they prioritize harmony, consensus, and conformity over critical analysis. |
| Group Polarization | The tendency for a group's shared views to become more extreme after members discuss an issue together than they were initially. |
| Social Loafing | The tendency for people to put in less effort when working in a group than when working alone. |
| False Consensus Effect | A thinking error where people believe that others share their personal opinions, beliefs, and habits much more than they actually do. |
| Social Traps | A situation where individuals or groups try to get short-term personal rewards, which ends up causing harmful long-term consequences for the whole group. |
| The Halo Effect | A cognitive bias where one positive trait or impression of a person, brand, or product influences how we judge their other, unrelated characteristic. |
| Reciprocity Norm | The expectation that we should return help, not harm, to those who have helped us. |
| Realistic conflict theory | A social psychological theory suggesting that conflict and negative attitudes between groups emerge when groups compete for scarce resources, such as money, land, jobs, or status. According to this theory, the source of tension is real and tangible, rathe |
| Implicit vs. explicit bias | Implicit bias refers to unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding and decisions, while explicit bias involves conscious beliefs and intentional judgments about people or groups. |
| Outgroup/ingroup bias | The tendency to favor one's own group while perceiving other groups as inferior or threatening, influencing thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors. |
| Altruism | The selfless concern for the well-being of others, often involving actions that benefit someone else at a cost to oneself. |
| Bystander effect | A social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help someone in need when other people are present. |
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