a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.
Group Polarization
the enhancement of a group’s prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.
Scapegoat Theory
the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.
Attribution Theory
how we explain someones behavior: either to their situation or the person’s disposition.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.
Minority Influence
form of social influence, which takes place when a majority is being influenced to accept the beliefs or behaviour of a minority.
Altruism
unselfish regard for the welfare of others.
Darley and Latane Experiment
people do not always intervene at the scene of an emergency. Interest stemming from the case of Kitty Genovese, the New Yorker who was murdered in a New York suburb in March 1964 in the presence of 38 witnesses, none of whom even telephoned the police.
Social Psychology
the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
Blaming the Victim Effect
girl got raped, blame that she was wearing a mini skirt and walking on the wrong side of town.
