Ch.13 Social Psychology

Question 1

Attribution

Answer 1

Judgment about the cause of a person’s behaviour

Question 2

Dispositional attribution

Answer 2

Judgment assigning the cause of a person’a behaviour to personal qualities or characteristics

Question 3

Situational attribution

Answer 3

Judgment assigning the cause of a persons behaviour to the environment

Question 4

Actor observer bias

Answer 4

Emphasizing dispositional attributions to explain the behaviour of others while emphasizing situational attribution ago explain or own behaviour

Question 5

Self serving bias

Answer 5

Attributing success to dispositional factors while attributing failure to situational factors

Question 6

Just world belief

Answer 6

Assumption that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people

Question 7

Attitude

Answer 7

Positive or negative evaluation that predisposes behaviour towards an object, person, or situation

Question 8

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 8

Uncomfortable state occurring when behaviour and attitudes misalign and can be resolved through attitude change

Question 9

Cognitive consistency

Answer 9

Preference for holding congruent attitudes and beliefs

Question 10

Persuasion

Answer 10

Change in attitude in response to information provided by another person

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

Prejudgment, usually negative, of another person on the basis of membership in a group

Question 12

Stereotype

Answer 12

Simplified set of traits associated with membership in a group or category

Question 13

Discrimination

Answer 13

Unfair behaviour based on stereotyping and prejudice

Question 14

Social Norm

Answer 14

Usually unwritten or unspoken rule for behaviour in group settings

Question 15

Conformity

Answer 15

Matching behaviour and appearance to perceived social norms

Question 16

Compliance

Answer 16

Agreement with a request from a person with no perceived authority

Question 17

Door in the face

Answer 17

Persuasive technique; compliance with a target request is preceded by a large, unreasonable request

Question 18

Foot in the door

Answer 18

Persuasive technique; compliance with a small request precedes a larger request that would otherwise be rejected

Question 19

Low balling

Answer 19

Making further requests of a person who has already committed to a course of action

Question 20

Obedience

Answer 20

Compliance with a request from an authority figure

Question 21

Mere exposure effect

Answer 21

Situation where repeated contact increases liking

Question 22

Bystander intervention

Answer 22

Study of situational variables related to helping a stranger

Question 23

Aggression

Answer 23

Conscious intent to harm another

Question 24

Social loathing

Answer 24

Reduced motivation and effort shown by individuals working in a group

Question 25

Deindividualism

Answer 25

Immersion of an individual within a group leading to anonymity

Question 26

Group polarization

Answer 26

Intensifying an attitude following discussion

Question 27

Social facilitation

Answer 27

The situation in which the presence of other people changes performance

Question 28

Groupthink

Answer 28

Type of flawed decision making in which a group does not question its decisions critically