Z Unit 14 Psycology

Question 0

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 0

Tendency for people to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

Question 1

Attribution theory

Answer 1

Attributing others behavior either to internal dispositions or to their external situations

Question 2

Central route persuasion

Answer 2

You listen to what is said

Takes longer

Question 3

Peripheral route persuasion

Answer 3

Listen to how something is said or the person who said it

Shorter

Question 4

Foot in the door phenomenon

Answer 4

A tendency for people who agree to a small action to comply later with a larger one

Question 5

What was the Zimbardo prison study?

Answer 5

Prisoners and guards

Question 6

How did the Zimbardo prison study show the effect of role playing on attitudes

Answer 6

The guards acted tougher and meaner then they were

Question 7

How did the Zimbardo prison study show deindividuation

Answer 7

The guards thought it was okay to treat the prisoners horribly because they shared the responsibility

Question 8

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 8

People feel discomfort when they realize their attitudes and actions do not coincide or go together

Question 9

What is the Asch conformity study?

Answer 9

Card and lines

Question 10

What is the chameleon effect

Answer 10

The idea that we are natural mimes unconsciously imitating others

Question 11

How was the chameleon effect displayed in the Asch conformity study

Answer 11

The participants conformed to the experimenters

Question 12

What caused more compliance in the Asch study

Answer 12

Incompetent or insecure 
At least 3 people 
Everyone else agrees 
Attractiveness of group 
No prior commitment 
Others observe

Question 13

What caused less compliance in the Asch study

Answer 13

Did it anonymously

Had someone else say the right answer

Question 14

Normative social influence

Answer 14

Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

Question 15

Informational social influence

Answer 15

Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept other’s opinions about reality

Question 16

What was Milgram’s obedience study 766

Answer 16

Operator and teacher

Question 17

What lead to higher obedience in Milgram’s study

Answer 17

The teacher was an authority figure
Supported by prestigious institution
The teacher was in another room
There were no models for defiance

Question 18

What lead to lower obedience in Milgram’s study

Answer 18

Being close to victim

Teacher being regular guy

Question 19

Social facilitation

Answer 19

The tendency to preform well learned tasks better in front of others

Question 20

Social loafing

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The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

Question 21

What is deindividuation

Answer 21

The loss of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations

Question 22

Group polarization

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The enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion with the groups

Question 23

Groupthink

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The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

Question 24

Norms

Answer 24

An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior

Question 25

Prejudice

Answer 25

An unjustifiable and negative attitude toward a group and its members

Question 26

Discrimination

Answer 26

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

Question 27

Ingroup bias

Answer 27

The tendency to favor your own group

Question 28

Scapegoat theory

Answer 28

The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

Question 29

Just world phenomenon

Answer 29

The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

Question 30

Frustration aggression principle

Answer 30

The principle that frustration creates anger | The failure to reach a goal

Question 31

Social scripts

Answer 31

Culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations

Question 32

Mere exposure effect

Answer 32

Repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking them

Question 33

Importance of physical attractiveness

Answer 33

People who are attractive get farther in life

Question 34

Companionate love

Answer 34

No obsessed but in love

Question 35

Romantic love

Answer 35

The beginning of a relationship | Obsessed with your partner

Question 36

Altruism

Answer 36

Unselfish regard for the welfare of others

Question 37

What is the bystander effect

Answer 37

Weakening of responsibility to react if the responsibility is shared by all

Question 38

How can diffusion of responsibility be seen in the bystander effect

Answer 38

No one reacted to the girl getting raped