18 Questions
According to observational learning approaches, what do people learn from models?
To be aggressive by viewing the rewards and punishments of models' behavior
What is the term for the phenomenon where the presence of others inhibits helping behavior?
Bystander effect
What is the term for the erroneous inference that others accept a norm, therefore causing the person to go along with it?
Pluralistic ignorance
What is the term for a group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier?
Social supporter
What is the term for helping behavior that requires self-sacrifice?
Altruism
What is the term for the belief that responsibility for intervening is shared, or diffused, among those present?
Diffusion of responsibility
What was the main finding of Milgram's classic obedience study?
65% of participants eventually used the highest setting labelled on the shock generator
What is the term for the expectations associated with a particular social position?
Social role
What approach suggests that individuals tend to use the least costly form of implementing help?
Rewards-costs analysis
What is the term for a change in behavior in response to the commands of others?
Obedience
What is the term for unfair or unjust treatment of different social groups?
Discrimination
What was the main finding of the study conducted by Philip Zimbardo and colleagues?
Conforming to social roles can have a powerful effect on behavior
What is the term for a phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics?
Halo effect
What is the process of attributing one's own success to internal factors and failure to external factors?
Self-serving bias
What is the term for a group of people who interact with each other, perceive themselves as part of a group, are interdependent, and develop and hold norms?
Group
What is the term for the tendency to overattribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and minimize the importance of situational causes?
Fundamental attribution error
What is the term for a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people?
Conformity
What is the term for the process of understanding the causes of behavior, considering both situational and dispositional causes?
Attribution theory
Explore attribution processes and theory in social cognition, understanding how we decide on the causes of behavior. Learn about Kelley's 1950 study on attribution theory and how it affects our perceptions of others.
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