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According to observational learning approaches, what do people learn from models?

  • To be obedient to authority
  • To be aggressive by viewing the rewards and punishments of models' behavior (correct)
  • To be empathetic towards others
  • To accept social norms without questioning

What is the term for the phenomenon where the presence of others inhibits helping behavior?

  • Social loafing
  • Diffusion of responsibility
  • Pluralistic ignorance
  • Bystander effect (correct)

What is the term for the erroneous inference that others accept a norm, therefore causing the person to go along with it?

  • Pluralistic ignorance (correct)
  • Social influence
  • Obedience to authority
  • Conformity

What is the term for a group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier?

<p>Social supporter (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for helping behavior that requires self-sacrifice?

<p>Altruism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the belief that responsibility for intervening is shared, or diffused, among those present?

<p>Diffusion of responsibility (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main finding of Milgram's classic obedience study?

<p>65% of participants eventually used the highest setting labelled on the shock generator (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the expectations associated with a particular social position?

<p>Social role (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What approach suggests that individuals tend to use the least costly form of implementing help?

<p>Rewards-costs analysis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a change in behavior in response to the commands of others?

<p>Obedience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for unfair or unjust treatment of different social groups?

<p>Discrimination (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main finding of the study conducted by Philip Zimbardo and colleagues?

<p>Conforming to social roles can have a powerful effect on behavior (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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?

<p>Halo effect (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of attributing one's own success to internal factors and failure to external factors?

<p>Self-serving bias (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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?

<p>Group (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to overattribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and minimize the importance of situational causes?

<p>Fundamental attribution error (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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?

<p>Conformity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of understanding the causes of behavior, considering both situational and dispositional causes?

<p>Attribution theory (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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