Social Cognition overall

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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?

Social supporter Signup and view all the answers

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

Altruism Signup and view all the answers

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

Diffusion of responsibility Signup and view all the answers

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

65% of participants eventually used the highest setting labelled on the shock generator Signup and view all the answers

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

Social role Signup and view all the answers

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

Rewards-costs analysis Signup and view all the answers

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

Obedience Signup and view all the answers

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

Discrimination Signup and view all the answers

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 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?

Halo effect Signup and view all the answers

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

Self-serving bias 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?

Group 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?

Fundamental attribution error 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?

Conformity 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?

Attribution theory Signup and view all the answers