Social Psychology - Chapter 12

how we view the factors that CAUSE our and others behaviors

SCIENTIFIC STUDY of how people AFFECT and are AFFECTED by other peoples thoughts, feelings, and actions

assuming the behavior is caused by the persons PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS like personality or temper

assuming a persons behavior is caused by the SITUATION or ENVIRONMENT they find themselves in.

cognitive bias where we assume a persons bad behavior is because of their CHARACTER and UNDERESTIMATE environmental influences

an attempt to change others attitudes, thought processes, and behavior

a way to persuade people to do a LARGE task by having them FIRST do a small task

a way to persuade someone to do a SMALL task by first asking them to do a large task that they'll likely REFUSE

a motivation to CONFORM to scoial norms and do what others are doing around us

an experiment where group of people were asked which of the three lines matched the first, each fake participant pointed to the wrong line and when it was the real participants turn, they either pointed to the obviously correct line or CONFORM to the crowd.

when we agree to perform a behavior because we were asked by someone we perceive to be in a position of authority

famous experiments where a large proportion of participants were willing to shock another person because they were being obedient to an authority figure

overgeneralized beliefs about members of a group and it can lead to prejudices and act to diminish a persons individuality

to form negative attitudes, behaviors, emotions, or biases toward another person based on assumptions or stereotypes

explicit or implicit harmful treatment or attitudes toward members of a group.

when people tend to render aid more often when alone than when in a crowd.