14 Social Psychology Terms Practice
Study Guide
social loafing - Answer️️ -The tendency for people in a group to exert less
effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than
when individually accountable.
social facilitation - Answer️️ -Stronger responses on simple ...
social loafing - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people in a group to exert less
effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than
when individually accountable.
social facilitation - Answer✔️✔️-Stronger responses on simple or well-
learned tasks in the presence of others.
group polarization - Answer✔️✔️-The enhancement of a group's prevailing
inclinations through discussion within the group.
groupthink - Answer✔️✔️-The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire
for harmony in a decision-making group overrides in a realistic appraisal
of alternatives.
culture - Answer✔️✔️-The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and
traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one
generation to the next.
norm - Answer✔️✔️-An understood rule for accepted and expected
behavior. They prescribe "proper" behavior.
personal space - Answer✔️✔️-The buffer zone we like to maintain around
our bodies.
ingroup bias - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency to favor our own group.
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