social reality correct answers interaction between the person and the situation
B= f(P,E) correct answers behaviour is a function of the person and the environment
mimicry correct answers copying other's behaviour
social norms correct answers unwritten guidelines for how to behave in socia...
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social reality correct answers interaction between the person and the situation
B= f(P,E) correct answers behaviour is a function of the person and the environment
mimicry correct answers copying other's behaviour
social norms correct answers unwritten guidelines for how to behave in social contexts
social loafing correct answers when individuals put less effort into tasks when working with
others
social facilitation correct answers when one's performance is affected by the presence of others
groupthink correct answers when group members tend toward the same ideas to minimize
conflict
conformity correct answers involves taking action or adopting attitudes as a result of real or
imagined group pressure
normative influence correct answers a social pressure to adopt a group's perspective in order to
be accepted, rather than rejected, by a group
informational influence correct answers when people feel the group is giving them useful
information
conformity and group size correct answers maximum conformity is when group size is at least 3
individuals can be powerful correct answers single dissenters can reduce conformity
the Bystander effect correct answers the presence of other people actually reduces the likelihood
of helping behaviour
diffusion of responsibility correct answers reduced personal responsibility
pluralistic ignorance correct answers social norms in the situation may be different from the
actual beliefs held by the people themselves
the 1971 Stanford Prison Study (Zimbardo) correct answers power of social roles
obedience correct answers complying with instructions or orders from an individual who is in a
position of authority
authority comes from correct answers a combination of social roles and social context
, variants of the environment correct answers -change in clothing
-different location
-proximity of experimenter and "learner"
two types of cognitive processes correct answers explicit processes and implicit processes
explicit processes correct answers "conscious thought"; deliberative, effortful, relatively slow,
and generally under our intentional control
implicit processes correct answers "unconscious" thought; intuitive, automatic, effortless, very
fast, and operate largely outside of our intentional control
person perception correct answers The processes by which individuals categorize and form
judgements about other people
an individual's impression of others can lead to correct answers self-fulfilling prophecy
false consensus correct answers projecting self-concept onto social world
naive realism correct answers assumptions that our perceptions of reality are accurate
self-serving biases correct answers these arise out of a need to feel good about ourselves
attribution theory correct answers people are motivated to explain their own and other people's
behaviour by attributing causes of that behaviour to a situation or disposition
situational (external) attributions correct answers something in the situation or environment
caused the behaviour
dispositional (internal) attributions correct answers something in the person (ex. traits or motive)
caused the behaviour
fundamental attribution error correct answers overestimate personality factors and underestimate
the influence of the situation
group-serving bias correct answers The tendency to explain favourably the behaviours of
members of groups to which we belong
just-world hypothesis correct answers motion that people need to believe the world is fair and
justice is served
stereotype correct answers a summary impression of a group, in which a person believes that all
members of the group share a common trait or traits (positive, negative, or neutral)
prejudice correct answers a strong, unreasonable dislike or hatred of a group, based on a negative
stereotype
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