Boe Quiz - Unit 14 - Social Psych

Just-world phenomenon

Belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people

Altruism

Unselfish regard for others, doing the right thing just because it is the right thing to do

Aggression

Behavior intended to inflict harm (physical or mental) on others

Frustration Aggression Principle/Hypothesis

When a goal is blocked, frustration increases the likelihood of becoming aggressive

Bystander Effect

The more people there are, the less likely individuals are to help out and do the right thing

Reciprocity Norm

Expectation that if one person does something nice for another, the other person will not harm them in return

Social Loafing

Tendency for individuals in a group to put less effort into reaching a common goal

Social Exchange Theory

Theory that social behavior is an exchange process where individuals aim to maximize benefits and minimize costs

Conflict

Incompatibility between two or more people/groups regarding ideas, actions, or goals

Social Trap

Situation where both sides pursue their own interests, leading to mutually destructive behavior

Fundamental Attribution Error

Judging a person without having the full picture or understanding of the situation

Diffusion of Responsibility

The more people around, the more individuals feel less responsible and leave it to others

Deindividuation

Loss of personal identity and increased likelihood of aggression in large groups

Social Responsibility Norm

Expectation that if someone needs help, another person will provide it

Philip Zimbardo

Conducted the controversial Stanford Prison Simulation Experiment, which explored the impact of roles on behavior

Solomon Asch

Conducted vision test experiments to study conformity and the influence of group pressure

Stanley Milgram

Obedience experiment - teacher(participant) had to electrically shock learner(actor) if they ever got an answer wrong

NOT ETHICAL - caused stress and discomfort to participants

Ingroup vs. outgroup phenomenon

Ingroup - the group we are in

Outgroup - the rest of the world

We are more biased towards the Ingroup and its members and prefer them over the Outgroup

Group Think

TO PRESERVE HARMONY IN A GROUP, one will go along with whatever the idea is being shared - even if it sucks and might cause problems

Social Facilitation

when one performs a simple or easy task in front of a large audience, they do it very well

OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE - when you do a hard task in front of a large audience, you do it worse then if you would’ve done it alone

Foot-in-the-door technique

to convince or make someone comply, start off with a small request which might make the other person agree to the large request

example: free trials on Spotify for premium, when people use the free trial(small request) they like it and then buy a subscription(large request)

Reciprocity

exchange for mutual benefit - if I do something for someone, the other person is more likely to do the same thing for me

Obedience

behaving as instructed even though you don’t want to

Conformity

going along with the group and their actions kinda like peer pressure

If your friends jump off a cliff, are you going to too??