Emergency Response and Social Behavior

These flashcards cover key concepts from the lecture notes on emergency response, social behavior, prejudice, relationships, and biases.

Bystander Effect

The phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a victim when other people are present.

Pluralistic Ignorance

A situation where individuals are unaware of others' true thoughts and take inaction as evidence that no help is needed.

Diffusion of Responsibility

The reduction in personal responsibility experienced by individuals when others are present.

Stereotype

Mental representations or schemas about groups that oversimplify and generalize their characteristics.

Prejudice

A negative attitude toward a group or its members.

Discrimination

Behavior or actions that are based on prejudicial attitudes toward a group.

Realistic Group Conflict Theory

A theory that suggests prejudice arises from competition between groups for limited resources.

Social Identity Theory

A theory that posits individuals enhance their self-image by viewing their ingroup more positively and the outgroup more negatively.

Contact Hypothesis

The idea that direct contact between groups can reduce prejudice under specific conditions.

Jigsaw Classroom

An educational approach that promotes cooperation and interdependence by placing children in small, diverse groups.

Explicit Bias

Attitudes or stereotypes that we consciously endorse and express.

Implicit Bias

Attitudes or stereotypes that exist outside of conscious awareness.

Four Horsemen of Relationship's Apocalypse

Criticism, contempt, stonewalling, and defensiveness—behaviors to avoid for successful relationships.

Attachment Styles

Patterns of attachment formed in infancy that affect adult relationships, including secure, anxious-ambivalent, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant styles.

Chameleon Effect

The phenomenon where individuals unconsciously mimic the behaviors of those around them, leading to increased liking.