The Human Behavior Experiments

Foot in the Door Phenomenon: A person agrees to a small request (e.g., signing a petition) and later is more likely to agree to a larger request (e.g., donating money).

Conformity: Individuals adjust their behaviors or opinions to align with a group, such as agreeing with a group’s incorrect answer during a discussion.

Deindividuation: A person acts in ways they normally wouldn’t (e.g., vandalism during a crowd event) due to anonymity and reduced self-awareness in a group.

Roles influencing people: In a prison experiment, assigned roles (guards vs. prisoners) significantly altered participants’ behaviors, influencing them to act more aggressively or submissively.

Obedience: Participants in Milgram's experiment complied with authority figures to administer shocks despite the distress of the individual receiving them.

Bystander Non-Intervention: Multiple individuals observe someone in need of help but fail to intervene, such as witnesses ignoring a person being harassed in public.

Groupthink: A team makes poor decisions due to the desire for harmony, like a jury reaching a consensus despite disagreements among members.

In-group vs. Out-Group Bias: Favoring one's own cultural group over others, seen in scenarios where people are more favorable to their team members than opposing teams.

Fundamental Attribution Error: Observing someone trip and attributing it to their clumsiness rather than considering external factors, like uneven pavement.