social psychology terms

1. Front: Belief Perseverance

Back: The tendency to maintain a belief even after it has been proven wrong or discredited.

2. Front: Cognitive Dissonance

Back: The discomfort felt when behavior and beliefs conflict, often leading to a change in attitude or behavior to reduce the tension.

3. Front: Discrimination

Back: Unjust or negative actions toward someone based on their group membership (e.g., race, gender, religion).

4. Front: Implicit Attitudes

Back: Unconscious beliefs or feelings that influence thoughts and behaviors without awareness.

5. Front: In-Group Bias

Back: The tendency to favor and give preferential treatment to members of one’s own group.

6. Front: Just-World Phenomenon

Back: The belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get, often leading to victim-blaming.

7. Front: Other-Race Effect

Back: The tendency to more easily recognize faces of one’s own race than those of other races.

8. Front: Out-Group Homogeneity Bias

Back: The belief that members of other groups are all the same, while your own group is diverse.

9. Front: Prejudice

Back: A negative and unjustified attitude toward a group based on stereotypes and not individual experience.

10. Front: Scapegoat Theory

Back: The idea that prejudice arises from the need to blame others (often minorities) for one’s own problems.

11. Front: Stereotype

Back: A generalized and often inaccurate belief about a group of people.