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What is the study of the social influence on behavior and mental processes called?

Who developed the attribution theory, which explains how people interpret others' behaviors?

What term describes attributing behavior to a person's stable personality traits?

What term describes attributing behavior to the situation a person is in?

What is the tendency to explain others' failings based on their disposition rather than the situation?

What bias involves explaining our own failings by attributing them to the situation?

What term describes how our attitudes influence our behaviors?

What is the process of getting a person to do something by changing their attitudes first?

What type of persuasion uses emotional appeals and catchy music/slogans without real content?

What type of persuasion involves offering clear evidence, pertinent facts, and details?

Which study by Philip Zimbardo demonstrated how role playing can change attitudes?

What concept describes the influence of adopting a new role and striving to follow social prescriptions?

What concept explains how the environment can override our natural core disposition?

What theory by Leon Festinger describes the tension felt when behaviors and attitudes don't align?

What theory explains how we reduce tension by changing attitudes that don't align with our behaviors?

What method of persuasion involves agreeing to a small request first and then larger requests?

What term describes the unconscious, automatic imitation of others?

What is the process of adjusting our thinking and behavior to align with the group?

Which study by Solomon Asch demonstrated the power of social influence in conformity?

What conditions strengthen conformity, such as feeling incompetent or when the group is unanimous?

What type of social influence involves conforming to gain approval from a group?

What type of social influence involves conforming because we want to be 'right'?

Which study by Stanley Milgram tested whether volunteers would obey an authority figure?

Under what conditions are obedience rates highest, such as when the authority is perceived as legitimate?

What is the phenomenon where performance improves on well-learned tasks in the presence of others?

What is the phenomenon where performance decreases on difficult tasks in the presence of others?

What term describes the loss of self-restraint in a group, often leading to impulsive behavior?

What is the intensification of a group's original beliefs after group discussions?

What is the flawed decision-making process where group members conform to avoid conflict?

What is an overgeneralized belief about a group, which can be positive or negative?

What is an unjustified negative attitude toward a group, often based on stereotypes?

What term describes negative behavior toward a group based on prejudices?

What term describes the group of people with whom we share a common identity?

What term describes the group of people we see as different from our own group?

What is the tendency to favor our own group over others?

What phenomenon involves believing that people get what they deserve, often leading to victim blaming?

What theory involves finding someone else to blame for our problems, making them a target of anger?

What is the process of grouping people to cognitively simplify the world?

What is the perception that members of an outgroup are more similar to each other than they really are?

What effect describes the greater recognition for faces of our own race, emerging during infancy?

What term describes any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy?

What type of aggression is based on anger, such as fist fighting?

What type of aggression is meant to advance a cause, such as terrorist attacks?

What genetic factor is associated with aggression, specifically carried on the Y chromosome?

What neural influences are associated with aggression, involving the amygdala and frontal lobes?

What biochemical influences are associated with aggression, involving serotonin and testosterone?

What principle describes how being prevented from reaching a goal can lead to aggression?

What stimuli can evoke anger, such as hot temperatures or physical pain?

What term describes behaviors and actions that are expected and learned through observations?

What model suggests that watching on-screen violence teaches social scripts and desensitizes people?

What concept describes how the nearness of someone breeds liking, such as in neighborhoods?

What effect describes how repeated exposure increases our liking of things?

What concept describes how we are attracted to people whose faces have features similar to our own?

What is the positive correlation between similarity and liking, such as in attitudes and interests?

What term describes the intense positive absorption in one another at the beginning of a relationship?

What term describes the deep attachment, respect, and commitment felt as love matures?

What effect describes how we are less likely to help a stranger when in a group?

As the number of bystanders increases, the sense of personal responsibility _____?

What process, developed by Darley and Latane, explains when we will intervene in emergencies?

What are the steps to deciding when to intervene in an emergency, according to Darley and Latane?

What term describes the fear of looking foolish if you help someone who doesn't need help?

What theory describes helping as an 'exchange process' using a 'cost-benefit' analysis?

What norm describes helping people who have helped us before, as a way to pay them back?

What norm describes helping as a social expectation and part of human nature?

What term describes when opposing groups have the same negative perceptions of each other?

What term describes putting individual interests over communal well-being, leading to conflict?

Who studied conflict resolution and conducted the Robbers Cave experiment?

What term describes a large goal that can only be achieved if opposing groups work together?

What does GRIT stand for, a strategy to decrease international tensions?

What term describes acting to help someone else at the cost of yourself?

What is a belief that leads to its own fulfillment called?

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