Chapter 14-Social Psychology

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Attribution theory
The way you explain someone esles behavior
What two ways are someones behavior explained?
By disponsition(personality) and situation
Fundamental attribution error
When you underestimate the situation and you over estimate the persons personality when youre describing their personality
Cognitive dissonance
You have tensios because your attitudes and behavior dont match
Foot in the door
If you comply to a small request evnetually you will comply to a larger request
Soloman-asch experiment
Conformity experiment with lines
Social facilitation
In the presence of others you will act stronger and better at what youre doing
Social loafing
Diminished effort because youare part of a group effort or project
Deindividuation
The loss of self that an individual may develop when in a group
Group polarization
The enhancement of an attitude of a group (they already agree on it and the more they talk about it the more heated/agreeing they get about it)
Groupthink
The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decison-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
Dispotional attribtion
Attributing behavior to an internal cause
Situational attribution
Atrributing behavior to an external cause
Central route persuasion
When people focus on an issue and respond favorable to an argument
Peripheral route persuasion
When people respond on an issue and respond because of a persons appearance