14 Social Psychology Terms Practice Study Guide

14 Social Psychology Terms Practice Study Guide social loafing - Answer️️ -The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable. social facilitation - Answer️️ -Stronger responses on simple or well- learned tasks in the presence of others. group polarization - Answer️️ -The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group. groupthink - Answer️️ -The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides in a realistic appraisal of alternatives. culture - Answer️️ -The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. norm - Answer️️ -An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. They prescribe "proper" behavior. personal space - Answer️️ -The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. ingroup bias - Answer️️ -The tendency to favor our own group. ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM Page 2 of 4 aggression - Answer️️ -Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy against someone. Frustration-Aggression Principle - Answer️️ -The principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression. social scripts - Answer️️ -Mental tapes for how to act, provided by our culture mere exposure effect - Answer️️ -Because the human face is not perfectly symmetrical, the face we see in the mirror is not the one our friends see. Altruism - Answer️️ -Unselfish regard fo