PSYCH 100 FINAL CROSBY Questions & Answers(Latest Update 2024)

social psychology - ANSWER the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined or implied presence of others social influence - ANSWER the process through which the real or implied presence of others can directly or indirectly influence the thoughts, feelings and behavior of an individual groupthink - ANSWER kind of thinking that occurs when people place more importance on maintaining group cohesiveness than on assessing the facts of the problem with which the group is concerned social facilitation - ANSWER the tendency for the presence of other people to have a positive impact on the performance of an easy task social impairment - ANSWER the tendency for the presence of other people to have a negative impact on the performance of a difficult task attitude - ANSWER a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain person, object, idea, or situation persuasion - ANSWER the process by which one person tries to change the belief, opinion, position or course of action of another person through argument, pleasing or explanation elaboration likelihood model - ANSWER the model of persuasion stating that people will either elaborate on the persuasive message or fail to elaborate on it and that the future actions of those who do elaborate are more predictable