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Social Psychology Vocabulary Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-The scientific study of how we think
about, influence and relate to one another
Attribution Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we tend to give a casual
explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation
or the personal disposition
Fundamental Attribution Error - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for observers,
when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of
personal disposition; also known as the correspondence bias
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people who
have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent
(i.e. $1 vs. $20 and grasshopper experiment)
Conformity - Answer✔️✔️-Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide
with a group standard
Normative Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-Influence resulting from a
person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
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Informational Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-Influence resulting from one's
willingness to accept others' opinions about reality
Social Loafing - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people in a group to exert
less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than
when individually accountable
Group Polarization - Answer✔️✔️-The enhancement of a group's prevailing
attitudes through discussion within the group
Groupthink - Answer✔️✔️-The mode of thinking that occurs when the
desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic
appraisal of alternatives
Self-fulfilling Prophecy - Answer✔️✔️-Occurs when one person's belief
about others leads one to act in ways that induce the others to appear to
confirm the belief
Prejudice - Answer✔️✔️-An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude
toward a group and its members; usually involves stereotyped beliefs,
negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action
Stereotype - Answer✔️✔️-A generalized (sometimes accurate but often
overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
Just-World Phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency of people to believe
the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and vice
versa (good people are rewarded and bad people are punished)
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Social Psychology Vocabulary Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-The scientific study of how we think
about, influence and relate to one another
Attribution Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we tend to give a casual
explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation
or the personal disposition
Fundamental Attribution Error - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for observers,
when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of
personal disposition; also known as the correspondence bias
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people who
have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent
(i.e. $1 vs. $20 and grasshopper experiment)
Conformity - Answer✔️✔️-Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide
with a group standard
Normative Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-Influence resulting from a
person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
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Informational Social Influence - Answer✔️✔️-Influence resulting from one's
willingness to accept others' opinions about reality
Social Loafing - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people in a group to exert
less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than
when individually accountable
Group Polarization - Answer✔️✔️-The enhancement of a group's prevailing
attitudes through discussion within the group
Groupthink - Answer✔️✔️-The mode of thinking that occurs when the
desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic
appraisal of alternatives
Self-fulfilling Prophecy - Answer✔️✔️-Occurs when one person's belief
about others leads one to act in ways that induce the others to appear to
confirm the belief
Prejudice - Answer✔️✔️-An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude
toward a group and its members; usually involves stereotyped beliefs,
negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action
Stereotype - Answer✔️✔️-A generalized (sometimes accurate but often
overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
Just-World Phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency of people to believe
the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and vice
versa (good people are rewarded and bad people are punished)
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