Social Behaviors

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Change in behavior to comply with a demand by an authority figure

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obedience

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Changing one's behavior as a result of other people directing or asking for change

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compliance

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generalized belief about a group

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stereotype

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People's desire to help others even if the costs outweigh the benefits of helping

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altruism

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Reduction in effort by individuals when they work in groups as compared to when they work alone

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social loafing

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Witness does not volunteer to help a victim or person in distress.

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bystander effect

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Example of normative social influence.

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Laughing at a joke because everyone else did.

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What are social norms?

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Understood rules for accepted and expected behaviors.

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Why do individuals typically follow social norms in their society?

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To gain approval and to avoid disapproval from others.

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Deindividuation

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The phenomenon when a person becomes 'submerged in a group' and loses sense of individuality