Unit 4 flashcards

Front

Fundamental attribution error

Back

Overestimating personal traits and underestimating the situation

Front

Cognitive dissonance

Back

Discomfort caused by conflicting thoughts or behaviors

Front

Conformity

Back

Adjusting behavior or thinking to match a group

Front

Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments

Back

People conform to group pressure even when the group is wrong

Front

Milgram’s study maximum voltage

Back

65% of participants delivered the maximum voltage

Front

Deindividuation

Back

Developing a stronger sense of identity

Front

Social loafing

Back

Exerting less effort when working in a group

Front

Social facilitation

Back

Increased performance when others are watching

Front

Groupthink

Back

Suppressing dissent for group harmony

Front

Just-world phenomenon

Back

Belief that people get what they deserve