Social Psychology

act of blaming an out-group when the in-group experiences frustration or is blocked from obtaining a goal

• scapegoating
• attitude
• discrimination
• self-fulfilling prophecy

adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with group standards

• persuasion
• conformity
• stereotype
• prejudice

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

• social psychology
• conformity
• obedience
• persuasion

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

• obedience
• social psychology
• conformity
• compliance

expectation that alters behavior in a way that tends to make it true

• self-fulfilling prophecy
• bystander effect
• groupthink
• social cognition

feelings that predispose us to respond a particular way to objects, people, and events

• discrimination
• attitude
• self-fulfilling prophecy
• bystander effect

generalized belief about a group

• prejudice
• altruism
• stereotype
• deindividuation

loss of awareness of one's own individuality resulting in reduction in accountability and sense of self

• scapegoating
• attitude
• discrimination
• deindividuation

modification of opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is group consensus

• groupthink
• social cognition
• cognitive dissonance
• norm

negative attitude toward a group and its members

• altruism
• prejudice
• deinvididuation
• scapegoating