AP Psych Unit 8 FA Dummy 7

What theory states that our social behavior is based on maximizing benefits and minimizing costs?

• Cognitive dissonance theory

• Social-responsibility norm

• Social exchange theory

• False consensus effect

What is the expectation that people will behave in a way that society considers proper?

• Conformity

• Norms

• Role

• Attribution theory

What term refers to mutual views where opposing sides see themselves as good and the other as evil?

• Mirror-image perceptions

• Group polarization

• Social comparison

• Social loafing

What is the phenomenon where people in a group exert less effort when working toward a common goal?

• Social facilitation

• Deindividuation

• Social loafing

• Groupthink

What is the belief that the world is just and that people get what they deserve?

• False consensus effect

• Just-world phenomenon

• Fundamental attribution error

• Normative social influence

What is the tendency to be overly confident in the accuracy of our judgments?

• Overconfidence bias

• Self-serving bias

• Social loafing

• Groupthink

What describes a mode of thinking in which a desire for harmony overrides realistic analysis?

• Group polarization

• Groupthink

• Attribution theory

• Social facilitation

What describes adjusting one’s behavior to match a group standard?

• Normative social influence

• Conformity

• Groupthink

• Attribution theory

What concept explains when people follow orders from an authority figure?

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Normative social influence

• Attribution theory

What is the enhancement of performance on well-learned tasks in the presence of others?

• Social facilitation

• Groupthink

• Social loafing

• Cognitive dissonance