Social Thinking: Crash Course Psychology #37

What does social psychology focus on?

• Clinical disorders

• Personality traits

• The power of the situation

• Individual cognitive processes

What is the fundamental attribution error?

• Ignoring both situational and personality influences

• Overestimating personality influences while underestimating situational power

• Underestimating personality traits

• Overestimating situational influences

What does the Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrate?

• The role of attribution theory in understanding behavior

• The effectiveness of persuasion techniques

• The power of a situation to override personality differences

• The impact of cognitive dissonance

What is cognitive dissonance?

• The tension between conflicting thoughts and actions

• The process of changing attitudes through persuasion

• The influence of situational factors on behavior

• The error of attributing behavior to personality traits

How can individuals resolve cognitive dissonance?

• By ignoring the inconsistency between thoughts and actions

• Both A and B are correct

• By modifying their beliefs to align with their actions

• By changing their behavior to match their attitudes