Sociology

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another?

• Clinical psychology

• Social psychology

• Cognitive psychology

• Neuropsychology

What is the tendency to give a causal explanation for someone’s behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition?

The tendency for observers, when analyzing another’s behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition?

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Attribution theory

• Social thinking

• Negative behavior

The belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people and events?

• Sassy

• Remorse

• Upset

• Attitude

The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request?

• Toe-in-the-Door Phenomenon

• Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon

• Head-in-the-Door Phenomenon

• Leg-in-the-Door Phenomenon

The set of expectations about a social position

defines how those in the position ought to behave

• Standards

• Ranks

• Role

• Society

What is this an example of?

When we become aware that our attitudes and our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes.

• Social influence theory

• Cognitive Dissonance Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Conformity Theory

What is influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

What is an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior?

• Society rules

• Attitude

• Obedience

• Norm

The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable?

• Social Loafing

• Social reliant

• Slacker

• Inability