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A person or group blamed irrationally for another person's or group's problems or difficulties

• implicit prejudice
• ethnocentrism
• exploitation theory
• scapegoating theory

the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races

• other-race effect
• group polarization
• bystander effect
• social loafing

The tendency to perform complex or difficult tasks more poorly in the presence of others

• social loafing
• social inhibition
• bystander effect
• group polarization

the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

• social loafing
• diffusion of responsibility
• other-race effect
• bystander effect

stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

• social trap
• social inhibition
• game theory
• socia facilitation

the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

• group polarization
• group think
• in-group bias
• social loafing

the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

• group think
• social loafing
• group polarization
• social inhibition

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

• Deindividuation
• Prejudice
• Ethnocentrism
• Discrimination

the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towardattaining a common goal than when individually accountable

• social loafing
• group polarization
• social trap
• scapegoating theory

prejudice that exists outside an individual's conscious awareness

• in-group bias
• discrimination
• group polarization
• implicit prejudice