Social Psychology

A positive or negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority.

• Socialization

• Social Norms

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• prejudice

the tendency for individuals to feel diminished responsibility for their actions when they are surrounded by others who are acting the same way

• Socialization

• Social Norms

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• prejudice

claims that behavior is influenced by the number of people available

• Altruism

• Conformity

• Deindividuation

• Bystander Effect

giving up normal behavioral restraints to the group. Being less self-conscious and restrained in a group situation may account for mob behavior.

• Altruism

• Conformity

• Deindividuation

• Bystander Effect

on group tasks people will exert less effort if individual contributions are not possible to identify

• Social Loafing

• Social Inhibition

• Social Facilitation

the mere presence of others can impair performance on tasks that one is not particularly good.

• Social Loafing

• Social Inhibition

• Social Facilitation

The mere presence of others can improve performance on well practiced tasks.

• Social Loafing

• Social Inhibition

• Social Facilitation

The theory that when our attitudes and feelings are uncertain or ambiguous, we infer these states by observing our behavior and the situation in which it occurs

• Self-fulfilling Prophecy

• Self-Perception Theory

• Attribution Theory

expectations cause individuals to act in ways that serve to make expectations come true

• Attribution

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Attitudes

• Self-fulfilling Prophecy

the process by which we come to understand the cause of others' behavior and form an impression of them as individuals

• Attribution

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Attitudes

• Self-fulfilling Prophecy