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Social Psych Terms to Know Click on the box with the arrow next to each research term, then choose the letter of the matching definition

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Social Psych Terms to Know

Click on the box with the arrow next to each research term, then choose the letter of the matching definition. Correct matches 

 

Note: There is one definition that does not have a matching term.
 

 

A.  ) When those possessing authority exert it through requests, rather than through direct orders. 

B.  ) A form of social influence that involves performing actions in response to directives from an authority figure. 

C. ) A phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, the less likely those people are to assist a person in need. 

D.)  A phenomenon in which people in groups engage in uncharacteristic or deviant acts due to lessened personal awareness and restraints.

E. ) The tendency of people to make more daring decisions when they are in groups, rather than when alone.

F. ) The phenomenon occurring when one exerts less effort to achieve a goal when working in a group, than exerted when alone.  

G. ) A social psychologist best-known for his now infamous obedience experiments in the 1960's. 

H. ) A change in individual performance (either improvement or decrease) when working with or in the presence of others.  

I. ) A mode of thinking in which members of close groups strive for perceived group consensus, at the expense of good decision-making.
J.) A compliance tactic where an initial large request that will most likely be turned down is made, prior to a more reasonable one.
K. ) Acting to promote someone else's welfare, with no clear benefit to yourself, and potentially some risk or cost.    
L. ) Behavior intended to cause harm to an individual who does not wish to be harmed.
M. ) Purposeful behaviors done with the intention to aid or enhance others.
N. ) The psychologist best known for the 1971 Stanford prison study leading to insights regarding the power of situations to alter behavior.
O. ) A compliance tactic that assumes agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a subsequent, larger request.
P. ) A compliance tactic in which a person commits to a low price offer, that was not intended to be kept, which is then increased.
Q. )A type of conformity where one changes their behavior or beliefs to align with a group due to a desire to have accurate information.     
R. ) A form of social influence that involves changing one's behavior when asked to do something by another person. 
S. ) A type of conformity where one changes their behavior or beliefs due to a desire to belong or fit in with a group. 
T. ) A 1966 study that showed the potentially dangerous degree and impact of obedience to authority in a real-world setting.
U. ) The observed connection between irritation due to blockage of goals and behavior intended to harm another person.
V. ) A well-known study that investigated the effects of deindividuation on the behavior of those with and without perceived power.
W. ) A study showing that, as the number of people present in an emergency increases, the less likely it is that any one individual will help.
X. ) A form of social influence that involves a change in one's beliefs or behaviors to fit in with a group.
Y. ) A social psychology pioneer best known for his series of conformity experiments conducted in the 1950's.
Z. ) The psychologist most famous for his theory describing errors made by cohesive groups during collective decision-making.

 

Social facilitation
Social loafing
Deindividuation
Risky-shift effect
Groupthink
onformity
Normative influence
Informational influence
Compliance
Foot-in-the-door technique
Door-in-the-face technique
Lowballing
Obedience
Prosocial behavior
Altruism
Aggression
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Bystander intervention effect
Phillip Zimbardo
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
Irving Janis
Astroten study
Smoke-filled room study
Stanford Prison study