Social Psych Quiz 2 - Key Concepts
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- 1.The tendency of attributing one's own behaviour to external, situational causes, while attributing the behaviour of others to internal, personal causes.
- A.
Self-serving bias
- B.
Actor-observer discrepancy
- C.
Fundamental attribution error
- D.
Blaming the victim
- 2.A cluster of characteristics that are associated with all members of a specific social group (often including qualities that are untelated to the objective criteria that define the group).
- A.
Discrimination
- B.
Prejudice
- C.
Stereotype
- D.
Out-group
- 3.Seeing members of the out-group as much more similar to one another than the members of one's in-group.
- A.
Out-group homogeneity effect
- B.
In-group bias
- C.
Cognitive dissonance
- 4.Unpleasant state of psychological tension or arousal that occurs when two thoughts or perceptions are inconsistent; it typically results from the awareness that attitudes and behaviour are in conflict.
- A.
Foot-in-the-door technique
- B.
Out-group bias
- C.
Cognitive dissonance
- 5.Any behaviour that helps another, whether the underlying motive is selfless or selfserving.
- A.
Altruism
- B.
Prosocial behaviour
- C.
Foot-in-the-mouth technique
- D.
Bystander Effect
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