Question 1

What is a group in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Two or more people who interact in some way

Question 2

What are norms in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Expectations about how someone should behave

Question 3

What are roles in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Positions within a group, governed by norms

Question 4

What are relations in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Patterns of interaction between group members

Question 5

What is social facilitation?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of people to perform simple tasks and tasks they've studied better in front of an audience

(especially in front of people you know)

Question 6

Who was Kitty Genovese?

Accepted Answer

A young woman in NYC who was murdered, and is inaccurately used as an example of the bystander effect

Question 7

What is the bystander effect?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of people to not intervene when in a crowd

Question 8

What is diffusion of responsibility?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of people to assume less responsibility in a crowd, as they believe others will do something

Question 9

What is social loafing?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of people to exert less effort in a group, compared to working alone

Question 10

What is groupthink?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of groups to make poor decisions, due to the urge to conform

(individuals may have better ideas, but do not want to speak up as they want to fit in with the group)

Question 11

What is conformity?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of people to mimic the behavior of others in a group

Question 12

What is the Asch conformity experiment?

Accepted Answer

A study in conformity where participants were asked about the length of a line

Participants would often give the wrong answer, only if the group also gave that wrong answer

Question 13

What is obedience in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

The act of individuals following an authority figure, even if it goes against their personal values

Question 14

What is compliance in social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Changing one's behavior due to the requests of another person

Question 15

What is the Milgram experiment?

Accepted Answer

An experiment where participants demonstrated obedience to authority

Participants administered (fake) dangerous shocks to another person, whenever that person gave a wrong answer

Question 16

What is the self-fulfilling prophecy?

Accepted Answer

When a person causes a prediction to become true, due to the fact that they expect it to become true

Question 17

What is the Pygmalion effect?

Accepted Answer

Phenomenon where believing you are talented at something makes you better at that thing

Question 18

What is deindividuation?

Accepted Answer

The loss of self-identity in a group

Often makes people act differently than they would alone

Question 19

What is group polarization?

Accepted Answer

Tendency of groups to make extreme decisions that normal individuals would not make

Question 20

What is a social trap?

Accepted Answer

A situation where people in a group act to meet short term individual gains, rather than prioritize the needs of the group

Question 21

What is autonomic mimicry?

Accepted Answer

Tendency to unconsciously imitate the expressions, postures, and voice tones of people around us

Question 22

What is normative social influence?

Accepted Answer

Conformity based on the desire to fit in with others

(smoking because all of your friends are smoking)

Question 23

What is informational social influence?

Accepted Answer

Conformity based on a desire to look right - looking to others who may have more information than you

(if everyone in the class gives the same answer, you feel pressured to give the same answer)

Question 24

What is out-group homogeneity bias?

Accepted Answer

Tendency to view people outside of our groups as being more similar than they really are

(if you are a soccer player, you may view other soccer players as very unique, but you may view football players as all being the same)

Groups, AP Psychology Flashcards