https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932 Made with a quick smile en-us 2017-04-07 15:16:59 UTC 2025-10-07 11:20:09 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanmor5999 https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165410598 The Attribution Theory- The theory that examines our tendency to make sense of other people's behavior.
Attribution Theory-
-Antecedent- information about person/situation prior to circumstance.
-Attribution- what we believe caused the behavior.
--Personal- blaming the person's character.
--Situational- blaming the circumstance or external factors.
Just-World Phenomenon- assumption that bad things happen to bad people and vice versa.
Fundamental Attribution Error- overemphasizing personal attributes for others and underestimate them for ourselves.
Self-Serving Bias- attribute successes to ourselves and failures to situations.
Attitudes- stable organization to beliefs, feelings, and tendencies toward someone or something.
ABCs of Attitudes-
-Affect- feeling of love, hate, dislike
-Behavior- approach, avoid
-Cognition- beliefs.
Conformity- Changing behavior to match that of the group
Cognitive Dissonance- Attitudes and behaviors inconsistent; we're motivated to decrease this tension.
Obedience- compliance with an explicit demand to change behavior from an authority figure.
Prejudice-
-Intolerant, unfavorable, and rigid attitude toward a group of people
-Can be artificially induced.
Discrimination-
-Actions that deny opportunities and social esteem to an entire group of people.

]]> 2017-04-07 15:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165410598 ethanmor5999 https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165697417 Leon Festinger- Dollar Lie- People who get more money are not afraid to say that an activity is boring whereas people who get less money find the fun in an activity.
Attribution- Fritz Heider-
-How do people make judgements about the causes of behavior?
Harold Kelley's 3 criteria to judge behavior------
--Distinctiveness-How similar is this situation to other situations?
--Consistency-Does individual act similarly in same situation over time?
--Consensus-How do others in the same situation respond.

Compliance- How we respond to a request
-Low-ball technique- When prices appear lower but actually is relatively the same amount reaises sales.
-Foot-in-the-door technique- The tendency for people to comply with a small request and later be more likely to comply a larger request.
-Door-in-the-face technique- a reasonably large request refused will increase the likelihood of a smaller related request being accepted.
-Norm of reciprocity-  fff

Attraction is closely linked to:
Proximity (#1)- Mere Exposure Effect
-Initial Perceptions
-Similarity
-Physical attractiveness
-Reward Theory- max reward min cost
-Reciprocity- We like people who like us

Social Norms- Expected behavior that is adhered to by group members.
-Social Obligations
-Explicit Norms- talked about
-Implicit Norms- not spoken of, typically learn of these through violations.

Social loafing- tendency for people to put forth less effort when working with a group towards a common goal.

-Yes because there is not as much empathy caused by less face-to-face interaction.
-No because they are more accepting of different groups of people.
-No because they are better educated on how to act due to more resources.
-Yes because they are more blunt and bold.
-Yes because they are better educated and feel like they know everything.

Group Influence-
Group Polarization- Discussion with like-minded people strengthens pre-existing beliefs.
Groupthink- thinking or making decisions as a group that discourages individualism and creative thinking.]]> 2017-04-10 15:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165697417 ethanmor5999 https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165909576 Deindividuation- Lower sense of self-awareness in a crowd
Social Facilitation- Improved performance of tasks in the presence of others.
Social Impairment- the opposite of social facilitation. Worse performance.
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis- the view that frustration, or failure to reach a certain desired goal due to circumstance, often leads to aggression.
Altruism- acting with an unselfish regard for others using helping behavior.
Diffusion of responsibility- (Dissecting Research)
Divide and Conquer-
-Milgram
-Asch
-Zimbardo
To help or not to help- Darley and Latane
Normative Conformity- don't want to go against the group
Informative Conformity- based on the information given.]]> 2017-04-11 15:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanmor5999/628iw4i1w932/wish/165909576