What term describes the tendency to recall faces of ones own race more accurately than faces of other races?

The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. Also called the cross- race effect and the own- race bias.

The tendency for people to believe the world is Just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people.

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and it’s members.

Frustration-aggression principle

The principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression.

Any act intended to harm someone physically or emotionally.

The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.

The tendency to favor our own group.

“Them”- those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup.

“Us”- people with whom we share a common identity.

An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotypes beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action.

The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision- making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.

The enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.

The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.

Improved performance on simple or well- learned tasks in the presence of others.

Informational Social Influence

Influence resulting from one’s willingness to except others opinions about reality.

Normative Social Influence

Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval.

Adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

Confirming to nonconformity

Are these students asserting their individuality or identifying themselves with others of the same microculture?

Cognitive dissonance theory

The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when we become aware that our attitudes and our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes.

A set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave.

Foot- in- the door Phenomenon

The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.

Occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts.

Peripheral Route Persuasion

Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speakers attractiveness.

Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose is to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.

Fundamental attribution error

The tendency for observers, when analyzing others behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.

The theory that we explain someone’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition.

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

Graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension- reduction- strategy designed to decrease international tensions.

Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation.

A belief that leads to its own fulfillment

Mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side is evil and aggressive.

A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each pursuing their self-interest rather than the good of the group, become caught in mutually destructive behavior.

A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas

Social- responsibility norm

And expectation that people will help those needing their help.

Expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have help them.

The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs.

The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present.

Unselfish regard for the welfare of others.

The act of revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.

A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it.

The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined.

An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them.

Culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations.

What term describes the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races?

Is the tendency to recall faces of one's own race?

What is cross

Why is the other