Across |
6. | The tendency to favor our own group |
7. | The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards a common goal |
9. | A social psychologist whose infamous study on obedience changed our understanding on the roots of evil (last name) |
12. | The principle that the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal creates anger, which can lead to aggression |
14. | A form of persuasion; Example - I'm voting for Kennedy because he just looks better |
16. | The tendency for responses on simple or well-learned tasks to strengthen in the presence of others |
19. | The tendency to like something or someone more just by seeing it a lot |
20. | These often fuel prejudice by offering strong examples that reinforce the stereotype; Example - After 9/11, all Muslims were feared to be terrorists |
21. | The loss of judgment that occurs when a desire group harmony overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives |
22. | The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity |
23. | Feelings that predispose us to respond to objects, people and events in a particular way |
24. | The theory that, when confronted with conflicting actions or attitudes, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing one of the attitudes |
28. | An unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
29. | A form of persuasion; Example - I'm voting for Nixon because he had better speaking points |
30. | The phenomenon when people who have first rejected a favor will comply later with a smaller one |
31. | A social psychologist whose infamous study on role-playing, the Stanford Prison Experiments, crossed numerous ethical boundaries |
32. | An unjustified and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members |