AP Psychology / Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality
4.3 Psychology of Social Situations
Notes
- Conformity (Asch), obedience (Milgram), social facilitation and social loafing.
- Groupthink, group polarization, deindividuation.
- Bystander effect (diffusion of responsibility).
- Altruism, social norms, in-group bias.
Practice
Fewer people help in an emergency when many others are around. This is:
Diffusion of responsibility.
Milgram's study showed people's tendency toward:
Following orders.
Members of a group putting in less effort than alone:
Hiding in the crowd.
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