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FRQ Terms 2

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conformity
Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group
obedience
Obedience is the act of carrying out the requests or commands of a person of higher status within a social hierarchy
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
The phenomenon is the tendancy for people to comply with some large request after first agreeing to a small request.
groupthink
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
deindividuation
phenomenon in which people engage in seemingly impulsive, deviant, and sometimes violent acts in situations in which they believe they cannot be personally identified (
bystander effect
a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when there are other people present
social facilitation
a psychological concept relating to the tendency for the presence of others to improve a person's performance on a task.
social loafing
the perceived psychological phenomenon that team members do less in a group setting
classical conditioning,
a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus.
stimulus generalization,
Stimulus generalization is the ability to behave in a new situation in a way that has been learned in other similar situations.
stimulus discrimination
is when we learn to respond only to the original stimulus, and not to other similar stimuli
operant conditioning
a method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior.
positive reinforcement
involves the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future.
negative reinforcement
the removal of something negative to strengthen a behavior.
punishment
a consequence that follows an operant response that decreases (or attempts to decrease) the likelihood of that response occurring in the future.
observational learning
method of learning that consists of observing and modeling another individual's behavior, attitudes, or emotional expressions.
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