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Milgram's Study, Cooperation, Cognitive Element, Altruism, Prejudice, Fundamental Attribution Error, Saliency Bias, Group Polarization, Informational Social Influence, Social Psychology, Cognitive Dissonance, Empathy Altruism Hypothesis, Norms, Obedience, Egoistic Model, Romantic Love, Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis, Interpersonal Attraction, Deindividualization, Companionate Love, Attributions, Diffusion of Responsibility, Group Think, Conformity, Attitudes, Discrimination, Fundamental Attribution,

1. The act of following a direct command, usually from an authority figure. Can be decreased by holding people individually responsible for their own behavior.

2. A group's movement toward either riskier or more conservative behavior depending on the members' initial dominant tendencies.

3. Misjudgment of others' behavior as stemming from internal dispositions rather than external situational causes.

4. The study of how other people influence a person's thoughts feelings and actions.

5. The belief that helping others is truly selfless and motivated out of our concern for others.

6. A love between couples based on an intense attraction and excitement, but largely based on illusion and which is short lived.

7. Positive feelings toward another, which is influenced by similarity, culture, and exposure.

8. A tendency to feel less self conscious, less inhibited, and less personally responsible as a member of a group rather than when you are alone. due to a sense of anonymity.

9. Explanations for events or behaviors that make us feel safer and in control.

10. Faulty decision making that occurs when a highly cohesive group strives for agreement and avoids inconsistent information.

11. Change in behavior due to real or perceived group pressures.

12. Learned predispositions to respond cognitively, affectively, and behaviorally to particular objects in a particular way.

13. A negative action toward an individual based on prejudice.

14. One aspect of attributions based on an assumption that an event or behavior stems from an individual's internal disposition rather than situational factors.

15. We look toward these as people we like and admire in our decision to conform or not to conform.

16. The element of an attitude related to our thoughts or views on a specific topic.

17. Prejudgment. A learned, generally negative attitude directed toward a specific person solely because of their membership in an identified group.

18. An assumption that others have more information than you do, and thus you are more likely to conform to their behavior.

19. Our tendency to focus on a specific behavior because it is more noticeable rather than the situation itself.

20. A feeling of discomfort caused by a discrepancy between an attitude and a behavior or between two attitudes.

21. Expected behaviors that are adhered to by members of a group that often provide order, safety, and predictability.

22. The belief that we help others only for the hope of reciprocation, or because it offers us a positive feeling or reward in exchange.

23. Aversive stimuli creates anger, which for some leads to aggression.

24. A strong, lasting attraction based on admiration, respect, trust, deep caring, and commitment.

25. The dilution, or diffusion, of personal responsibility for acting by spreading responsibility among all the other group members.

26. A method of getting members of different groups to work together toward a goal, which also can reduce prejudice.

27. Actions designed to help others with no obvious benefit to the helper.

28. The electric shock study that showed people's incredible tendency toward obedience, which could be increased by watching others obey.