Term paper Psychology of Social Behavior

Social Psych- KEY THEORIES

Introspection-Wundt

Social facilitation-Triplett

Attitude/behavior discrepancy LaPiere (Asian couple study)

Auto kinetic effect-Sherif

Social cognition Learning Theory- Bandura

Self-referent effect

Self-Esteem

Self efficacy

Locus of control

Learned helplessness

Commonsense attributions (Kelly)

Fundamental attribution error

Self serving bias.

Self monitoring- Snyder

Self-fulfilling prophecy- Merton

Teacher expectation effect- Rosenthal

Pygmalion effect

Belief perseverance

Misinformation effect

Counterfactual thinking

Overconfidence bias

Confirmation bias

Heuristics

Availability

Representativeness

Illusory thinking

Illusory correlation

Illusion of control

Self-perception theory

Cognitive dissonance theory

Emotional contagion

Foot in the door technique

Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation

Social Dominance Orientation (sidanius)

Obedience to authority

Social contagion

Chameleon effect

Conformity (Asch)

Elements of persuasion

Primacy effect

Recency effect

Social facilitation

Social loafing

Deindividuation- zimbardo

Groupthink

Group polarization

Symbolic Racism

Modern Racism

Social identity theory

Terror Management Theory

Realistic group Conflict- Sherriff

Superordinate goals- Gaertner Dovidio

Just World Phenomenon

Implicit prejudice

racial micro aggressions- Sue

frustration aggression theory

relative deprivation theory

vicarious learning- Bandura

desensitization

catharsis- Freud

maslows hierarchy of needs

functional distance theory of attraction

spotlight effect

mere exposure effect

reward theory of attraction

equity in relationships

triangle model of love- Sternberg

secure attachment theory

altruism

social exchange theory

reciprocity norm

bystander effect

diffusion of responsibility

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