The tendency to take credit for success and deny responsibility for failures is what?

the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to other people.

the tendency for an individual to be less likely to help in an emergency when other people are present.

the area of social psychology that explores how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information

the processes by which we use social stimuli to form impressions of others

a generalization about a group's characteristics that does not consider any variations from one individual to another.

social expectations cause individuals to act in ways that make the expectations come true.

an individual's fast-acting, self-fulfilling fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype about his or her group

people are motivated to discover the underlying causes of their behavior as part of their effort to make sense of that behavior

Fundamental Attribution Error

observers often overestimate the importance of internal traits and underestimate the importance of external situations when they seek explanations of another person's behavior

the tendency to take credit for one's own successes and to deny responsibility for one's own failures

If you do well on an exam, you are likely to take credit for that success (“I'm smart” or “I knew that stuff”)—internal attributions. If you do poorly, however, you are more likely to blame situational factors (“The test was too hard”)—external attributions.

the overestimation of the degree to which everybody else thinks or acts the way we do.

favorable views of oneselves that are not necessarily rooted in reality

the process by which we evaluate our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others.

feeling a sense of accomplishment about getting a B on a test, only to feel deflated when you found out that your friend in the class got an A is an example of what?

an individual's opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas—how we feel about the world.

An individuals the psychological discomfort (dissonance) caused by two inconsistent thoughts

According to this theory, we feel uneasy when we notice an inconsistency between what we believe and what we do.

how behavior influences attitudes, individuals make inferences about their attitudes by observing their behavior.

giving aid to another person with the ultimate goal of benefiting that person, even if it incurs a cost to oneself.

helping another person for personal gain, such as to feel good, or avoid guilt.

Kindness might serve selfish purposes by ensuring that we help another person to increase the chances that the person will return the favor.

a person's feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another. When we feel empathy for someone, we feel what that person is feeling.

social behavior whose objective is to harm someone, either physically or verbally.

physically or verbally harming another person directly.

behavior that is meant to harm the social standing of another person through activities such as gossiping and spreading rumors

Romantic Love Or Passionate Love

love with strong components of sexuality and infatuation, and it often predominates in the early part of a love relationship

Affectionate Love Or Companionate Love

the type of love that occurs when an individual has a deep, caring affection for another person and desires to have that person near.

The view of social relationships as involving an exchange of goods, the objective of which is to minimize costs and maximize benefits.

a change in a person's behavior to coincide more closely with a group standard. 

Informational Social Influence

the influence other people have on us because we want to be right.

Normative Social Influence

the influence others have on us because we want them to like us.

behavior that complies with the explicit demands of the individual in authority. We are obedient when an authority figure demands that we do something, and we do it.

when being part of a group reduces personal identity and erodes the sense of personal responsibility

imitative behavior involving the spread of behavior, emotions, and ideas

an individual's performance improves because of the presence of others

each person's tendency to exert less effort in a group because of reduced accountability for individual effort.

Group Polarization Effect

the solidification and further strengthening of an individual's position as a consequence of a group discussion or interaction.

the way individuals define themselves in terms of their group membership.

social identity is a crucial part of self-image and a valuable source of positive feelings about oneself.

The tendency to favor one's own ethnic group over other groups

an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on the individual's membership in a particular group.

an unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because the person belongs to that group.

When we take credit for our successes but deny our part in failures it is called _____?

A self-serving bias is the common habit of a person taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming outside factors for negative events. This can be affected by age, culture, clinical diagnosis, and more. It tends to occur widely across populations.

What is the tendency of people to attend to and remember what they learned first?

The primacy effect is a cognitive bias and refers to an individual's tendency to better remember the first piece of information they encounter than the information they receive later on.

Which of the following refers to each person's tendency to exert less effort in a group?

Social loafing refers to the concept that people are prone to exert less effort when working collectively as part of a group compared to performing a task alone.

What is the tendency for individuals to not help someone in need if other people are around?

bystander effect, the inhibiting influence of the presence of others on a person's willingness to help someone in need. Research has shown that, even in an emergency, a bystander is less likely to extend help when he or she is in the real or imagined presence of others than when he or she is alone.