Quiz 8: Social Psychology

• cognitive dissonance


  mismatch between behavior and affect that causes discomfort
• factors that can influence the bystander effect

  number of witnesses, presence of authority figures in the area, social norms, personality of bystanders
• just-world belief


  the world is a just and fair place where people get what they deserve
• group-serving bias


  attribute success of group to dispositional factors but failure of group to situational factors
• self-serving bias


  attribute personal success to dispositional factors but personal failure to situational factors
• correspondence bias


  tendency to view behavior as the result of disposition, even when it can be explained by the situation in which it occurs