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What is Psicologia Sociale?

The study of how individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

Who is considered the founder of modern social psychology?

Kurt Lewin

What is social cognition?

The study of how people perceive, process, and store information about other people and social situations.

What is social influence?

The process by which individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by real or imagined pressure from others.

What are cognitive dissonance and self-perception theory?

Psychological theories that explain motivation and attitude change.

What is obedience in social psychology?

Compliance with commands or orders from an authority figure.

What is social identity theory?

The theory that individuals define their self-concept based on their membership in social groups.

What is the bystander effect?

The tendency for individuals to be less likely to help in an emergency situation when others are present.

What is the mere exposure effect?

The phenomenon where people develop a preference for things simply because they are familiar with them.

What is attribution theory?

The study of how individuals explain the causes of others' behavior and events.

What is the self-serving bias?

The tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors.

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?

A psychological study conducted in 1971 to investigate the effects of perceived power and authority in a simulated prison environment.

What is social facilitation?

The tendency for people to perform better on simple tasks when in the presence of others.

What is the contact hypothesis?

The theory that intergroup contact can help to reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations.

What is social norms theory?

The theory that individuals' behavior is influenced by perceived social norms.

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