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Social reality, 28 suicide among, 64–66
Social roles, behavior and, 167–170 Television. See also Mass
Social status. See Status communication
Social trends, tipping points and, 27 elections and, 66
Stanford prison experiment, 10–11 emotional contagion and, 64–66
Statistics, in persuasion, 92–93 harmful effects of, 110–115,
Status 279–283, 291
conformity and, 27, 28–29, 36–37, news programming on, 62–66
45 persuasive effects of, 62–66
credibility and, 77–79 pervasiveness of, 59–60, 66
prejudice and, 332–333 social impact of, 59–61
Stereotypes, 143–145, 311–324. See as source of misinformation,
also Prejudice 110–115
affirmative action and, 318 violence on, 62–63, 111–115, 139,
attributions and, 315–318 279–288
of beauty, 371–372 Terrorism
blaming the victim and, 322–324 cognitive dissonance and, 248–249,
categorization and, 143–145, 266
311–312 fear of, 90–92
definition of, 311 September 11 attack and, 61, 63,
negative consequences of, 312–315 248–249
persistence of, 320 television coverage of, 62–63, 66
pervasiveness of, 312–313 Testimony, eyewitness, 148–151
representative heuristic and, Testing
136–138 fear of rejection and, 381
self-fulfilling prophecy and, 145, stereotype threat and, 320–322
318–320 Testosterone, aggression and,
social identities and, 321–322 267–268
survival benefits of, 311–312, Thanatos, 256
324–325 Tipping points, 27
ultimate attribution error and, Tit-for-tat experiment, 266–267
316–317 Trials
Stereotype threat, 320–322 death qualification procedure and,
Straight talk, 398–399 34–35
Suicides eyewitness testimony in, 148–151
copycat, 64–66 Triangle of love, 391
mass, 3, 189–190, 247–248 Trustworthiness. See Credibility
Summer camp experiment, 327–328, Tylenol poisonings, 64
346–347
Superstitions, 117 Ultimate attribution error, 316–317
Survival benefit Unanimity, conformity and, 23–24
of aggression, 260–263 Urban riots, 271, 273, 274, 288–289
of altruism, 261–262
of categorization, 311–312, Values, internalization of, 37–41
324–325 Variables
dependent, 411
Talent, attraction and, 366–370 independent, 411
Taunting, aggression and, 274–276 Victims
Teenagers. See also Children blaming of, 322–324