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Ch 17 Flashcards

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Need to affiliate

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The desire to associate with other people

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Reciprocity

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A reciprocal exchange of feelings, thoughts, on things between people.

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Self-disclosure

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The process of revealing private thoughts, feelings and ones personal history to others

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Social exchange theory

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A theory that rewards must exceed costs for a relationship to endure

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Comparison level

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A personal standard used to evaluate rewards and cost in a social exchange

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Liking

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A relationship based on intimacy, but lacking passion and commitment

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Companionate love

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A form of love characterized by intimacy and commitment but not passion

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Consummate love

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A form of love characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment

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Mutual absorption

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The nearly exclusive attention lovers give one another

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Ambivalent attachment

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An emotional bond marked by conflicting feelings of affection, anger, and emotional turmoil.

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Empathic arousal

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Emotion that occurs when you feel sone of another person’s pain, fear, or anguish.

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Empathy-helping relationship

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The observation that we are most likely to help someone else when we feel emotions such as empathy and compassion

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Frustration-aggression hypothesis

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The proposition that frustration tends to lead to aggression

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Disinhibition

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The removal of inhibition; results in acting out that which is normally restrained

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Prosocial behavior

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Any behavior that has a positive impact on other people

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Ageism

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Discriminate age

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Heterosexism

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The belief that heterosexuality is better or more natural than homosexuality

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Heterosexual

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Normal people

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Symbolic prejudice

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Prejudice that is expressed in a disguised fashion

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Implicit prejudice

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Unconscious prejudiced thoughts and feelings about members of other groups

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Scapegoating

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Blaming someone for the actions of others

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Displaced aggression

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Redirecting aggression to a target other than the actual source of ones frustration.

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Ethnocentrism

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Placing ones own group or race at the center

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Superordinte goal

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A goal that takes precedence over all others

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Mutual interdependence

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Must depend on one another to achieve goals

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Multiculturalism

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Giving equal status to multiple cultors.

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Individuate get information

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Information that defines a person as an individual and does not confine them to a group

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Just-world beliefs

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The belief that people get what they deserve

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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An expectation that prompts people to act in ways that makes the prophesy/expectation come true

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Ageism

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Discriminate age

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Heterosexism

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The belief that heterosexuality is better or more natural than homosexuality

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Heterosexual

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Normal people

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Symbolic prejudice

A

Prejudice that is expressed in a disguised fashion

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Implicit prejudice

A

Unconscious prejudiced thoughts and feelings about members of other groups

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Scapegoating

A

Blaming someone for the actions of others

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Displaced aggression

A

Redirecting aggression to a target other than the actual source of ones frustration.

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Ethnocentrism

A

Placing ones own group or race at the center

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Superordinte goal

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A goal that takes precedence over all others

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Mutual interdependence

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Must depend on one another to achieve goals

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Multiculturalism

A

Giving equal status to multiple cultors.

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Individuate get information

A

Information that defines a person as an individual and does not confine them to a group

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Just-world beliefs

A

The belief that people get what they deserve

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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An expectation that prompts people to act in ways that makes the prophesy/expectation come true

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