chap 18 Flashcards
Social psychology
the study of our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by interactions with others
Social cognition
the perception, storage, and retrieval of information about social interactions
Stimulation value
the ability of a person to interest you in or expose you to new ideas and experiences
Utility value
the ability of a person to help another achieve his or her goals
Ego-support value
the ability of a person to provide another person with sympathy, encouragement, and approval
Complementarity
the attraction that develops between opposite types of ppl bc of the ability of one to supply what the other lacks
Primacy Effect
the tendency to form opinions about others based on first impressions
Stereotypes
a set of assumptions about people in a given category summarizing our experience and beliefs about groups of people (schemas for entire groups of people)
Attribution Theory
the process by which we interpret and explain others’ behavior
Fundamental Attribution Error
an inclination to over attribute others’ behavior to internal causes and discount the situational factors contributing to their behavior
Actor-Observer Bias
tendency to attribute one’s own behavior to outside causes but attribute the behavior of others to internal causes
Self-Serving Bias
a tendency to claim success is due to our efforts, while failure is due to circumstances beyond our control
Nonverbal Communication
the process through which messages are conveyed using space, body language, and facial expression
Generational identity
the theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues of different formative experiences
