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Exam 4 - Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Social cognition

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The thoughts we have about the stimuli in our environment

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Social attribution

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Fundamental attribution error

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Attributing a person’s behavior to what we assume to be their personality rather than external factors

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Self-serving bias

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The tendency to credit successes to internal factors and failures to external factors

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In-group bias / favoritism

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Believing our in-group is better than other groups; and benefitting our in-group through thoughts and/or actions

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Group-serving bias

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Maintaining a positive evaluation of our in-group despite evidence to the contrary

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Social comparison

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Self-evaluation by comparing oneself to others

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Proximity and similarity

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Stereotype

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The assumption that all members of a particular group share certain characteristics or behaviors

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Prejudice

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Negative attitudes resulting from stereotypes

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Discrimination

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Negative action stemming from a stereotype

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ABC method of attitude

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Affective/evaluative component

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Behavioral component

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Cognitive component

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Peripheral route

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A path of attitude change that attempts to intervene on beliefs that are not very strong

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Central route

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A path of attitude change that attempts to intervene on core beliefs

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List the seven principles of social influence.

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____ is the key to long-term behavioral change.

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20
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We make a fundamental attribution error when we…

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Attribute the behavior of others to a personality disposition

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We demonstrate self-serving bias when we…

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Attribute our failures to external factors and our successes to internal factors

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We show in-group favoritism when we…

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Perceive our group to be better than others and allocate more resources/rewards to our in-group

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Group-serving bias occurs when we…

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Maintain a positive evaluation of our in-group despite contradictory evidence

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Social comparison occurs when we…

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Judge ourselves in comparison to others

25
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We are more likely to like individuals who are…

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Similar to us in demographics and attitude

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Physical closeness or proximity provides…

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Opportunities to cultivate a relationship

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Stereotyping occurs when we…

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Ascribe general behaviors, characteristics, and motives to an entire group of individuals

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Discrimination is a negative action stemming from a…

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Stereotype

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An attitude influences…

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Affect, behavior, cognition

30
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Behavior we choose to perform without extrinsic consequences reflects…

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An attitude/value and self-persuasion

31
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Perceived choice enhances…

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Self-persuasion

32
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Perceived choice is greater when…

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Working to achieve success

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