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____includes hairstyles, foods, and the design of

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Material culture

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__is specific to social thoughts and ideas, such as values

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Non-material culture

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A socially defined concept referring to whether a large social group identified with each other based on culture

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Ethnicity

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The potential reproductive capacity of a female in a population

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Fecundity

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Poverty that is due to circumstantial conditions such as a lack of stable employment

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Marginal poverty

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An inability to meet the average standard of living within a society

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Relative poverty

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This hypothesis asserts that people understand their world through language and that language, in turn, shapes how people experience the world

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis/ Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

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The potential for social networks to allow for upward social mobility

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Social capital

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The study of the distribution of health and disease across a population using social concepts to explain patterns of health and illness

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Social epidemiology

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Poverty due to structural effects such as systemic oppression or lack of infrastructure and reliable social institutions

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Structural poverty

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A culture’s standard for evaluating what is good or bad

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Values

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The tendency to blame our actions on the situation and blame the actions of others on their personalities

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Actor-observer bias

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A theory that attempts to explain behavior by attributing it to either internal or external causes

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Attribution theory

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People who share similar characteristics but are not otherwise linked as a group

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Category

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Organizations in which members do not have a choice in joining

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Coercive organizations

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Judging another culture based on its own cultural standards

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Cultural relativism

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Unjust TREATMENT of a group, based on group characteristics

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Discrimination

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Model that explains whether the content of an argument or some more superficial attribute is more likely to cause persuasion

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Elaboration likelihood model

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The tendency to judge PEOPLE from another culture by the standards of one’s own culture

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Ethnocentrism

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Norms that are more informal, yet shape everyday behavior

styles of dress, ways of greeting

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Folkways

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This principle suggests that when someone is blocked from achieving a goal, this frustration can trigger anger, which can lead to aggression

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Frustration-aggression principle

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The tendency to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of a person’s character or personality on their behavior

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Fundamental attribution error

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The phenomenon where groups tend to intensify the preexisting views of their members until the average view is more extreme than it initially was

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Group polarization

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A phenomenon in which the desire for group harmony results in an easy consensus, even if the final decision is not the best one

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Group think

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A tendency to believe that people have inherently good or bad natures, rather than looking at individual characteristics

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Halo effect

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Tendency to believe that an event was predictable AFTER it has already occurred

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Hindsight bias

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A psychological perspective that emphasizes an individual’s inherent drive toward self-actualization

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Humanistic psychology

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Constructed out of experiences,expectations, and role models; the person one wishes to be

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Ideal self

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The process whereby people attempt to manage their images by influencing others perception

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Impression management/ self-presentation

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A theory that suggests that cooperation among organisms promotes genetic success

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Inclusive fitness

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The emotional result when the real self falls short of the ideal self

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Incongruity

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The process of complying to do the right thing because “others know something we don’t know”

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Informational social influence

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The ability to learn from experience, problem-solve, and adapt to new situations

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Intelligence

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The tendency to believe that the world is fair and people get what they deserve

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Just world phenomenon

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Sociological theory that investigates key events in a person’s life and how they unfold over time and lead to a person’s development

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Life course perspective

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The idea that a person’s sense of self develops from interpersonal interactions with others in society and the perceptions of others

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Looking Glass self

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The status that dominates other statuses and determines an individual’s position in society

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Master status

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When dissenting opinions are prevented from permeating a group by filtering out information that goes against group beliefs

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Mindguarding

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The phenomenon where people develop preference for things because they have been exposed to them

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Mere exposure effect

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Norms that are highly important for the benefit of society and so are often strictly enforced

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Mores

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A perspective that endorses equal standing for all cultural traditions

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Multiculturalism (pluralism)

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When the motivation for compliance is a desire for the approval of others and to avoid rejection

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Normative social influence

43
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An organization where membership is based on morally relevant goals

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Normative organization

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The visible and invisible rules of social conduct within a society

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Norms

45
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A large group, more impersonal than a network, that comes together to pursue particular activities and meet goals efficiently

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Organization

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Cognitive route of persuasion that involves more superficial or secondary characteristics

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Peripheral route

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A distinct sense of self, including personally-defined attributes

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Personal identity

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THOUGHTS ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS someone holds about a group that are based on a prejudgement or biased thinking about a group and its members

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Prejudice

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Occurs when we assume others have the same beliefs we do, due to our tendency to look for similarities between ourselves and others

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Projection bias

50
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Occurs when there is a conflict in society’s expectations for multiple statuses held by the same person
(example: being male and being a nurse)

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Role conflict

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The process of disengaging from a role that has become closely tied to one’s self-identity to take on a new role

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Role exit

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Occurs when a single status results in conflicting expectations

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Role strain

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The sum of a individuals knowledge and understanding of his or herself

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Self-concept

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Awareness of one’s self

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Self-consciousness

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The belief in one’s own competence and effectiveness

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Self-efficacy

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One’s overall self-evaluation of one’s self-worth

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Self-esteem

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When stereotypes lead a person to behave in such a way as to affirm the original stereotype

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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A strategy in which people create obstacles and excuses to avoid self-blame when they do poorly

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Self-handicapping

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The beliefs and ideas people have about themselves

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Self-schemas

60
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The tendency to attribute our successes to ourselves and our failures to others or the external environment

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Self-serving bias

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Social psychology theory that individuals wish to be understood in terms of their deeply held beliefs in a way that is consistent with their self-concept

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Self verification

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The idea that the mind and self emerge through the process of communicating with others

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Social behaviorism

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The ability of the brain to store and process information regarding social perception

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Social cognition

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According to this perspective, personality is formed by a reciprocal interaction among behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors

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Social cognitive perspective

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The phenomenon that describes how people tend to perform simple, well-learned tasks better when other people are present, while difficult, novel tasks are performed poorly in front of others

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Social facilitation effect

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The social definitions of self, including race, religion, gender, occupation, and the like

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Social identity

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A web of social relationships including those in which a person is directly linked as well as indirectly connected people

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Social network

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The ability to understand others in our social world

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Social perception

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The process through which people learn to be proficient members of society

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Socialization

70
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Expectations for people of a given social status

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Social roles

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The perception that one is cared for and part of a social network; supportive resources can be tangible or emotional

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Social support

72
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Oversimplified ideas about groups of people, based on characteristics

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Stereotypes

73
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Refers to a self-fulfilling fear that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

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Stereotype threat

74
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Extreme disapproval of a person or group based on the person or groups actual or perceived deviance from society

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Stigma

75
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An organization in which members get paid for their efforts, such as businesses

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Utilitarian organization

76
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This type of therapy uses conditioning to shape a client’s behavior in the desired direction

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Behavioral therapy

77
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The perspective that personality is a result of learned behavior patterns based on the environment

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Behaviorism

78
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A type of therapy that addresses thoughts and behaviors that are maladaptive by using goal-oriented and systematic techniques

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

79
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A theory that explains that we feel tension whenever we hold two thoughts that are incompatible

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Cognitive dissonance theory

80
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According to psychoanalytic theory, the death instinct drives aggressive behaviors fueled by unconscious wish to die or to hurt oneself or others

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Death instinct

81
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According to Freuid’s psychoanalytic theory, the ego is ruled by the reality principle, and uses logical thinking and planning to control consciousness

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Ego

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Mechanisms developed to cope with anxiety and protect the ego, in a way that unconsciously denies or distorts reality

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Ego defense mechanisms

83
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Is the source of energy and instinct that seeks to gain pleasure

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Id

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A theory that suggests that incentives (objects that either induce or discourage behaviors) motivate human behavior

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Incentive theory

85
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Behaviors that are unlearned and present in fixed patterns throughout a species

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Instinct

86
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When people modify their attitudes to match their behaviors, specifically those involving effort

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Justification of effort

87
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The life instinct, which drives behaviors focused on survival, growth, creativity, pain avoidance, and seeking pleasure

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Libido

88
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A disagreement about the degree to which a person’s reaction in a given situation is due to their personality or is due to the situation itself

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Person-Situation controversy

89
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The nuanced and complex individual pattern of thinking, feeling, and behavior associated with each person

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Personality

90
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A generally stable predisposition toward a certain behavior

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Personality trait

91
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The idea that an attitude affects a person’s aggregate or average behavior, but cannot necessarily predict each isolated act

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Principle of aggregation

92
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According to this theory, personality is shaped by a person’s unconscious thoughts,feelings and memories

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Psychoanalytic theory

93
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This therapy approach helps a patient become aware of his or her unconscious sources for emotional issues and conflicts that are causing difficulties

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Psychoanalytic therapy

94
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According to humanistic psychology, individuals have an innate drive to realize their human potential

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Self-actualization

95
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According to this perspective, personality is formed by a reciprocal interaction among behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors

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Social cognitive perspective

96
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According to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the __ inhibits the id and influences the ego to follow moralistic rather than realistic goals

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Superego

97
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Internal stable, and enduring aspects of personality that should be consistent across most situations

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Trait

98
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Law that asserts that a moderate level of arousal creates optimal performance. Too little arousal leads to complacency and too much arousal can be overwhelming.

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

99
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refers to the phenomenon where cultures take time to catch up with technological innovations

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cultural lag

100
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increased electrical conductivity of the skin is a physiological indication of

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Sympathetic activation

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