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psych unit 9 Flashcards

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social psychology

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the scientific study of how we think about influence and relate to one another

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attribution theory

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theory that we explain someones behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition

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fundimental attribution error

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the tendency for observers when analyzing anothers behabio to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

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attitude

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feelings often influenced by beliefs that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects people or events

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periphreal route persuasion

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occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues
ex: someone who is talking attractivness

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central route persuasion

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occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable throughts

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foot in the door phenomenon

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the tendency fro people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a bigger request

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role

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norms about a social position
ex: females cook

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cognitive dissoance theory

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theory that we act to reduce discomfort we feel when 2 thoughts are inconsistent

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norms

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rules by a society guides behavior of people

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conformity

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adjusting someones behavior or thinking to coincide with a societal standard

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normative social influence

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influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or avoid the opposite

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informational social influence

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influence resulting from ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality

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social facilitation

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stronfer responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

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social loafing

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tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling effects toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

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deindividuation

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loss of self awareness and self restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anomity

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group polarization

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enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

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groupthink

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when we desire for harmony is a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

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culture

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beleifs customs and traditions among people

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prejudice

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preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

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stereotype

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a generalized belief about a group of people

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discrimination

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behaving differently usually unfairly toward the members of a group

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just world phenomenon

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the tendency for people to belive the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and get what they deserve

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ingroup

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people who share common identity

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outgroup

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social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition

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ingroupbias

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tendency to favor our own group

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scapegoat theroy

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theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame for it

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other-race effect

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recall faces of ones OWN race then the faces of other faces

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aggression

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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destory

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frustration-aggression principle

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blocking of an attempt to achieve some goals that creates anger which makes agression

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social script

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culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations

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mere exposure effect

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the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them

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passionate love

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aroused state of intense positive absorption in another usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

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companionate love

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the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom out lves intertwined with

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equity

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condition in which people recieve from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it

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lf-disclosure

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revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

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altruism

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unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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bystander effect

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tendency for bystanders to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

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social exchange theory

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the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs

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reciprocity norm

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expectation that people will help not hurt people who have helped

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social-responsibility norm

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expectation that people will help those dependent upon them

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conflict

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a struggle between two people

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social trap

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rationalizing self interest become caught in mutually destructive behavior

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mirror image perceptions

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views often held by conflcting people as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other are evil

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self fuffiling prophecy

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a velief that leads to ones own fufillmetns

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superordinate goals

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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

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GRIT

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a strategy designed to decrease international tensions

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zimbardo

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people take on the role of what they feel are proper for the situation

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festinger

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cognitive dissonance

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asch

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tendency to go along with vies and actions of others even if you know they are wrong

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milgram

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obedience electrical shocks to incorrect answers learners were paid actors

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darley

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bystander apathy diffusion of responsibility

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latane

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social loafing

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