Social Perception and Behavior Flashcards

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What is attribution theory

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Focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer the causes of other people’s behavior.

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What is dispositional (internal) attribution theory

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Tendency of people to infer causes related to the features of the person who is being considered.

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What is situational (external) attribution theory

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Tendency of people to infer causes related to features of the surroundings or social context.

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What is correspondent inference theory

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Describes attributions made by observing the intentional (especially unexpected) behaviors performed by another person.

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What is fundamental attribution error

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Bias toward making dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions.

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Define stereotypes

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Attitudes and impressions that are made based on limited and superficial information.

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Define self-fulfilling prophecy

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The phenomenon of a stereotype creating an expectation of a particular group, which creates conditions that lead to confirmation of this stereotype.

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Define stereotype threat

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A feeling of anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype.

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Define prejudice

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An irrationally based attitude prior to actual experience.

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Define ethnocentrism

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The practice of making judgments about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture (in-group vs. out-group).

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Define cultural relativism

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Studying social groups and cultures on their own terms.

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Define discrimination

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When prejudicial attitudes cause differences in treatment of a group.

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