Social Phyc

Question 1

What theory states that we can explain someone’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons description

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Attribution theory

Question 2

The tendency for observers, when a aliasing another’s behaviors to underestimate the impact of personal description

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Fundamental attribution error

Question 3

Feelings that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects people and events

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Attitude

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Attitude change path in which interesting people focus on arguments and responds with favorable thoughts

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Central roughy to persuasion

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Attitude change path in which people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speeker a attractiveness

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Peripheral route to persuasion

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The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to later comply with a larger one

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Foot in the door phenomenon

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A set of expectations about a social position, defining how those in the position define how those positions ought to behave

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Role

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The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when 2 of our thoughts are inconsistent

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Cognitive dissonance theory

Question 9

We naturally mimic others

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The chameleon effect

Question 10

Adjusting ones behavior or thinking to coincide with a groups standards

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Conformity

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When we are influenced by another person either to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Popularity social influence

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The tendency for people In a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards a common goal than when individually accountable

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Social loafing

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An unjust attitude towards a group and its members

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Prejudice

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Unjust negative behavior towards a group of people

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Discrimination

Question 15

What is the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people, therefore, get what they deserve?

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Just world phenomenon

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People with whom we share a common identity

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In-group

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People perceived as different or apart from your ingroup

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Out group

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The tendency to favor our own group

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Ingroup bias

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

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Scapegoat theory

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Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

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Aggression

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

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Passionate love

Question 22

The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whomever our lives are intertwined

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Compassionate love

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Unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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Altruism

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The tendency for an given bystander to be less likely to give aid if others are present

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Bystander effect

Question 25

When someone weighs the cost and benefits of helping someone, they are demonstrating what?

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Social exchange theory

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An expectation that people will help those who are dependent on them

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Social responsibility norm

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Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation

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Superordinate goals

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

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Social psychology