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Social psychology

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The study of how we think influence and relate to each other 

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attribution theory

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Attribute behavior to a persons traits or the situation

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Dispositional attribution

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attributing behavior to a persons traits

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situational attribution

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Attributing behavior to a situation

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fundamental attribution error

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Overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of the situation

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attitude

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Feelings that predispose are reactions to people, events and objects

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persuasion efforts

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-Peripheral
-Central

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Peripheral route

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people influence by incidental cues
ex. The speakers attractiveness.

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Central route

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People influence by evidence in arguments that trigger favorable thoughts

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Foot in the door phenomenon

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When people agree to a small request, they are more likely to later agree to a larger one

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Cognitive dissonance

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Changing beliefs to align with actions

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social facilitation

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Doing better when people watch (things that you are good at)

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Social lofting

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putting forth less effort in a large group

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deindividuation

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losing self/awareness/restrain, and a group
(could make you more likely to cyber bully)

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Group polarization

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Enhancement of beliefs/attitudes when discussed with a like-minded group

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Groupthink

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Harmony in decisions < realistic arguments/alternatives

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normative social influence

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The influence of the social norm
Ex. Holding doors or wanting to fit in

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Informative social influence

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information on how things operate
-Someone telling you how their school works
-Unspoken rule (senior lounge)

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Asch

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Did the line test and tested conformity

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example of conforming in Asch’s experiment

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When people in front say the wrong answer, you say the wrong answer

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chameleon effect

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Change the way you act to replicate those are around you (subconsciously)

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The door in the face affect

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ask for something big then even if you don’t get it, you can get more than you would have
-asked to stay out till three when you want to stay out till one
-Mom says no to three, but it says yes to one 

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situational attribution

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Blame a person based on the situation

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Dispositional attribution

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A person ask away because of their personality

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In group bias

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Thinking your group is better

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Outgroup bias

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having a bad impression of another group because they are like arrival
EX. Louisville versus UK.

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scapegoats

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Blaming someone because it’s easy

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Social control

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The power of the situation on actions

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Personal control

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The power of the person in a situation

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Minority influence

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1 to 2 individual swaying, majorities, by acting confident without a doubt

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Norms

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Excepted/proper behavior

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Prejudice

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unjustifiable (usually negative) opinion about a group

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Ethnocentrism

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Assuming superiority of one’s ethnic group

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prejudice vs. Discrimination.

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prejudice = negative attitude
Discrimination = negative behavior

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Just world phenomenon

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good is rewarded, and evil is punished
EX. Homeless person has done something to be homeless.

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other race affect

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Greater recognition for faces of our own race

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aggression

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Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt

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frustration-aggression principal

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Frustration leads to anger leads to aggression

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Social Scripts

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culturally provided mental files for how to act
EX. TV and movies

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harmful effects of porn

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– Can get addictive
– Can harm relationships
– Promotes, aggressive, sexual tendencies

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Affect of violent video games

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Prime. Brain for violent real life.

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stereotype

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General thought of a group

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The mere exposure effect

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exposed to something enough you start liking it
– People around you

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Social trap

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By pursuing your own interest, the group, as a whole is worse off

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Milgram

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Studied obedience through the shock experiment

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Darley and Latane

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Study the bystander effect through the kitty, Genevieve’s murder

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Zimbardo

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Studying the role you have influencing behavior through the guards and prisoners experiment

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passionate love

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Arouse state of intense positive absorption

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Companionate love

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Deep, affection attachment

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Equity

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Receive in proportion to what they give in a relationship

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self disclosure

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Revealing intimate aspects of yourself

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Altruism

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Bing kind without gain

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social exchange theory

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Exchanging goods/talents

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reciprocacy norm

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The expectation that we should help those who have helped us

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Social responsibility norm

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We should help those who need it

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Mirror image perceptions

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and they are evil, I am a saint

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Self-fulfilling prophecies

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I believe that leads to its own fulfillment

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superordinate goals

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Shared goals only achieved through cooperation

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GRIT

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Getting people to gradually achieve the superordinate goal

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Robbers cave

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The camp experiment that made people come together to accomplish a common goal

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pygmalion effect

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The higher expectations, the better the performance

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conflict

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Incompatibility of actions, beliefs

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Marriage and attribution

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when, in an argument, you attribute the argument to their personality

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vivid case

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an event that can lead to steriotypes

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