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what are intrapersonal topics?

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emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

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what are interpersonal topics

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helping behavior, aggression, prejudice and discrimination, attraction and close relationship, and group processess and intergoup relationships.

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what do social psychologists believe

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they believe that an indiviudal’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by social situations.

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what is situationsism

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the view that our behavior and actions are determined by out immediate enviorment and surroundings

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what is disponsitionism

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the view that our behavior is determined by internal factors

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what is fundamental attribution error

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tendency to overemphasize internal factors as explanations/attributions for the behavior of other people and underestimate the power of the situation

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why do people fail to recognize when a person;s behavior is due to situational variables

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because of fundamental attribution error

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where is fundamental attribution error commonly found?

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in individualistic cultures

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what is actor-observer bias

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phenomen of explaining other people’s behaviors are due to internal factors and our own behaviors are due to situational factors

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what is self serving bias

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tendency of an individual to take credi tby making dispositional or internal attributions for positive outcomes but situational or external attributions for negative outcomes

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what is attribution

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a belief about the cause of a result

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what is locus of control

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internal vs external

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what is stabilty

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extent to which the circumstances are changeable

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what is controllability

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extent to whicih the circumstances can be controlled

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what is just-world hypothesis

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belief that people get the outcomes they deserve

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what is a social role

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a pattern o fbehavior that is expected of a peson in a given setting or group

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what is a script

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a person’s knoweldge about the experience fo events expected in a specific setting

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what is attitude

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our evalution of a peson, an idea, or an object

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what are the 3 components of attitude

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affective, behavioral, cognitive

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what is the affective componenet of attitude

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the emotions or feelings one has towards a certain object

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what is the behavioral component of attitude

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how we act or behave towards an object or subject

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what is the cognitive component of behavior

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how people interpret their attitudes

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what is cognitive dissonance

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psychological discomfort arising from holding two or more inconsistent attitudes, behaviors, or cognitions

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what is an example of cognitive dissonance

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smoking cigarettes even though you know they are bad for you

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how can individuals reduce cognitive dissonance

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changer their behavior, change their belief through rationalization or denial, add a new cognition

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what are the two paths of persusion

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the central route and the peripheral route

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what is the central route of persuasion

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it is logic driven and it is the direct route to persuasion.

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what is the peripheral route of persuasion

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it is the indirect route and it uses perperal cues to associate positivity with the message

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what is the foot-in-the -door technique

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persuader gets a peson to agree to a small favor, only to later request a larger favor

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what is confromity

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the change in a person’s behavior to go along with the group, even if he does not agree witht he group

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what is the asch effect

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the influence of the group majority on an indiviudal’s judgement

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what factors can make a person likely to conform

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the size of the majority, the presence of another dissenter. the public or private nature of the responses.

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what is normative social influence

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people conform to the gorup norm to fit in, to feel good, and to be accepted by the group

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what is informational social influence

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people conform because they believe the gorup is competent and has the correct infromation

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what is obedience

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the change of an indiviuals behavior to comply with a demand by an authority figure

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what is group think

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the modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensus

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what is group polarization

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the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group

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what is social facilition

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occurs when an individual performs better when an audience is watching than when the person does the behavior alone

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what is social loathing

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the exertion of less effor by a peson working together with a group

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what is prejudice

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a negative attitude and feeling toward an individual based soley on one’s membership in particular social group

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what is a stereotype

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a specific belief or assumption about indiviudals based soley on their membership in a group

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what is discirmination

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a negative action toward an individual as a result of one’s membership in a particualr group

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what are in-groups

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a group that we identify with or see ourselves belonging tow

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what are outgroups

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a group that we view as fundamentally different from us

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what is in group bias

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prejudice and discrimination becasue the out-group is percieved as differnt and is less preferred than our in-group

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what is scapegoating

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the act of blaming an uot-group when the in-group experiences frsutration r is blcoked from obtaining a goal

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what is aggression

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seeking to cause harm or pain to another person

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what is hostile aggression

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motivated by feeling of anger with intent to cause pain

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what is instrumental aggression

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motivated by achieving a goal and does not necesarily involve intent to cause pain

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what is evolutionary thoery of aggression

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aggression serves as an evolutionary function

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what is the bystander effect

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phenomennom in which a witness/bystander does not volunteeer to help a viction or person in distress

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what is prosocial behavior

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voluntary behavior with the intent to help other people

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what is altruism

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people’s desire to help others even if the costs outweigh th ebenefits of helping

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what is proximity

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the people with whom you have the most contactsi

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what is simlarity

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people who are similar to us in background, attitudes, and lifestyle

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what is homophli

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the tendency for people to form social networks with others who are similar

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wiaht is reciporicty

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the give and take in relationships.

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what is self disclosure

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the sharing of personal information

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