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29 Cards in this Set
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Social Cognition
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-mental process and structures we use to make sense of the world
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Schemata
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the way the mind takes info and processes it based on types (guide)
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(Schemata) Self
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why you act a certain way (the way you describe yourself)
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(Schemata) Event
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tells you what to do when in a certain place
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(Schemata) Role
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this is how a (child, officer, doctor) is supposed to act
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(Schemata) Person
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what you think a specific individual is supposed to do (my mom, my friend)
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Relational Schemata
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how we make sense of our relationships
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Relational Forming Theory
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recognizes the way we think of relationships in general, dictate what we see ("mental shortcuts" tell us how we should act)
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Pygmalion Effect
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"self-fulfilling prophecy" what other people's expectations of us are affect how we do things
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Distressful Ideals Hypothesis
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we have expectations of people and they arent met
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Expectancy Violations Theory
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what happens when someone acts in a way we dont expect
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Laissez-faire Family
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children arent really influenced from the outside
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Attributions
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part of how we organize behavior is influenced by past occasions and perceptions
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Internal Attributions
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something within the person we observe (their personality)
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External Attributions
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caused by something outside the person we observe (their situation); used whenever something negative oocurs
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Internal Intent
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was the person's fault, they wanted this to happen
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External Intent
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blame falls on everything else, except the person
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Distinctiveness
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how unique something is
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Low distinctiveness
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something that isnt rare
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High Distinctiveness
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something that is rare
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Consistency
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how frequently this occurs (timeline)
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Consensus
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how other people in a similar situation acted
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Actor-Observer Bias
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when people do things we dont like then thats just how that person is, they have flaws; when a person does something good, we dont give them credit
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Implicit Personality Theory
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we make more general assumptions about people from a limited amount of clues
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Halo Effect
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idea that if we have one characteristic of a person it covers them (ie: if she is pretty, then she must be nice)
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Stereotypes
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stay alive by being passed down through communication through stereotype maintainence
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Being Mindful of Your Perceptions
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think about your preferences and how they affect your views, context of situations and how you see them
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Checking Your Perceptions
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descriptions are different than interpretations; what you see isnt what others see
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Engage in Perception Checking Behaviors
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checking to see what others think
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