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social psychology
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the study of how peoples thoughts, feelings, and behavior influence, and are influenced by, the behavior of others
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social cognition
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mental processes associated with peoples perceptions of an dreactions to other people
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self concept
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the way one things of oneslef
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self esteem
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the evaluations people make about how worthy they are as human beings
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temporal comparison
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using ones previos performance or characteristics as a basis for judging oneslef in the present
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social comparison
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using other poeple as a basis of comparison for evaluating oneself
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reference groups
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categories of poeple to which people compare themselves
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relative deprivation
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the belief that in comparison to a reference group one is getting less is deserved
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social identity
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the beliefs we hold about the groups to which we belong
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self schemas
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mental representations taht people form of themselves
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social perceptions
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the process through which we people interpret information about others, draw inferences about them, and develop mental representations of them
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self-fulfilling prophecy
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a process through which an initial impression of someone leads that person to behave in accordance with that impression
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attribution
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the process of explaining that causes of peoples behavior, including ones own
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fundamental attribution error
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a bias toward overattributing the behavior of others to internal causes
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actor-observer bias
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the tendency to attribute other peoples behavior to internal causes while attributing ones own behavior (especially erros and failures) to external causes
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attitude
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a predisposition toward a particular cognitive, emotiona, or behavioral reaction to objects
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elaboration likelihood model
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a model suggesting that attitude change can be driven by evaluation of the content of a persuasive message (central route) or by irrelevant persuasion cues (peripheral route)
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cognitive dissonance theory
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a theory asserting that attitude change is driven by efforts to reduce tension caused by inconsistencies between attitudes and behaviors
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self perception theory
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a theory suggesting that attitudes can change as people consider their behavior in certain situations then infer what their attitude must be
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prejudice
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a positive or negative attitude toward an entire group of people
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discrimination
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differential treatment of various gorups, the behavior component of prejudice
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contact hypothesis
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the idea that stereotypes and prejudice toward a group will diminish as contact with the group increases
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matching hypothesis
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the notion that people are most likely to form relationships wiht those who are similar to themselves in physical attractiveness
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