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40 Cards in this Set
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Personal Disclosure
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revealing too much too soon leads to negative impression
- cultural differences also determine disclosure |
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Impressions as social schemas
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mental image representation that we use to understand social environment
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Sterotyping
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generalized beliefs about characteristics. may be positive or negaative attributes
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Self Fulfilling prophecies
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Expectation that brings about the expected outcome. mirror effect- richard- can lead to underperformance in schools
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How improtant are first impressions
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May be lasting impressions
impressions may also become self fulfilling prophecies |
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What is an attribution
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assumption about causes of behavior or events
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Disposition causes
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internal characteristcs
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Situational causes
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Due to external or environmental events
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Fundamental attribution error
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tendancy to attribute behavior to internal cause w/out regard to situational influences
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Actor-observer effect
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blame poor activity on external causes for self where as for somone else we would think they ahave an internal problem
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Self serving bias
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take credit for accomplishments explain away our failures or disappointments
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Source of attitutes
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parents teachers peers personal experiences media... yadda ya
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Relationship between attitude and behavior
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may hold favorable attitudes toward environmental issues but still purchase a high performace car that guzzles gas
- linked when attitudes are more stable, held with greater confidence or certainty, or when they relat |
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What is the elaboration likelihood model (ELM)
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Theoritical model that has two channels by which persuasive appeals lead to attitude change- central route and a peripheral route
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Source Variables
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credibility, likability, and simliarity
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message varaiable
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presenting both sides of argument is more effective, repetiviness
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Recipeint Variable
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intelligence, self confidence, mood
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Key determination of attraction
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similarity, physical atractiveness proximity and reciprocity
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Influences of helping
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ambiguity of situation
percieved cost diffusion of responsibility similiarity, empathy, facial features, mood and gender |
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DPreducie develops
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prejudice derives from negative group steroypes
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What determines normal/adnormal behavior
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culture society morals
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Psychological disorders are classified by
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DSM- american psychiatric association
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phobias
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irrational or excessive fears objets or situations
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social phobia
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anxiety disorder involving excessive fear of social situations
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panic disorder
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type of anxiety disorder involving repeated episodes of sheer terror called panic attacks
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generailzed anxiety disorder (GAD)
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anxiety disorder involving persistent and generalized anxiety and worry
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Obsessive-complusive disorder (OCD)
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Anxiety disorder involving repeated occurrence of obsession and/or compulsions
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Cause of Anxiety
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prior learning experiences and thinking patterns
biological facotrs-genetic influences and underlying brain abnormalites |
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Dissociative disorders
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class of psychological disorders involving changes in consciousness memor or self identity
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Dissociative identity disorder vs dissociate amnesia
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-mulitpal personality disorder vs loss of memory
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Dissociative amnesia
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attepmts to disconnect one's conscious state from awareness of traumatic expereiences or other psychological pain or other psychological pain
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DID
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split parts of them from consciousness, severe repetive sexual abuse
-very creative children distance themselves psycholocially from abusive situations |
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Somatoform disorders
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hypochodriacs and conversion disorder
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2 major types of mood disorders
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depressive disorder
bipolar disorder mood swings from extreme to severe depression |
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Cause of mood disorders
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biochemcil imbalances in neurotransmitter activity in brain dysfunctional thinkginself directed anger change in reinforcement patters
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Typically higher rick for suicide
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white ment and natie americans
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Risk factors of suicide
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mood disorderes deep feelings of hopelessness
-alcohol and drug use also plays role lack of coping skills/ copycat tendencies |
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disorganized sxhizo
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confused behavior adn disorganized delusions
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cationic schizo
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bizrre movementst psture or grimaces
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paranoid schizo
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apperance of delusional thinking and auditory hallucinations
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