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19 Cards in this Set
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a person's complexes of beliefs and feelings about specific ideas, situations, or other people
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attitudes
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what are the 3 components of attitudes?
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cognition, affect, and intention
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the knowledge a person presumes to have about something
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cognition
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feelings toward something
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affect
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a component of an attitude that guides a person's behavior
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intention
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the anxiety a person experiences when simultaneously possessing 2 sets of knowledge or perceptions that are contradictory or incongruent
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cognitive dissonance
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the process of selecting and organizing sensations to provide a meaningful experience to the individual
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perception
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what are the 3 components of person perception?
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characteristics of the perceived person, the perceiver, and the situation
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the process of screening out information that we are uncomfortable with or that contradicts our beliefs
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selective perception
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the process of categorizing or labeling people on the basis of a single attribute
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sterotyping
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suggests that we attribute causes to behavior based on our observations of certain characteristics of that behavior (we attempt to explain why people behave as they do)
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attribution theory
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your preferences for specific modes of conduct and specific states of existence
your judgmental ideas about what is good, right, or desirable influences attitudes, decision, motivation perception and ultimately behavior |
values
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desirable end-states of existence, goals a person would like to achieve in their lifetime
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terminal values
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preferable modes of behavior, means of achieving terminal values
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instrumental values
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the set of distinctive traits and characteristics that can be used to compare and contrast individuals
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personality
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what is personality defined and determined by?
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biological, social, cultural, and situational factors
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what are the big 5 personality traits?
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agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, negative emotionality (neuroticism)
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the Myers-Briggs framework differentiates people in terms of 4 general dimensions:
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sensing, intuiting, judging, and perceiving
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the extent to which people are self-aware, can manage their emotions, can motivate themselves, express empathy for others, and possess social skills
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emotional intelligence (EQ)
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