Psyc. Ch 15

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Social Psycology

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the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Attribution Theory

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the theory that we tend to give a casual explanation for someone's behavior, often by ethier cerditing the situation or the person's disposition

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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the tendency for observers when analyzing anothers behavior to underestimate of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

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Attitude

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a belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects people and events

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Foot-in-the-door Phenomon

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the tendency for people who have first to agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

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Role

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a set of expectations about a social position defining how thoes in the position ought to behave

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Cognative Dissonance Theory

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the theory that we act to reduce discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts and inconsistant

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Name an example of Cognative Dissonance Theory

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when awareness of our attitude and of our actions clash

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Conformity

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adjusting ones behavior and thinking to concide with a group's standard

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Normative Social Influence

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influence resulting in a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Informational Social Influence

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Influence resulting from ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality

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Social Facilitation

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Improved performance of tasks in the presents of others; occure with simple tasks

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Social Loafing

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the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

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Deindividuation

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the loss of self awareness and self restraint occuring in group situations that foster arrousal and anonimity

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Group Polarization

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the enhancement of a groups prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group

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Groupthink

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the mode of thinking that occurs when the desirefor harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

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Prejudice

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an unjustifiable towards a group and it's members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings and a predesposition to discriminatory action

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Sterotype

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a generalized belief about a group of people

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Discrimination

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unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group or its members

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Ingroup

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"us" people with whom we share a common identity

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Outgroup

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"them" thoes that are precieved as different or apart from ones ingroup

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Ingroup Bias

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the tendancy to favor ones own group

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Scapegoat Theory

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the theory that prejudice that offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

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Just World Phenomenon

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The tendency of people to believe that the world is just and people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

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Aggression

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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

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Fustration-Aggression principle

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the principle that frustration creates anger which can generate aggression

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Conflict

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a percieved incompatability of actions goals or ideas

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Social Trap

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a situation in which conflicting parties by rationallity pursuing their self interests get caught in mutually destructive behavior

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Mere Exposure Effect

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the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them

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Passionate Love

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an aroused state of intense positive absorbtion in another usually present in the beginning of a love relationship

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Companionship Love

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the deep affectionate attachment we feel for thoes with whom our lives are intertwined

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Equity

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a condition in which people receive from a relationship in porportion to what they give to it

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Self Disclosure

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revealing intimate aspects of ones self to others

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Altruism

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unselfish reguard for the welfare of others

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Bystander Effect

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the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

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Social Exchange Theory

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the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process the aim of which we maximize benefits to minimize the costs

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Superordinate Goals

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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation