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28 Cards in this Set
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Social psychology |
Concerned with the way individuals thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others |
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Person perception |
Forming impressions of others |
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Effects of physical appearance |
We assume attractive people are more friendly, warm, and well adjusted, but there is little relationship. Seen in a positive light Seen as more competent |
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Schemas |
Cognitive structures that guide information processing |
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Social schemas |
Organized clusters of ideas about categories of social events and people |
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Stereotypes |
Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics bc of their membership in a particular group |
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Subjectively in person perception |
We tend to interpret ambiguous behavior as being consistent with our expectations Ex a woman who objects during a meeting might be seen as aggressive, where as a man who objects might be seen as assertive |
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Attributions |
Inferences about the causes of events, others behavior, & our own behavior |
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Internal attributions |
The cause of personal abilities & feelings |
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External attributions |
Ascribe the causes of behavior to situational demands and constraints |
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Fundamental attribution error |
Refers to observers bias in favor of internal attributions in explaining others behaviors Ex why was Bob late to class |
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Defensive attribution |
Is a tendancy to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way Belief in a just world |
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Self serving bias |
Is the tendancy to take credit for the success and deny responsibility for failure |
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Self esteem |
The degree to which we have a positive or negative attitude about ourselves |
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Positive illusions |
Thinking you are better than you really are |
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Self objectification |
The tendency to see oneself as an object in the eyes of others |
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Stereotype threat |
Self-fulfilling fear of being judged on the basis of a negative stereotype about ones group |
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Social comparisons |
Upward vs downward |
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Altruism |
An unselfish interest in helping someone else |
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Egosim |
When people give to someone else in order to ensure reciprocity, gain self esteem, create/maintain a certain. Image, or avoid negative consequences for failing to help |
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Empathy |
When we understand the emotional state of someone else |
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Bystander effect |
The tendancy for an individual who observes an emergency to help less when other people are present |
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Types of aggression |
Hostile- direct response to something Instrumental- premeditated |
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Views of aggression |
Biological-evolutionary, genetic, neurobiological Psychological factors- frustration Sociocultural factors-media violence &gender |
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Matching hypothesis |
Proposes that men and women of approximately equal physical attractiveness are likely to select each other as partners |
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Reciprocity |
Involves liking those who like you |
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Romantic ideals |
How closely our partners match our ideals |
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Sternberg;components of love |
Passion, intamacy, and commitment |
