Psych Chapter 16

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the scientific discipline that attempts to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of individuals are influenced by others

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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the way we seek to know and understand other persons and events

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SOCIAL PERCEPTION

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the process of integrating various sources of information about a person into an overall judgement

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IMPRESSION FORMATION

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a fixed set of beliefs about people that puts them into categories and doesn't allow for individual variation

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STEROTYPE

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the belief that physically attractive individuals possess socially desirable personality traits and lead happier, more fulfilling lives than less attractive persons do

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PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS STEROTYPE

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attitudes toward members of specific groups that directly or indirectly suggest they deserve an inferior social status

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PREJUDICE

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a negative and/or patronizing action toward members of a specific social group

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DISCRIMINATION

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a theory of prejudice contending that when two groups comete for scarce resources this competition creates a breeding ground for prejudice

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REALISTIC GROUP CONFLICT THEORY

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a pattern of increased hostility toward outgroups, accompanied by increased loyalty to one's ingroup

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ETHNOCENTRISM

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the tension and distress sometimes experienced when interacting with a person from a different social group

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INTERGROUP ANXIETY

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the process by which people use information to make inferences about the causes of behaviors or events

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ATTRIBUTION

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an attribution that locates the cause of an event in factors internal to the person, such as personality traits, moods, attitudes, abilities or effort

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INTERNAL ATTRIBUTION

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an attribution that locates the cause of an event in factors external to the person, such as luck, other people or the situation

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EXTERNAL ATTRIBUTION

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a theory of attribution asserting that people rely on consensus, consistency and distinctiveness information when assigning causes for events

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COVARIATION MODEL

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the tendency to make internal attributions rather than external attributions in explaining the behavior of others

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FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR

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a positive or negative evaluation of an object

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ATTITUDE

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the tendency to develop more positivev feelings toward objects and individuals the more frequently we are exposed to them

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MERE EXPOSURE EFFECT

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the process of consously attempting to change attitudes through the transmission of some message

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PERSUASION

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a theory that there are two ways in which persuasive messages can cause attitude change, each differing in the amount of cognitive effor or elaboration they require

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ELABORATION LIKELIHOOD MODEL

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a feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action inconsistent with one's attitudes

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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

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the exercise of social power by a person or group to change the attitudes or behavior of others in a certain direction

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SOCIAL INFLUENCE

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a yielding to perceived group pressure

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CONFORMITY

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publily acting in accord with a direct request

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COMPLIANCE

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the expectation that one should return a favor or a good deed

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RECIPROCITY NORM

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the performance of an action in response to a direct order

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OBEDIENCE

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any form of behavior that is intended to harm or injure a person, onself or an object

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AGGRESSION

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the intentional use of harmful behavior in order to achieve some other goal

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INSTRUMENTAL AGGRESSION

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the intentional use of harmful behavior with the goal of causing injury or death to the victim

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HOSTILE AGGRESSION

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a belief in which males are socialied to protect their reputation by resporting to violence

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CULTURE OF HONOR

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a theory of aggression stating that aversive events produce negative affect, which stimulates the inclination to aggress

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COGNITIVE-NEOASSOCIATIONIST MODEL

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A situation in which people are inhibited from helping due to a fear or being negatively evaluated by other bystanders if they intervene and it turns out not to be an emergency

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AUDIENCE INHIBITION EFFECT

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the belief that the presence of others in a situation makes one less personally responsible for events that occur in the situation

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DIFFUSION OF RESPONSIBILITY

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the proposition that people are attracted to others who are similar to them in certain characteristics, such as attitudes and physical attractiveness

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MATCHING HYPOTHESIS

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a theory that people desire cognitive consistency, or "balance," in their thoughts, feelings and social relationships

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BALANCE THEORY

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a state of intense longing for union with another that we typically experience most intensely during the early stages of a romantic relationship

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PASSIONATE LOVE

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the affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined

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COMPASIONATE LOVE

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the negative emotional reaction experienced when a real or imagined rival threatens a relationship important to one's self-concept

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JEALOUSY