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Social psychology
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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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suggests how we explain someone's behavior - by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition
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Fundamental attribution error
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the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the influence the impact of personal disposition
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Attitude
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feelings, often based on our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events
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Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
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the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger one
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Role
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a set of explanations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
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Cognitive dissonance theory
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the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent.
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