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Cognitive Dissonance
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The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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People's tendency to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics to explain someone else's behavior in a given situation rather than considering external factors two type
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Two Types of Attributions
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Situational
Dispositional |
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Situational attribution
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Influences that stem from the environment our culture in which an individual is found explains individual behavior
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Dispositional Attribution
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Internal characteristics cause behavior
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Central route to persuasion
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Being persuaded by the arguments or the content of the message
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Peripheral route to persuasion
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Being persuaded in a manner that is not based in arguments or content of message
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Social facilitation
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Tendency of people to do better in simple tasks when in the presence of other people
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Social loafing
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Phenomenon of people exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone
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Informational influence
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Where people assume the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation
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Informational influence
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Where people assume the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation
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Normative influence
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The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them
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Informational influence
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Where people assume the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation
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Normative influence
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The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them
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Deindividuation
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The losing of self awareness in groups
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Informational influence
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Where people assume the actions of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior for a given situation
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Normative influence
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The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them
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Deindividuation
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The losing of self awareness in groups
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Things that increase the likelihood of conformity and obedience
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When the person is made to feel incompetent
Group has at least 3 people but is not a huge crowd The rest of the group is unanimous The person admires the group |
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Outgroup
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Those people who do not belong to a specific group
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Outgroup
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Those people who do not belong to a specific group
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Stereotype
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Outgroup
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Those people who do not belong to a specific group
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Stereotype
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
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Hormone responsible for aggression
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Testosterone
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Outgroup
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Those people who do not belong to a specific group
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Stereotype
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
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Hormone responsible for aggression
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Testosterone
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Frustration aggression principle
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Aggression is the result of blocking a person's efforts to attain a goal
Why people scapegoat |
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Prejudice
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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
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Aggression
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Violent behavior or attitudes toward another
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Outgroup
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Those people who do not belong to a specific group
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Stereotype
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
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Hormone responsible for aggression
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Testosterone
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Frustration aggression principle
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Aggression is the result of blocking a person's efforts to attain a goal
Why people scapegoat |
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Types of influences
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Biological
Psychological Social-cultural |
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Group Polarization
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Tendency of groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Medical model
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through hospital treatment
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Medical model
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through hospital treatment
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Lobotomy
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Surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Medical model
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through hospital treatment
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Lobotomy
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Surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness
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Biomedical therapy
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Physiological interventions that focus on the reduction of symptoms associated with psychological disorders
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Medical model
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through hospital treatment
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Lobotomy
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Surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness
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Biomedical therapy
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Physiological interventions that focus on the reduction of symptoms associated with psychological disorders
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Only psychiatrists
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Can prescribe medication
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Bystander Effect
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Individuals do not offer help to a victim when others are present
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Things that decrease the likelihood of helping someone
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Presence of other people
Big city Vague or ambiguous situations When personal costs outweigh the benefits |
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Disorder
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State of confusion
Psychological issue |
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Medical model
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Psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured, often through hospital treatment
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Lobotomy
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Surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness
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Biomedical therapy
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Physiological interventions that focus on the reduction of symptoms associated with psychological disorders
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Only psychiatrists
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Can prescribe medication
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Methods used by Freud in psychotherapy
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Free association
Resistance Transference Interpretation |