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15 Cards in this Set
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Social psychology
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The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in regard to other people and how individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people
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Self-Concept
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The sum total of an individual's beliefs about his or her own personal attributes
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Self-Esteem
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An affective component of the self consisting of a person's positive and negative self-evaluations.
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Social comparison theory
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The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others
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Attribution theory
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A group of theories that describe how people explain the causes of behavior.
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Fundamental attribution error
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The tendency to focus on the role of personal causes and underestimate the impact of situations on other people's behavior
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Cognitive dissonance theory
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The theory that holding inconsistent cognitions arouses psychological tension that people become motivated to reduce
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Contact hypothesis
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The theory that direct contact between hostile groups will reduce prejudice under certain conditions.
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Prejudice
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Negative feelings toward persons based on their membership in certain groups
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Mere exposure effect
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The phenomenon whereby the more often people are exposed to a stimulus the more positively they evaluate that stimulus
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Deindividuation
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The loss of a person's sense of individuality and the reduction of normal constraints against deviant behavior
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Conformity
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The tendency to change our perceptions opinions or behavior in ways that are consistent with group norms.
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Compliance
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Changes in behavior that are elicited by direct requests.
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Jigsaw classroom
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A cooperative learning method used to reduce racial prejudice through interaction in group efforts
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Triangular theory of love
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A theory proposing that love has three basic components---intimacy passion and commitment---which can be combined to produce eight subtypes.
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