Social And Personality Psychology

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Actor-Observer Bias

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In causal attributions, the tendency for an observer to overestimate the effects of dispositional factors when making attributions about an actor's behavior but to overestimate the effects of situational factors when making self-attributions

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Bases of Social Power

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French & Raven
coercive, reward, expert, legitimate, referent, informational

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Correspondent Inference Theory

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Attribution Theory that proposes that observers consider 3 factors when making attributions about others: intentionality, number of noncommon effects, behavior's social desirability

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Elaboration Likelihood Model

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Cognitive Theory of attitude change that proposes two informational processing routes- central and peripheral. Central requires greater mental effort and produces more attitude change

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Gain Loss Theory

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Liking is related to the pattern rather than the amount of rewards. People tend to be most attracted to individuals who show increased liking for them and to be least attracted to individuals who show decreasing liking for them

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Principle of Covariation

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Attribution theory that predicts observes make attributions about the behavior of others by considering three types of information: consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency.

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Social Comparison Theory

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Individuals use other (usually similar) people as sources of comparison in order to evaluate their own attitudes and behaviors

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Social Exchange Theory

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A theory of interpersonal relationships that focuses on the role of reciprocity in terms of costs and benefits