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16 Cards in this Set
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What is the use of a DEFENSIVE ATTRIBUTION?
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An ATTRIBUTION OF CAUSALITY develops to RELIEVE ONE'S ANXIETY.
DEFENSIVE ATTRIBUTION |
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Describe PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE.
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It is the tendency to do the opposite of what you are asked to do, especially when the request seems to be threatening your personal freedom.
PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE |
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What is the AVAILABILITY BIAS?
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THE TENDENCY TO ESTIMATE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AN EVENT BASED ON WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND QUICKLY OR EASILY.
AVAILABILITY BIAS |
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What did R. Martin (1978) propose and indicated as important in social power for the success of mental health consultation?
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EXPERT and REFERENT power are most important for consultation success
What R. Martin proposed as being important in successful mental health consultation. |
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Describe COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY.
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If you have two incompatible cognitions, you experience dissonance, which you attempt to relieve by either changing one of your cognitions or adding dissonance-reducing cognitions.
Cognitive Dissonance theory predicts that an individual who performs a difficult task without sufficient justification attempts to relieve dissonance by fabricating a justification. |
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What was found in the STUDIES ON CROWDING AND GENDER?
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CROWDED SITUATIONS:
Females utilize LESS effective coping strategies than males. CROWDING AND GENDER |
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What happens during a SELF-SERVING BIAS?
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A person attributes:
+ OUTCOMES to INTERNAL(dispositional) factors and - OUTCOMES to EXTERNAL(situational) factors. SELF-SERVING BIAS |
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Describe the HALO BIAS.
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Occurs when a person's status or performance on one dimension affects how a rater rates him/her on all other dimensions.
HALO BIAS |
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Describe the CONFIRMATION BIAS.
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Believe and PAY ATTENTION to experiences that SUPPORT OUR VIEWS and IGNORE experiences that discredit them.
CONFIRMATION BIAS |
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Describe COGNITIVE CONSISTENCY BIAS.
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Behaviors that are INCONSISTENT with an ESTABLISHED ATTITUDE are likely to be CHANGED.
COGNITIVE CONSISTENCY BIAS |
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WHAT WAS MISCHEL'S THEORY OF "CONSISTENCY PARADOX" ABOUT?
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It views apparent INCONSISTENCIES IN BEHAVIOR across situations as the result of an INTERACTION between RELATIVELY STABLE PERSONALITY DISPOSITIONS, COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE PROCESSES, and SITUATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
BEHAVIOR IS QUITE VARIABLE AND NOT REALLY STABLE OVER DIFF SITUATIONS MISCHEL'S THEORY OF "CONSISTENCY PARADOX" |
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Studies on GENDER AND CROWDING
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WOMEN DO BETTER IN LAB SETTINGS
MEN DO BETTER IN NATURALISTIC SETTINGS Studies on GENDER AND CROWDING |
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Describe the SELF-VERIFICATION THEORY.
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PPL W/ DEPRESSION AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM LIKE TO HEAR OTHERS/PEERS, SUPPORT THEIR NEGATIVE SELF-EVALUATIONS.
SELF-VERIFICATION THEORY |
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What was the ROBBER CAVE STUDY about?
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COMPETITION AND COOPERATION
ROBBER CAVE STUDY |
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CROWDING
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-MEN ARE AFFECTED MORE ADVERSELY
-CHILDREN LESS AFFECTED -TOO MUCH LEADS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS -PEOPLE DON'T DISCLOSE IN CROWDED SITUATIONS |
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Describe MALMUTH'S CONFLUENCE MODEL.
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AKA the INTERACTION MODEL, SEXUAL AGGRESSION is the result of the CONVERGENCE of 2 MAJOR CONSTELLATIONS or PATHS –
1. HOSTILE MASCULINITY PATH and 2. PROMISCUOUS-IMPERSONAL SEX PATH Describe MALMUTH'S CONFLUENCE MODEL. |