Social Psych Final

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Hostile Agression

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Aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself. (also called affective aggression)

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Instrumental Agression

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Aggression taht is a means to some other end.

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Instinctive Behavior

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An innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a species.

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Frustration-Aggresion Theory

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The theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress.

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Displacement

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The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. Generally, the new target is a safer or more socially acceptable target.

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Relative Deprivation

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The perception that one is less well off than others with whom one compares oneself.

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Social Learning Theory

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The Theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished.

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Catharsis

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Emotional release. The catharsis view of aggression is that aggressive drive is reduced when one "releases" aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing.

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Prosocial Behavior

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Positive, Constructive, helpful, social behavior; the opposite of antisocial behavior.

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Social Scripts

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Culturally provided mental isntructions for how to act in various situations.

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Proximity

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Geographical nearness. Proximity (more precisely, "functional Distance") powerfully predicts liking.

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Mere-Exposure Effect

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The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them.

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Mathcing Phenomenon

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The tendency for men and women to choose as partners thsoe who are a "good match" in attractiveness and other traits.

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Physical Attractiveness Stereotype

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The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well: What is beautiful is good.

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Complementarity

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the popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other.

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Ingratiation

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The use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another favor.

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Reward Theory of Attraction

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The thoery that we like those whose behavior is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events.

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Two Factor Thoery of Emotion

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Arousal X Its Label = Emotion

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Companionate Love

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The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined.

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Secure Attachment

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Attachments rooted in trust and marked by intamacy.

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Preoccupied Attachment

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Attachments marked by a sense of one's own unworthiness and anxiety, ambivilance, and possessiveness.

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Dismissive Attachment

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An avoidant relationship style marked by distrust of others.

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Fearful Attachment

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An avoidant relationship style marked by fear of rejection.

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Equity

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A condition in which the outcomes people recieve from a relationship are proportional to what they contribute to it. Note: equitable outcomes needn't always be equal outcomes.

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Self-Disclosure

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Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.

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Disclosure Reciprocity

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The tendency for one persons intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of a conversational partner.

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Social Exchange Thoery

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The theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one's rewards and minimize one's costs.

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Altruism

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A motive to increase another's welfare without conscious regard for one's self interest.

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Egoism

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A motive (supposedly underlying all behavior) to increase one's own

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Reciprocity Norm

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An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.

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Social Capital

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The mutual support and cooperation enabled by a social network.

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Social Responsibility Norm

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An expectation that people will help those needing help.

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Kin Selection

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The idea that evolution has selected altruism toward one's close relatives to enhance the survival of mutually shared genes.

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Empathy

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The vicarious experience of another's feelings; putting oneself in another's shoes.

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Bystander Effect

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The finding that a person is less likely to provide help when there are other bystanders.

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Door-in-the-face technique

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A strategy for gaining concession. After someone first turns down a large request (the door-in-the-face), the same requester counteroffers with a more reasonable request.

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Moral exclusion

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The perception of certain individuals or groups as outside the boundry within which one applies moral values and rules of fairness. Moral inclusion is regarding others as within one's circle of moral concern.

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Overjustification Effect

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The result of bribing people to do what they already like doing; they may then see their actions as externally controlled rather than intrinsically appealing.

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Misinformation Effect

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Incorporating "misinformation" into one's memory of the event after recieving misleading information about it.

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Reactance

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A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom. REactance arises when someone threatens our freedom of action.