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social psychology
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systematic study of the nature and causes of human behavior
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core concerns of social psychology
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impact1 individual has on another
impact of groups on individuals impact of individuals on groups impact of groups on groups |
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theory
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set of interrelated propositions that organizes and explains a set of observed phenomena
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middle range theories
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narrow, focused frameworks that identifgy conditions that produce a specific social behavior
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theoretical perspectives
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broader in schop that mrt offer general explanations for wide array of social behaviors in a bariety of situations
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role theory
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roles consist of a set of rules that function as plans or blueprints to guide behavior--a substantial portion of observable day to day social behavior is people carrying out roles
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norms
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rules specifying how a person should behave, what rewards will result for performance and what punishments will result for nonperformance
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reinforcement theory
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social behavior governed by external events--people more likely to engage in behavior if reinforced positively
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a change in behavior is
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a response
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stimulus discrimination
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learns exact conditions under which a response will be reinforced
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social learning theory
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one person can acquire new responses by oberseving behavior of antoher
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social exchange theory
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uses the concept of reinforcement to explain stability and change in relations between individuals
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hedonistic
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maximize rewards and minimize costs
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cognitive theory
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mental activities of an individual are importnatn determinants of social behavior
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cognitive theory was influenced by who and from what movement
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koffka and kohler from gestalt psych movement
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cognitive structure
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any form of oganization among concepts and beliefs
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schemas
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form or basic sketch of what we know
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cognitive consistency
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individuals strive to hole ideas that are consistent iwth one another
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symbolic interaction theory
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stress cognitie processes and place great emphasis on interacton between indivuals in society
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evolutionary theory
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locates teh roots of social behavior in our genes and links psychological and social to biological
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central concept of role theory
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role
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hypothesis
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conjectural statement of relations between 2 or more variables
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internal validity
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free from contamination by exterraneous variables
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external validity
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extent to which causal relationships can be generalized to other popular settings or time periods
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definition of situation
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belief of wahts true
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role partners
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those with status related to ours--student/teacher
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reliability
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extent to which an instrument produces same result each time it is employed to measure a particular construct under given conditions
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way to assess reliability
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test-retest method
split half method--see if responses consistent across items |
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validity
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instrument measures what its intended to measure
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sample
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representative subset
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socialization
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how we acquire the ability to function in society
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developmental perspective of socialization
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socialization dependent on process of phsycial and psychological maturation which are biologically determined
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social learning perspective of socialization
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children aquire cognitive and behavioral skills from environment
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agent of socialization
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source for what is being learned
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a target
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a person being socialized
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instrumental conditioning
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a process wherein a person learns what response to make in a situation in order to obtain a psoitive reinforcement or avoid negative reinforcement
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self reinforcement
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child can judge own work and recieve internal rewards
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