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17 Cards in this Set
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Attribution Theory |
A theory that supposes that one attempts to understand the behavior of others by attributing feelings, beliefs, and intentions to them. |
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Personal Disposition |
A person’s true character, attitude and outlook |
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Situation |
A person's character, attitude, and outlook when changed by the situation they are in |
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Self-Serving Bias |
People's tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors. |
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Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon |
A compliance tactic that involves getting a person to agree to a large request by first setting them up by having that person agree to a modest request. |
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Role Playing |
The acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciousl |
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Cognitive Dissonance |
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change. |
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Social Influence |
The change in behavior that one person causes in another, intentionally or unintentionally, as a result of the way the changed person perceives themselves in relationship to the influencer, other people and society in general. |
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Conformity and Obediance |
Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards. |
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Social Facilitation |
The tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when in the presence of other people. |
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Social Loafing |
The phenomenon of people exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone. |
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Deindividuation |
A concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups |
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Group Polarization |
The tendency forgroups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. |
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Groupthink |
The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility. |
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How to become an everyday hero |
Don't discriminate against anyone and simply help who needs help |
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Self Fulfilling Prophecy |
A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true |
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Minority Influence |
When a member of a minority group, like an individual, influences a majority to accept the minority's beliefs or behavior. |
