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25 Cards in this Set
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Social Influence
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Process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others
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Social Norms
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Rules for expected (or acceptable) behavior
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Norm of reciprocity
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Returning a favor
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Conformity
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Behavior or belief that moves toward a group consensus as a result of real or imagined group pressure
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Sheriff
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Group consensus (norm formation)
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Normative influence
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Conforming to avoid negative social consequences of appearing deviant
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Parametric Studies
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Making changes in the design of the experiment to test the extent of the effect
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Compliance
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Changing behavior in response to direct social pressure
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Stereotypes
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Generalizations about groups that are often applied to individual group members
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Prejudice
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A negative attitude and emotional response toward a group
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Discrimination
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Unfair treatment of an individual due to their representation with a group
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Modern Racism
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People consciously hold egalitarian attitudes while unconsciously having negative attitudes and exhibiting subtle prejudice
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Implicit Association Test
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Measures non-conscious attitudes by comparing reaction times when out-group pictures and positive items are in the same response category versus negative outgroup pictures are in the same category
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Priming
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The experimenter shows the participant a picture right before they must identify words, which can help reveal prejudice
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Realist Group Conflict Theory
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Theory that group conflict, prejudice, and discrimination are likely to arise over groups in competition for limited resources
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Superordinate Goals
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Similar goals
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Motivational Perspective
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Poor intergroup relations can result simply because there are two groups and an us and them opposition results
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Minimal Group Paradigm
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Members of arbitrarily defined groups favor their fellow group members over members of a different group
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Social Identity Theory
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Attempts to explain ingroup favoritism, maintaining that self-esteem is derived in part from group membership and group success
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Cognitive Perspective
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Focuses on stereotypes, which are a form of categorization
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Outgroup Homogeneity Effect
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When people assume that outgroups are more homogeneous than ingroups
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Bias Information Processing
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Seeing aspects of other groups that confirm their own stereotypes and failing to see facts that are inconsistent with them
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
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A person acts toward members of a certain group in ways that encourage the very behavior that they expect
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Paired Distinctiveness
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Attributing illusory properties to such as groups in ways that encourage the very behavior they expect
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Stereotype Threat
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Fear that a person will confirm to others' stereotypes
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