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attributions

inferences people make about the causes of events & their own/others' behaviors

better than average effect

tendency for people to underestimate commonality of desirable traits & overestimate their own uniqueness

collective identity

form of identity that recognizes our belonging to social categories (ex. religion, culture, ethnicity

correspondence bias

fundamental attribution error




tendency to explain behaviors of others using internal attributions & explain own behaviors using external attributions

cultural identity

person's psychological membership in distinct culture (where they see themselves as member of whatever culture they're in)

cultural reaffirmation effect

higher value placed on traditional values in immigrant groups compared to original cultural group

dispositional attributions

attributions about people's internal characteristics, traits, or personality

ethnic identity

person's psychological membership in distinct ethnic group

external attributions

external locus of control;

situational attributions; attributions that locate cause of behavior outside of individual (ex. other people, God, luck, etc.)

identity

way person understands themselves & is recognized by others; universal but influenced by culture

identity denial

when person isn't recognized as member of group to which they identify

independent construal of self

sense of self that views self as bounded entity separated from others (island)

interdependent construal of self

sense of self that views self as connected to others, flexible & contingent on context

internal attributions

dispositional attributions; attributions that specify cause of behavior as within person; internal locus of control

mutual self - enhancement

indirect way of seeking compliments between close partners

personal identity

form of identity characterized by qualities/attributes that distinguish oneself from others

racial identity

person's psychological membership in distinct racial group

relational identity

identity referring to our qualities of ourselves in relation to others (ex. friendly, sociable, caring)

self - concept

idea/images that person has about themselves & how/why they behave way that they do

self - effacement

tendency to downplay one's virtues

self - enhancement

collection of psychological processes that person uses to maintain/enhance their self - esteem

self - esteem

cognitive & affective evaluations we make about ourselves

self - serving bias

bias where people tend to attribute good deeds/actions to themselves & bad deeds/actions to environment/others

situational dispositions

external attributions; attributions based on situation/context

tactical self - enhancement

idea that people self - enhance based on values their culture places emphasis on (ex. americans self - enhance on individualistic traits)

terror management theory

suggests that humans are only animals aware that we're going to die eventually & are terrified of death

multicultural identity

person who has multiple cultural identities; influenced by globalization, immigration, etc.

process of developing multicultural identity

5 steps; assimilation, acculturation, alternation, multiculturalism, & fusion

assimilation

person embraces dominant culture

acculturation

bicultural, often involves code switching (switching back & forth between home language & new culture's language)

alternation

person changes identity based on situation

multiculturalism

person forms distinct, positive identity

fusion

person forms identity that combines cultures

cultural reaffirmation effect

higher value of traditional values in

what area of the brain is self represented in?

ventral medial prefrontal cortex

specific content of any person's/group's identity is . . .

culturally determined

identities are . . .

universal

cultural frame switching

when bicultural individuals switch between cultural identities based on the situation; same as alternation

how do bicultural people differ from natives monocultural people?

tend to endorse native values more so than people who have never left that culture

matsumoto study

supported idea of cultural reaffirmation; Japanese American people endorsed collectivism more than Japanese

jones & harris study of attributions

subjects asked to determine if writer had pro - castro attitudes from pro - castro essay they'd written (even though they were told that person was assigned to write on that prompt)