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22 Cards in this Set
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social perception
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the study of how we form impressions and make inferences about other people.
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Implicit personality theory
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a type of schema people use to group various personality traits together
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Attribution theory
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a description of the way in which people explain the causes of their own and others behavior.
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covariaton model
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to form attributions we note the presence or absence of poss. causal factors and whether or not the behavior occurs
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Correspondence bias
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the tendency to infer that peoples behavior corresponds to their personality
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Spotlight effect
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the tendency to overestimate the extent to which or actions are salient to others
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defensive attributions
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explanations for behavior that avoid feelings of vulnerability
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unrealistic optimism
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a form of defense attribution wherein people think good things are more likely to happen to them
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self concept
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the content of the self, our knowledge of who we are
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self schemas
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mental structures that people use to organize knowledge of self and what they notice, think about, etc
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self reference effect
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the tendency to remember something better when it applies to the selfq
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interdependent view of the self
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defining oneself in terms of relationships w/ others
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self awareness theory
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the idea that when people think of themselves they evaluate and compare themselves to internal standards
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reasons generated attitude change
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attitude change resulting from thinking about the reasons for ones attitudes
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self perception theory
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the theory that when our attitudes and feelings are uncertain we infer these states by observing our behavior and situation in which it occurs.
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intrinsic motivation
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the desire to engage in an activity b/c we enjoy it
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extrinsic motivation
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the desire to engage in activity for external rewards
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overjustification effect
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the tendency of people to view their behavior as caused by extrinsic motivation, underestimating the intrinsic reasons
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task contingent rewards
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rewards given for performing a task regardless of performance
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two factor theory of emotion
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emotional exp. is result of of physiological arousal and seeking the appropriate explanation
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cog. appraisal theories of emotion
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emotions result from peoples interpretations and explanations of events even without physiological arousal
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impression management
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the attempt by people to get others to see them the way they want to be seen
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