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Question 1

Social Psychology

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how people thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others

Question 2

Schemas

Answer 2

basic background knowledge that helps us understand new experiences

Question 3

Person Perception

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the process of forming impressions of others

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Subjectivity

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when behavior is ambiguous, people will default to stereotypes for explanation

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Selective Perception

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focus on certain stimuli while ignoring others, especially when contradicting with beliefs and expectations

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Social Categorization

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grouping people into categories

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Attribute

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a quality or feature regarded as an inherent part of something

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Attribution Theory

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we credit peoples behavior to either their personality or the situation

Question 9

Dispositional Attribution

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crediting behavior to traits, feelings, and feelings

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Situational Attribution

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crediting behavior to the environment

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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underestimating the impact of environment and overestimating the impact of personal disposition

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Actor-Observer Bias

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attributing your own behavior of environment but others actions to internal factors

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Self-Serving Bias

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attributing success to internal factors and failure to external factors

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Social Comparison

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evaluating by comparing oneself to others

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Relative Deprivation

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perception of being worse off than those they compare themselves too

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Stereotype

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a generalized belief about a group of people

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Prejudice

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an unjustifiable negative attitude towards a group of people

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Discrimination

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unjustifiable negative behaviors towards a group of people

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Implicit Prejudice

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unconscious biases or attitudes

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Explicit Prejudice

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conscious and openly expressed negative beliefs or attitudes

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Just-World Phenomenon

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belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get

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In-Group

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group a person belongs to

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Out-Group

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group a person does not belong to

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Ethnocentrism

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judging another culture based on the values of your own

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Attitude

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thoughts or feelings that predispose us to react to a situation a certain way

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Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon

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people that have first agreed to a small request are more likely to comply to a larger one

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Door-in-the-Face Phenomenon

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the tendency to comply to a smaller request after first rejecting a larger request

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Elaboration Likelihood Model

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people very in the extent they will scrutinize an argument or position

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Central Route Persuasion

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when interested people focus on the arguments

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Peripheral Route Persuasion

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when people are influenced by unintentional cues

Question 31

Halo Effect

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making a decision based on a single attribute

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Belief Perseverance

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holding a belief even after the bases has been discredited

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Confirmation Bias

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only seeking information that's likely to align with ones beliefs

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Cognitive Dissonance

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tension when our attitudes and behaviors don't align

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Norms

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certain guidelines and expectations for how a person should act in a situation

Question 36

Normative Influence

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influence resulting from the desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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Informative Influence

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influence resulting from the willingness to accept others opinions about reality

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Conformity

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adjusting to fit within a group standard

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Automatic Mimicry

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behavior is contagious

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Social Norms

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cultural guide on how to respond to various situations

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Obedience

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yielding to real or imagined pressure from another

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Individualism

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what's best for you

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Collectivism

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what's best for everybody

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Multiculturalism

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perspective emphasizing the value of diversity and culture interaction

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Diffusion of Responsibility

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believing that because others were present, you are not at fault

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Bystander Effect

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being less likely to give aid when other bystanders are present

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Deindividualization

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loss of self restraint and self awareness when in a group

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Social Loafing

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the tendency to exert less effort when in a group than if alone

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Social Facilitation

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improved performance when in the presence of others

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Social Impairment

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reduced performance when in the presence of others

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False Consensus Effect

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people overestimate the degree to which their feelings are shared

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Group Polarization

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decisions and opinions are more extreme when in a group

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Groupthink

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reasoning when the desire for peace is stronger than realistic appraisal

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Aggression

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physical or verbal behavior meant to cause harm

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Frustration-Aggression Principal

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anger makes you more likely to be aggressive

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Conflict

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incompatibility of actions, goals, ideas, etc

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Approach-Approach Conflict

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choice between desirable options

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Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict

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choice between undesirable options

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Approach-Avoidance Conflict

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choice between options with both desirable and undesirable traits

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Social Trap

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a person or group actively work towards a small-term goal which will have long-term consequences

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Mirror-Image Perceptions

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mutual views held by conflicting people

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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belief in something causes it to become true

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Superordinate Goal

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scared goals that override differences among people and requires cooperation

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Altruism

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unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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Social Exchange Theory

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theory that behavior is an exchange process

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Reciprocity Norm

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expectation that people will help those that help them

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Social Responsibility Norm

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expectation that people will help those in need