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CHAPTER 13 Flashcards

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social psychology

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is the study of the causes and consequences of sociality
interpersonal behaviour and interpersonal attraction

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aggression

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behaviour whose purpose is to harm another

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frustration-aggression hypothesis

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suggests that animals aggress when their goals are frustrated

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proactive aggression

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aggression that is planned and purposeful

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reactive aggression

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aggression that occurs spontaneously in response to a negative affective state

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cooperation

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behaviour by two or more individuals that leads to mutual benefit

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why is cooperation risky

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prisoner’s dilemma, is dependent on both parities being cooperative then both would get the benefit

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group

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a collection of people who have something in common that distinguishes them from others

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prejudice

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an evaluation of another person based solely on his or her group membership

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common knowledge effect

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the tendency for group discussion to focus on information that all members share

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group polarization

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the tendency fro groups to make decisions that are more extreme than any member would have made alone

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groupthink

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tendency for groups to reach a consensus in order to facilitate interpersonal harmony

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deindividuation

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when immersion in a group causes people to become less concerned with their personal values

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diffusion of responsibility

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the tendency of individuals to feel diminished responsibility of other actions when they are surrounded by others who are acting the same way

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social loafing

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the tendency of people to expend less effort when they are in a group than when they are alone

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bystander intervention

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the act of helping strangers in an emergency situation

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altruism

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intentional behaviour that benefits another at a potential cost to oneself

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kin selection

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the process by which evolution selects individuals who cooperate with their relatives

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reciprocal altruism

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behaviour that benefits another with the expectation that those benefits will be returned in the future

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standards of beauty

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body shape - male triangle, female: hourglass
symmetry - bilaterally
age- large eyes, high eyebrows and small chin - female: young, male- mature

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homophily

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the tendency for people to like others who are similar to themselves

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passionate love

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an experience involving feelings of euphoria, intimacy and intense sexual attraction

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companionate love

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experience involving affection, trust, and concern for a partner’s well-being

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comparison level of alternatives

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the cost-benefit ratio that a person believes he or she could attain in another relationship

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equity
a state of affairs in which the cost-benefit ratios of two partners are roughly equally favourable
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social cognition
the process by which people come to understand others
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category- based inferences
inferences based on information about the categories to which a person belongs
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target- based inferences
inferences based on information about an individual's behaviour
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stereotyping
the process of drawing inferences about individuals based on their category membership
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stereotype content
based on warmth and competence
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categorization leads to ...
reduced perceived variability
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behavioural confirmation
self fulfilling prophecy the tendency of targets to behave as observers expect them to behave
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stereotype threat
the target’s fear of confirming the observer’s negative stereotypes
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perceptual confirmation
the tendency of observers to see what they expect to see
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subtyping
the tendency of observers to think of targets who disconfirm stereotypes as “exceptions to the rule”
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attributions
inferences about the causes of people’s behaviours
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situational attributions
person’s behaviour was caused by some temporary aspect of the situation in which it happened
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dispositional attributions
a person’s behaviour was caused by a relatively enduring tendency to think, feel, or act in a particular way
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correspondence bias
the tendency to make a dispositional attribution when we should instead make a situational attribution
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actor-observer effect
tendency to make situational attributions for our own behaviours while making dispositional attributions for the identical behaviour of others
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social influence
the ability to change or direct another person’s behaviour
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overjustification effect
when a reward decreases a person’s intrinsic motivation to perform a behaviour, less intrinsic motivation (lack of internal reward)
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reactance
the unpleasant feeling that arises when people feel they are being coerced, often people do the opposite thing
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norms
customary standards for behaviour that are widely shared by members of a culture
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norm of reciprocity
an unwritten rule that people should benefit those who have benefited them
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normative influence
another person’s behaviour provides information about what is appropriate- baby looking at mothers reaction
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door in the face technique
an influence strategy that involves getting someone to accept a small request by first getting them to refuse a large request. (I'm pregnant... sike, just a bad grade)
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conformity
the tendency to do what others do, and it results in part from normative influence.
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obedience
tendency to do what authorities tell us to do
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attitude
an enduring positive or negative evaluation of a stimulus
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belief
an enduring piece of knowledge about a stimulus
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informational influence
another person’s behaviour provides information about what is good or true- a group of people looking up after on person starts
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persuasion
a person’s attitudes or beliefs are influenced by a communication from another person
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systematic persuasion
the process by which attitudes or beliefs are changed by appeals to reason, logic and reason
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heuristic persuasion
the process by which attitudes or beliefs are changed by appeals to habit or emotion habit and emotion
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foot-in-the-door technique
smaller request followed by a larger one
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cognitive dissonance
an unpleasant state that arises when a person recognizes the inconsistency of his or her actions, attitudes, or beliefs

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