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interdependent self

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self fundamentally connected to others, key aspect of identity are grounded in relationships, self is fluid, situation-dependent, in-group-outgroup is distinction solid

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independent self

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self derives its identity from inner attributes// self is experienced as distinct from others, self-defining aspects are within the individual, self is bounded and stable, in-group boundaries are relatively permeable

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independent self concept

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self is stable

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entity theory of self

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aspects of the self are resistant to change across one’s life because they are innate

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interdependent self concept

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self is fluid

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incremental theory of self

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aspects of the self are malleable and can be improved because they depend on one’s efforts

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shifting cultivation

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the soil is dug up with a tool similar to a contemporary garden hoe. where shifting cultivation is practiced, women do most of the agricultural work, which involves planting, weeding with their children nearby.

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plow cultivation

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a large animal pulls a plow to turn over the soil. tend to do by men with their greater average muscle mass

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cognitive dissonance

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we have a powerful motivation to be consistent, and the cognitive dissonance is the distressing feeling we have when we observe ourselves behaviour inconsistently, or against our own sense of self-consistency

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dissonance reduction

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a strategy to reduce the dissonance is to change our attitudes so that we no longer appear to be so inconsistent

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subjective self-awareness

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we can consider ourself from the inside out, with the perspective of the subject - the ‘I’ that observes and interacts with the world

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objective self-awareness

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the self can be experienced as the ‘me’[ that is observed and interacted with by others

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incremental theory of self

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represents the belief that a person’s abilities and traits are malleable and can be improved

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entity theory of self

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aspects of the self are resistant to change

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analytic thinking

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characterised by a focus on objects and their attributes

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holistic thinking

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characterised by a focus on the context as a whole

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field independence

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the tendency to separate objects from their background fields

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field dependence

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the tendency to view objects as bound to their backgrounds

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dispositional attributions

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explaining behaviour in terms of a person’s underlying qualitites

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situational attributions

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explaining behaviour in terms of contextual factors

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fundamental attribution error

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tendency to ignore situational information (such as conditions under which the writer wrote) while focusing on dispositional information (the writers assumed attitude )

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naive dialecticism

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a perspective in which events and objects in the world are perceived as interconnected and fluid, leading to the acceptation of contradiction between two opposing beliefs

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high context culture

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people are deeply involved with one another, and they share information that guides their behaviour

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low-context culture

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less involvement among individuals, therefore less shared information to guide behaviour

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whorfian hypothesis of linguistic relativity
(strong hypothesis) language determines how we think -> we are unable to do much thinking on a topic if we don't have the relevant words available to us. (weaker hypothesis) the language we speak influences how we think
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culture cycle
as people engage with the many cultural products that comprise a given local context,, they implicitly acquire frameworks for behaviour in that context
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self-enhancement
the motivation to view oneself positively
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self-esteem
the positivity of your overall evaluation of yourself
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self-serving bias
the tendency for people to exaggerate their positive characteristics
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downward social comparison
comparing your performance with that of someone who is doing even worse, thereby making your grade seem not as bad
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upward social comparison
comparing your performance with someone who is doing better than you are
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compensatory self-enhancement
in which you acknowledge the poor grade you got but then think about your excellency clarinet playing skills
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discounting
reducing the perceived importance of your poor performance
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external attribution
interpreting the reason for your low grade as being caused by something outside yourself
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internal attribution
interpreting the reason as being caused by factors within yourself
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basking in the reflected glory
of a succesful group to which you belong. emphasising our connection to successful other people makes us feel better about ouorselves by sharing in their warm glow
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endowment effevct
the tendency for people to value objects more once they own them, and have endowed them with their own positive qualities
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predestination
the idea that before a person is born, it was predetermined whether he or she would be one of the fortunate 'elect' who would spend eternity in blessed heaven after death or one of the wretched many doomed to burn in hell forever.
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face
the amount of social value others give you if you live up to the standards associated with your position
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self improvement
used to minimie losing face by identifying potential weaknesses and working on correcting them
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prevention orientation
cautious approach to protect oneself from negative outcomes
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promotion orientation
a concern with advancing oneself and aspiring for gains
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incremental theory of the world
holds that our environment is flexible and responsive to our efforts to change things
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entity theory of the world
we see our environment as fixed, and making changes is beyond our control
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primary control
people achieve a sense of primary control by striving to shape existing realities to fit their perceptions, goals, or wishes
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secondary control
attempting to align themselves with existing realities, leaving the circumstances unchanged but exerting control over their psychological impact
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learned helplessness
a person feels powerless and unable to control or avoid unpleasant events, leading to stress and even depression
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james lange theory of emotions
maintains that our body responds to environmental stimuli by preparing us to react in order for survival, and our emotions are the bodily cues that signal how we should behave
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two factor theory of emotions
the sympathetic and the parasympathetic were just turned on and turned off emotions are based on two factors : physiological responses and interpretation of these responses
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display rules
the culturally specific rules that govern which facial expressions are appropriate in a given situation, and how intensely they should be exhibited
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ritualized display
idiosyncratic facial expressions differ from ostensibly universal facial expressions
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law of non-contradiction
no statement can be both true and false, and thus 'a' can not equal 'not a'
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dialecticism
"to shrink something you need to expand it first. to weaken it you need to strengthen it first "
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low context culture
less involvement between speakers, less shared information, looser. focus on the verbal content of the message. explicit, direct communication
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high context culture
deep involvement between speakers, more shared information, tighter. non-verbal (gestures, facial expressions, tone). implicit, indirect communication/
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relativistic orientation
locations are indicated with words relative to the speaker (left right front) -> egocentric perception
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absolute orientation
locations are indicated with words independent of the speaker -> geocentric perception
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subjective well-being
the feeling of being satisfied with one's life
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ideal affect
the kinds of feelings people desire, or emotions they want to have, so they structure their lives in order to maximise the opportunities for experiencing them
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propinquity effect
people are more likely to become friends iwht those with whom they frequently interact
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mere exposure effect
the more we're exposed to someone or something, the more we like it, because it becomes familiar
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similarity attraction effect
people tend to be attracted to those who are most like themselves
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communal sharing
the emphasis, by members of a group. is on their common identity rather than their idiosyncrasies
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authority ranking
people are ordered along a hierarchical social dimension, and those with higher ranking have prestige and privileges that those with lower ranking do not
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equality matching
which is based on idea of balance and reciprocity. people keep track of what is exchanged and are motivated to pay back in equivalent terms
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market pricing
baed on piroportionlity and ratios. all the features of benefits that are exchanged can be reduced to a single dimension, usually money
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high relational mobility
people have flexible ties, with plenty of opportunities for forming new connections, rather than being bound by existing ones
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low relational mobility
people have few opportunities to form new relationships, and their commitments and obligations to existing ones continue to guide them
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evolutionary approach emotion
emotions are physiological responses to stimuli in the world, emotions are invariant, in born biological reactions. assumes universality of emotional experience
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social- contstructionist approach
emotions are the interpretations of physiological responses, highly variable, contextualised responses, focus on cultural variability in emotional experience
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facial feedback hypothesis
facial expressions are one source of information we use when we infer our emotional experiences.
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ingroup advantage
more accurate recognition within same culture/language group
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problems with the recognition paradigm
no context, forced choices -> elimination, answers teach emotion concepts
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universality thesis
certain configurations of facial movements are universally perceived as expressing particular emotions
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minimal universality
affective properties such as pleasantness-unpleasantness (valence) and high-low activation (arousal) are consistently perceived in facial movements across industrialised societies and small scale societies
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behavioural ecology view of faces
an account of facial movements as context-dependent tools for social influence
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action identification
emphasise the functions of behaviours rather than unobservable mental causes of movements
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(etic)
cross cultural studies examine and compare personality across cultures
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emic
indigenous studies examine personality in specific cultural contexts

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