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social psychology

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think about, influence, and relate to other people

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areas of social psychology

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social cognition, social behavior, social influence, intergroup relations, close relations

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social cognition

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how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information

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areas of social cognition

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attribution, person perception, the self, attitudes

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attribution

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determining why people do what they do

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attribution theories

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internal v. external, stable v. unstable, controllable v. uncontrollable

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how do you explain another persons behavior

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we usually attribute others behaviors to internal causes even though that’s not always accurate

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fundamental attribution error

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people overestimate the importance of stable and internal traits and underestimate external situations when looking for an explanation on someones behavior

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self serving bias

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we attribute our own behavior to whichever explanation benefits us the most (you succeed = take credit, you fail = someones fault)

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false consensus effect

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overestimation of the degree to which everyone thinks and acts like we do

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person perception

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forming impressions, feelings, and attitudes about others

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are first impressions important

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the power of first impression - the primary effect

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stereotype

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general characteristics about groups characteristics even if not always accurate

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why do we stereotype

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biologically built to categorize

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self fulfilling prophecy

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expectations cause an individual to act in ways that make expectation come true

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stereotype threat

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type of self fulfilling prophecy that anxiety about being negatively stereotyped causes underperformance

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attractiveness

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human physical features that others rate as in high objective physical appeal

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social identity

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defining oneself in terms of group memberships - ingroup “your group”, outgroup “comparison group”

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prejudice

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prejudgement without good reason

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discrimination

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unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group and its members

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the self

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how we view ourselves

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self esteem

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degree to which we have positive or negative feelings about ourselves

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social comparisons

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evaluating ones own thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others

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attitudes

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our feelings or opinions on people, objects, and ideas

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can attitude determine behavior
sometimes - when attitude is strong, when person is made aware of attitude, and when person has vested interests
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self perception theory
attitudes follow behavior, doing becomes believing
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cognitive dissonance
conflict or anxiety between who we are and who we want to be, 2 don't complement each other
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altruism
unselfish interest in helping another person
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why do people help other people
reciprocity - do unto others what they will do for you, egoism - doing good because it benefits you, implicit rules of society - others are helping so I will help too
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factors that influence helping behavior
mood, empathy, and the bystander effect (let someone else do it)
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conformity
changing ones behavior to align with the group to group standard
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informational social influence
the influence people have on us because we want to be right
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normative social influence
the influence people have on us because we want to be liked
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obedience
behavior that complies with the specific demands of an authority figure
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deindividuation
being part of a group reduces ones sense of personal responsibility
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social contagion
spread of behavior, emotions, and ideas
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social facilitation
people perform better when others are present if the task is easy or well learned, perform worse infant of others if task is difficult or new
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social loafing
tendency for people to underperform when in a group because of reduced accountability
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group think
impaired group decision making that occurs when making the right decision is less important than conforming to the group
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abnormality
any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life
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most prevalent psychological disorder
depression
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diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-V)
contains each known disorder, a description, symptoms, checklist of criteria, and other relevant facts
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models of studying abnormal behavior
biological and psychological models
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biologicals models
psychological disorders have a biological cause, also known as the medical model
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psychological models
psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitive perspective, combination approaches
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psychoanalysis
behavioral abnormality is the result of repressing undesirable thoughts, memories, and concerns
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behaviorism
abnormal behaviors are learned through a series of rewards and punishments
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cognitive perspective
abnormal behavior results from illogical thinking patterns
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anxiety disorders
unrealistic or excessive anxiety, can be specific or free floating
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types of anxiety disorders
phobias, OCD, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD
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phobias
irrational fear that causes undue personal distress and/or interferes with normal functioning
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social phobias
fear of interacting with others or being in a social situation
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specific phobias
fear of something in particular
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OCD
obsessions - intruding thoughts that occur again and again, compulsions - ritualistic behavior that reduces anxiety
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panic disorder
sudden onset and extreme panic, impending sense of doom
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generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
excessive anxiety or worry occur more days than not for at least 6 months that interferes with normal functioning and causes personal distress, can lead to depression + other disorders
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PTSD
anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a traumatic event, oppressive situation, abuse, or disaster
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characteristics od PTSD
flashbacks, emotionally avoidant, desensitization, exaggerated startle response, difficulty concentrating, apprehensive and nervous, impulsive (sometimes aggressive) outbursts
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psychoanalytic approach
anxiety disorders are the result of repressed feelings and thoughts
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behavioral approach
anxiety disorders are learned overtime
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cognitive approach
anxiety disorders are the result of illogical irrational thinking patterns
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magnification
exaggeration of events, ideas, feelings
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all or nothing thinking
must be perfect or completely ruined
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overgeneralization
single negative event interpreted as a pattern.
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minimization
only look at the bad, minimizing positive
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mood disorders
disturbance in affect or emotion (AKA affective disorders)
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major clinical depression
deeply depressed mood or inability to experience pleasure
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depression
behaviors and thoughts change with depression, twice as likely to kill women, brought on by stressful events
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bipolar disorder
cycling between manic episodes and depressive episodes
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during manic phase
little need for sleep, speech is loud, extreme optimism/ self esteem, irritated easily, poor judgement, increased risk taking, increase in creativity
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schizophrenia
long lasting psychological disorder characterized by disturbances in thinking, emotions, behavior, and perception
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dopamine hypothesis
theory that it is excessive dopamine that causes schizophrenia
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psycho therapy
talking about problems
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biomedical therapy
medical procedure
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insight therapies
aimed at understanding motives and actions - psychoanalysis, humanistic therapy
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action therapies
aimed at changing behaviors - behavioral and cognitive therapy
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sigmund freud
inventor of psychoanalysis
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dream analysis
unconscious mind emerges in dream
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free association
unconscious mind emerges in free flowing stream of ideas
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resistance
patients unwilling to talk about certain things

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