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| The mental processes that people use to make sense of the social world around them |
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| Forming of the first knowledge a person has about another person |
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| The very FIRST IMPRESSION one has about a person TENDS TO PERSIST even in the face of evidence to the contrary |
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| The assignment of a person one has just met to a category based on characteristics the new person has in common with other people with whom one has had experience in the past with |
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| A set of characteristics that people believe is shared by all members of a particular social category |
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| Implicit personality theory |
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| Sets of assumptions about how different types of people, personality traits, and actions are related to each other |
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| Mental patterns that represent what a person believes about certain types of people. Schemas can become stereotypes. |
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| The process of EXPLAINING one's own behavior and the behavior of others |
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| The theory of how people make attributions |
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| Cause of behavior attributed to EXTERNAL FACTORS, such as delays, the action of others, or some other aspect of the situation |
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| Cause of behavior attributed to INTERNAL FACTORS such as personality of character |
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| Fundamental attribution error (actor-observer bias) |
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| The tendency to OVERESTIMATE THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL FACTORS in determining behavior while underestimating situational factors |
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| NEGATIVE ATTITUDE held by a person about the members of a particular social group |
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| TREATING PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF PREJUDICE toward the social group to which they belong |
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| What are some forms of prejudice? |
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| Ageism, sexism, racism, and prejudice toward those who are too fat or too thin |
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| Social groups with who a person identifies, "US" |
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| Social groups with whom a person does not identify "THEY" |
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| Realistic conflict theory |
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| Conflict between groups increases prejudice and discrimination |
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| Tendency to direct prejudice and discrimination at out-group members who have little social power or influence |
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| Views prejudice as an attitude acquired through direct instruction, modeling, and other social influences |
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| The formation of a person's identity within a particular social group is explained by social categorization, social identity, and social comparison |
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| The part of the self-concept including one's view of self as a member of a particular social category |
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| The comparison of oneself to others in ways that raise one's self-esteem |
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| The effect that people's awareness of the stereotypes associated with their social group has on their behavior |
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| The TENDENCY OF ONE'S EXPECTATIONS TO AFFECT ONE'S BEHAVIOR in such a way as to make the expectation more likely to occur |
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