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| the tendency of an individual to regard situations in which he or she is involved as caused by external factors, and to regard situations he or she observes as caused by the actions of those involved |
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| a learned, stable, and relatively enduring evaluation of person, object, or idea, which can affect behavior |
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| the process by which people use information to make inferences about the causes of behavior or events |
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| the idea that a couple attempts to maintain a sense of give and take (reciprocity) in a relationship |
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| the match between a person's thoughts and behaviors |
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| the disquieting perception of having two conflicting or inconsistent thoughts or attitudes |
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| the rule of attraction that states that we feel most strongly attracted to people with whom we have an equitable (fair) relationship of give and take |
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| fundamental attribution error |
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| the tendency for an observer, when interpreting and explaining the behavior of another person, to underestimate the situational and to overestimate the personal attribution |
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| the tendency for perople to be persuaded by messages from people they like than by messages from people they do not like |
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| the process through which you begin to like something simply because you are exposed to it over and over again |
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| mental explanations that the causes of behaviors are within the individual who performs the behavior |
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| the tendency to evaluate individuals more positively than groups, including groups to which one belongs |
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| the process through which what we believe to be true becomes true, or so we think |
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| mental explanations that the causes of behavior are outside the individual who performs the behavior |
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| the thoughts and beliefs we have about ourselves, other people, and the world around us |
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| the idea that we evaluate our abilities and accomplishments largely in comparison with the abilities and accomplishments of others, particularly the novel, uncertain, or ambiguous settings for which internal standards are not yet established |
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| the study of how others affect our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, even if their presence is only implied or imagined |
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| triangular theory of love |
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| the idea that true love is comprised of intimacy, passion, and commitment |
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