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| Suggests how we explain someone's behavior. |
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| Fundamental Attributional Error |
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| The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate personal disposition. |
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| Feelings that make us respond in different ways to things. |
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| The tendency for someone who has agreed to a small request to later agree to a bigger request. |
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| Cognitive Dissonance theory |
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| The theory that we act to reduce discomfort we feel when thoughts are inconsistent. |
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| Adjusting behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. |
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| Armative Social influence |
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| Influence resulting froma persons desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. |
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| Informational Social Influence |
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| Influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. |
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| Stronger responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others. |
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| The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when working together. |
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| The less of self awareness and self restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. |
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| A misture of beliefs, usually negative, emotions and discriminatory actions. |
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| Prejudice provides an outlet for anger, someone to blame. |
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| Good is rewarded and evil is punished. |
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| Frustration-Aggression principle |
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| Frustration creates anger, which can generate aggression. |
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| Geographic nearness, friendships most powerful predicter. |
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Repeated exposure to stimuli increases liking of them
Physical attractiveness affects 1st impression greatly.
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| When a bystander must first notice, interpret and feel responsible for an emergency before they help. |
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| giving what you get in a relationship and vice versa. |
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| Revealing intimate aspects of ones self to others. |
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| Unselfish Regard for Welfare of others. |
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| Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation. |
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