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GenPsych Ch. 14
Social Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/01/2012

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Social Psych
Definition
The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions area affected by others.
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Attitudes
Definition
Evaluations of a particular person, behavior, belief, or concept.
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Central Route Processing
Definition
Message interpretation characterized by thoughtful consideration of the issues and argumetns used to persuade.
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Peripheral Route Processing
Definition
Message interpretation characterized by consideration o f the source and related general information rather than of the message itself.
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Need for Cognition
Definition
A person's habitual level of thoughtfulness and cognitive activity.
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Cognitive Dissonance
Definition
The conflict that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes or thoughts (referred to as cognitions.)
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Social Cognition
Definition
The cognitive processes by which people understand and make sense of others and themselves.
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Schemas
Definition
Sets of cognitions about people and social experiences.
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Impression Formation
Definition
The process by which an individual organizes information about another person to form an overall impression of that person.
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Central Traits
Definition
The major traits considered in forming impressions of others.
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Attribution Theory
Definition
The theory of personality that seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual's behavior, what the specific causes of that person's behavior are.
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Situational Causes (of behavior)
Definition
Perceived causes of behavior that are based on environmental factors.
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Dispositional Causes (of behavior)
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Perceived causes of behavior that are based on internal traits or personality factors.
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The Halo Effect
Definition
A phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics.
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Assumed-Similarity Bias
Definition
The tendency to think of people as being similar to oneself even when meeting them for the first time.
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The Self-Serving Bias
Definition
The tendency to attribute personal success to personal factors (skill, ability, or effort) and to attribute failure to factors outside of oneself.
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The Fundamental Attribution Error
Definition
A tendency to overattribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and minimize of the importance of situational causes.
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Behavioral Economics
Definition
The concern with how individual's biases and irrationally affect economic decisions. Focuses on the irrationality of judgments.
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Collectivistic Orientation
Definition
A worldview that promotes the notion of interdependence. (Dependence on others.)
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Individualist Orientation
Definition
Emphasizes personal identity and the uniqueness of the individual.
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Social Influence
Definition
The process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others.
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Groups
Definition
Consist of two ore more people who interact with one another, perceive themselves as part of a group, and are interdependent.
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Conformity
Definition
A change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people.
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Status
Definition
The social rank held within a group.
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Social Supporter
Definition
A group member whose dissenting views make non-conformity to the group easier.
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Groupthink
Definition
A type of thinking in which group members share such a strong motivation to achieve consensus that they lose the ability to critically evaluate alternative points of view.
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Social Roles
Definition
Behaviors that are associated with people in a given position.
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Compliance
Definition
Behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure.
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Industrial-Organizational Psych
Definition
The branch of psych that focuses on work and job related issues, including worker motivation, satisfaction, safety, and productivity.
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Obedience
Definition
A change in behavior in response to the commands of others.
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Stereotype
Definition
A set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a particular group and its members.
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Prejudice
Definition
A negative (or positive) evaluation of a particular group and its members.
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Discrimination
Definition
Behavior directed toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group.
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Social Neuroscience
Definition
The subfield of social psychology that seeks to identify the neural basis of social behavior.
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Interpersonal Attraction (Close Relationships)
Definition
Positive feelings for others; liking and loving.
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Reciprocity-Of-Liking Effect
Definition
A tendency to like those who like us.
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Passionate Love
Definition
A state of intense absorption in someone that includes intense physiological arousal, psychological interest, and caring for the needs of another.
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Companionate Love
Definition
The strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved.
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Aggression
Definition
The intentional injury of, or harm to, another person.
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Catharsis
Definition
The process of discharging built-up aggressive energy.
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Frustration
Definition
The reaction to the thwarting or blocking of goals.
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Aggressive Cues
Definition
Stimuli that have been associated in the past with actual aggression or violence and that will trigger aggression again.
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Prosocial Behavior
Definition
Helping behavior.
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Diffusion of Responsibility
Definition
The tendency for people to feel that responsibility for acting is shared, or diffused, among those present.
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Altruism
Definition
Helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires self-sacrifice.
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