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Module 25: Social Psychology
Vocabulary concerning perception of others, attributions, attitudes, and social/group influneces.
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Psychology
12th Grade
04/28/2011

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Social Psychology
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broad field whose goals are to understand and explain how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by the presence of, or interactions with, others.
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Social Cognition
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a subarea of social psychology that focuses on cognitive processes- for example, how we perceive, store, and retrieve information about social interactions and events.
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Person Perception
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refers to the process by which we form impressions of, and make judgements about, the traits and characteristics of others.
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Covariation Model
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Harold Kelley; says that, in making attributions, we should look for factors that are present when the behavior occurs and factors that are absent when the behavior does not occur.
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Cognitive Miser Model
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says that, in making attributions, people feel they must conserve time and effort by taking cognitive shortcuts.
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