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PSY 325 Exam 3 Terms
review of terms
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
11/04/2012

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attitude
Definition
person's enduring evaluation of people, objects and ideas
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affectively based attitudes
Definition
attitudes based mostly on people's emotions and values; they can be created through classical conditioning or operant conditioning
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cognitively based attitudes
Definition
attitudes based mostly on people's beliefs about the properties of the attitude object
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behaviorally based attitudes
Definition
attitudes based on people's actions toward the attitude object
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explicit attitudes
Definition
attitudes we consciously endorse and can easily report
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implicit attitude
Definition
attitudes that are involuntary, uncontrollable, and at times unconscious
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elaboration likelihood model
Definition
specifies when people are persuaded more by the strength of the arguments or by its surface characteristics (peripheral or central routes)
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attitude inoculation
Definition
A way to persuade people in which you expose them to small doses of arguments against their position, which makes it easier for them to defend themselves against a persuasive message they hear later
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attitude accessibility
Definition
the strength of the association between an object and an evaluation of it
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injunctive norm
Definition
people's perceptions of what behaviors are approved or disapproved of by others
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descriptive norm
Definition
people's perceptions of how people actually behave in given situations, regardless of whether the behavior is approved or disapproved of by others
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process loss
Definition
any aspect of group interaction that inhibits good problem solving
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Transactive memory
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the combined memory of two people that is more efficient than the memory of either individual
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groupthink
Definition
kind of thinking in which maintaining group cohesiveness and solidarity is more important than considering the facts in a realistic manner
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group polarization
Definition
tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of its members
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great person theory
Definition
the idea that certain key personality traits make a person a good leader, regardless of the situation
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transactional leaders
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leaders who set clear, short-term goals and reward people who meet them
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transformational leaders
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leaders who inspire followers to focus on common, long-term goals
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contingency theory of leadership
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idea that leadership effectiveness depends both on how task-oriented or relationship-oriented the leader is and on the amount of control and influence the leader has over the group
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reactance
Definition
if we think someone is going to take something away from us, the more likely we are to want that thing
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1. compliance
2. identification
3. internalization
Definition
Kehlman's levels of comformity
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