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| what is the most popular research topic in social psychology |
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| what does information processing concentrate on |
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| how we take in information, what we do with it, and biases that we maintain with regard to the perception of information |
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| why is information processing increasing in popularity |
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| because of society's increasing emphasis on information |
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| what would happen if your brain did not subconsciously screen information |
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| you wouldn't have energy for anything else |
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| what is considered to be a major aspect of the study of information processing |
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| research on decision making |
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| what does a cognitive miser do? |
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| expends as little mental effort possible on tasks in order to make an acceptable decision |
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| do mental shortcuts mean that you will make a poor decision? |
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| what is the attribution process? |
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| how we explain our experiences in the social world |
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| attribution is considered to be what in regards to our social life |
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| what is gestalt psychology |
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| it suggests that people prefer wholes over parts, and will mentally fill in gaps to make it whole |
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| what is the Zeigarnik effect? |
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| it refers to the fact that we recall unfinished tasks more clearly than finished tasks |
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| how is the Zeigarnik effect explained? |
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| by arguing that incompleteness is psychologically uncomfortable |
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| the zeigarnik effect parallels with what theory? |
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| the attribution theory as we rely on it to "finish" the task |
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| what are some common attributional errors? |
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| appealing to the wrong source (misattribution). and making an inference that a person's behavior is always reflective of his/her personality (fundamental attribution error). |
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| what is a key element of person perception? |
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| the application of stereotypes |
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| a category that you are unwilling to change |
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| what are the two areas of the definition of a stereotype |
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| the category is poorly defined and there is contrary evidence that you are purposely ignoring |
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| stereotypes are a key factor in what? |
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| stereotyping is partly related to what kind of effort |
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| what is non verbal leakage |
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| when a person's behavioral cues do not reflect his/her spoken statements |
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| what is one of the oldest topics in social psychology |
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| what were considered to be the two main components of the field in 1890's |
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| the study of self. and attitude formation |
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| what area did psychology grow out of |
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| why did psychology break from philosophy |
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| they found the method of introspection to be unsatisfying |
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| what area's did psychology adapt its research techniques from? |
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| is self related phenomena predictive of anything? |
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| what self based factor has an impact on behavior |
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| explain high self monitors |
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| they emphasize behaving consistently with expectations even if such behavior runs contrary to their own and standards |
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| explain low self monitors |
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| they behave consistently with their own standards, even if it means violating the expectations of others. |
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| low and high self monitors are said to have two different what? |
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| two different outlooks on appropriate social behavior |
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