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| uses the principles of evolution to understand human social behavior |
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| behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishment. |
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| Ideas, refining them, testing them, interpreting the meaning |
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| The one being manipulated by the experiment |
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| Does not receive treatment, is not changed |
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| Did A cause B? how much one variable determines the outcome of another |
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| the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave is social context. |
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| (Gordon Allport0 Concerns the study of actual, imagined, or anticipated person to person relationships in a social context as they affect individuals involved. |
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| Social Cognitive Perspective |
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| the study of how we perceive, remember, and interpret information about ourselves and others. |
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| How individuals perceive and derive meaning from their world are influenced profoundly by the beliefs, norms, and the practices of the people and institutions around them. |
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| The one being measured by the experimentor |
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| How the variable is changed |
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| Did A cause B? How much one variable determines the outcome of another. |
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| Moral and legal responsiblity to abide by ethical principles. Milgrim - People electrocute others |
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| Discover trends and tendencies |
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| The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave is social context |
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| (Gordon Allport) Concerns the study of actual, imagined, or anticipated person to person relationships in a social context as they affect individuals involved. |
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| The sum total of an individual's beliefs about his or her own personal attributes |
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| A belief people hold about themselves that guides the processing of self-relevant information |
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| our positive and negative evaluations of ourselves |
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| Concerned with public image, unconciously adapt their own behavior to that of those around them-subtle mimic |
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| more consistent across situations, highly attuned to their own inner dispositions |
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| any physical, psychological, or social characteristic that stands out negatively |
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| The process of assigning cause or responsibility for a persons behavior |
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| Correspondent Inference Theory |
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| People try to infer from an action whether the act itself corresponds to an enduring personal characteristic of the actor |
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| In order for something to be the cause of a behavior, it must be present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not |
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| the tendency to focus on the role of personal causes and underestimate the impact of situations on other people's behavior |
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| (Western Cultures) People tend to believe that persons are autonomous, motivated by internal force. |
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| (Non-Western) More hollistic view that emphasizes the relationship between persons and their surroundings |
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| Dispositional Attribution |
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| Related to the individual "The man lost his job because he had poor performance." (conservative) |
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| Related to specific situation "The man lost his job because the company was having financial problems" (liberal) |
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