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Class: SOP 3004 - Social Psychology; Subject: Social Psychology; University: University of North Florida; Term: Spring 2013;
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behavior, thoughts, and feelings in social situations TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 a commitment to accepting findings as accurate by replication TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 a commitment to gathering and evaluating information for validity TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 obtaining and evaluating free from bias TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 changing ones views if they are found to be inaccurate; open to new findings
sample must be representative of the population and wording of questions can exert a strong influence on answers obtained; be wary of sampling bias and response bias TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 to what extent variables are related to each other and useful in making accurate predictions TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 the more someone seems to resemble a group, the more likely he belongs to that group; fitting a prototype; can lead to stereotypical thinking TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 ease of retrieval; how easily specific kinds of info can be brought to mind; related to "priming" TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 tendency for beliefs and schemas to remain unchanged even in the face of contradictory evidence
the process through which we seek to understand other people TERM 17
DEFINITION 17
DEFINITION 18 we seek to understand causal relationships of others' behaviors TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 how we form impressions of others TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional cues on others' behaviors
flattering others in various ways ; sucking up to be liked by the person or group of interest TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 judgements made between our group and another group TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 Festinger suggests that we compare ourselves to others because there is no standard measurement to evaluate ourselves against TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 occurs when people believe they might be judged in light of a "negative" stereotype about their group or even confirm said negative stereotype; an implicit, underlying phenomenon TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 the decision to engage in a particular behavior is the result of a rational process of considering which behaviors are available, the consequences of each, and deciding whether to act or not; reflected in behavioral intentions
an internal state that results when individuals notice inconsistency between two or more attitudes or their attitudes and behavior (unpleasant) TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 small rewards for counterattitudinal behaviors often produces more dissonance and therefore more attitude changes (dissonance is stronger when there is no real justification for engaging in attitude discrepant behavior) TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 people associate more positive attributes with the general social category of women compared to men TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 hiring based on group membership; concerns a numerically infrequent presence of members of a particular category(hirees self-confidence takes a hit if they realize they were hired as a token to avoid discriminant policies within a business; a technique for letting prejudiced people off the hook) TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 the view that prejudice stems from direct competitions between various social groups over scarce and valued resources (i.e. summer camp competitions)
see classical conditioning; like people more when in a positive mood and less so when in a negative mood TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 exposure to certain stimuli can impact one's perception/reaction to subsequent stimuli TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 liking + similarity results in a positive emotional state TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 liking + dissimilarity results in a negative state and desire to restore balance (see cognitive dissonance) TERM 40
DEFINITION 40 disliking, which leads to indifference
a type of influence in which individuals change their attitudes or behavior to adhere to existing social norms TERM 47
DEFINITION 47 norms simply indicating what most people do in a given situation TERM 48
DEFINITION 48 norms specifying what ought to be done; what is approved or disapproved behavior in a given situation TERM 49
DEFINITION 49 Freud's "death wish" or unconscious store where aggression stems from; a redirected form of self-destruction aimed at others TERM 50
DEFINITION 50 a modern theory of aggression suggesting that aggression is triggered by a wide range of situational and individual variables that influence arousal, affective stages, and cognitions
frustration may be the strongest, and perhaps the only, cause of aggression TERM 52
DEFINITION 52 a pattern consisting primarily of high levels of competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility TERM 53
DEFINITION 53 actions that allow the aggression to conceal his or her identity from the victim; like spreading rumors or gossiping; females are somewhatmore likely to engage in indirect aggression
