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social psych 4-6
social psych
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social Comparison Theory | The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others. |
| Downward Social Comparison | The process of comparing yourself to less fortunate others in order to feel better about yourself. |
| Self Construal | How we characterize ourself. |
| Self Promotion | Attempting to present ourselves to others as having positive attributes. |
| Ingratiation | When we try to make others like us by conveying that we like them. |
| Social Identity Theory | We perceive ourself at the group level and compare others as having the same category. |
| Upward Social Comparison | Compare yourself with people who do much better than you. |
| Implicit Self Esteem | Measures assessing self feelings of which we are not consciously aware of. |
| Explicit Self Esteem | Conscious and reportable |
| Intergroup Comparison | Contrasts between groups |
| Intragroup Comparison | Comparisons with individuals who are in the same group. |
| Autobiographical Memory | How we think about the ways we have changed and developed over time. |
| Possible Selves | Image of how we might be in the future |
| Self Control | Refraining from actions we might enjoy |
| Ego Depletion | The diminished capacity to exert subsequent self control after previously doing so |
| Theory of Planned Behavior | Our attitudes influence our behavior through a process of deliberate decision making and predict our behavior. |
| Persuasion | The process how attitudes are changed |
| Implicit Measures | unconscious attitudes derived from the speed at which people respond to pairings of concepts |
| Implicit Attitude | An attitude such as prejudice that one is not aware of having |
| Self Verification Perspective | Process we use to lead others to agree with our own views |
| Self Deprecation | Implying that we are not as good as someone else |
| Introspection | Thinking about the factors that made us who we are |
| Salience | The focus of our attention |
| Independent View | A way of defining oneself in terms of ones own internal thoughts, feelings, actions of others |
| Interdependent View | A way of defining oneself in terms of ones relationships to other people |
| Personal-versus- Social Identity Continuum | Personal level- individual Social- member of a group |
| Role Model | Other people we imitate or wish to be like |
| Extrinsic Motivation | A desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment |
| Intrinsic Motivation | Motivation that comes from inside an individual rather than from any external rewards |
| Self Awareness Theory | When people evaluate and compare their internal standards and values |
| Self Concept | The content of the self |
| Impression Management Theory | Changing the attitude to be consistent to others |
| The Sleeper Effect | The source of a message gradually loses its impact overtime |
| Peripheral Route | person is influenced by superficial cues |
| Central Route | Influenced by strength of a messages argument |
| Tokenism | Only a few members of a previously excluded group are admitted |
| Glass Cliff | Choosin a woman for a position when its going under |
| Glass Ceiling | A final barrier that prevents women from reaching the top positions in a work place |
| Women are Wonderful Affect | Research that suggests people associate more positive attributes with women compared to men |
| Cognitive Dissonance | An unpleasant state that occurs when we notice that our attitudes and behavior are inconsistent |
| Attitude | Evaluation of any aspect of the world |
| Discrimination | Differential treatment based on group membership |
| Stereotypes | Belief about a social group in terms of threats that they share |
| Prejudice | Negative emotional responses or dislike based on group membership |
| Gender Stereotypes | Specific cognitive frameworks we have toward men or women |
| Self Evaluation Maintenance Model | We categorize the self at a personal level as individuals |
| Fear Appeals | Motivate attitude change when they contain strong arguments and instructions about how to avoid the threatened danger |
| Cognitive Dissonance Theory | The theory holding that inconsistent cognitions arouses psychological tension that people become motivated to reduce |
| Essences | Distinguishes that group from other groups which can serve as their justification for their differential treatment |
| Singlism | The negative stereotyping and discrimination that is directed towards people who are single |
| Shifting Standards | People use one group as a standard but switch to another when comparing others |
| Risk Averse | How members of a different group perceive equality |
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