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Psychology Ch.13

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theory that we seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others   social comparison theory  
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outbreak of irrational behavior that is spread by social contagion   mass hysteria  
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enhancement of performance brought about by the presence of others   social facilitation  
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process of assigning causes to behavior   attribution  
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tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences on other people's behavior   fundamental attribution error  
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tendency of people to alter their behavior as a result of group pressure   conformity  
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tendency of people to engage in uncharacteristic behavior when they are stripped of their usual identities   deindividuation  
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emphasis on group unanimity at the expense of critical thinking   groupthink  
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tendency of group discussion to strengthen the dominant positions held by individual members   group polarization  
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group of individuals who exhibit intense and unquestioning devotion to a single cause   cult  
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approach to convincing people to change their minds about something by first introducing reasons why the perspective might be correct and then debunking them   inoculation effect  
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adherence to instructions from those of higher authority   obedience  
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error of assuming that no one in a group perceives things as we do   pluralistic ignorance  
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reduction in feelings of personal responsibility in the presence of others   diffusion of responsibility  
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phenomenon whereby individuals become less productive in groups   social loafing  
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helping others for unselfish reasons   altruism  
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learning about psychological research can change real-world behavior for the better   enlightenment effect  
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behavior intended to harm others, either verbally or physically   aggression  
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form of indirect aggression, prevalent in girls, involving spreading rumors, gossiping, and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation   relational aggression  
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belief that includes an emotional component   attitude  
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personality trait that assesses the extent to which people's behavior reflects their true feelings and attitudes   self-monitoring  
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unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts of beliefs   cognitive dissonance  
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theory that we acquire our attitudes by observing our behavior   self-perception theory  
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theory that we don't really change our attitudes, but report that we have so that our behavior appear consistent with our attidues   impression management theory  
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persuasive technique involving making a small request before making a bigger one   foot-in-the-door technique  
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persuasive technique involving making an unreasonably large request before making the small request we're hoping to have granted   door-in-the-face technique  
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persuasive technique in which the seller of a product starts by quoting a low sales price, and then mentions all of the "add-on" costs once the customer has agreed to purchase the product   low-ball technique  
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drawing negative conclusions about a person, group of people, or situation prior to evaluating the evidence   prejudice  
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a belief, positive or negative, about the characteristics of members of a group that is applied generally to most members of the group   stereotype  
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assumption that behaviors among individual members of a group are due to their internal dispositions   ultimate attribution error  
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evolutionary principle that creates a predisposition toward distrusting anything or anyone unfamiliar or different   adaptive conservatism  
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tendency to favor individuals within our group over those from outside our group   in-group bias  
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tendency to view all individuals outside our group as highly similar   out-group homogeneity  
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negative behavior toward members of out-groups   discrimination  
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claim that prejudice arises from a need to blame other groups for our misfortunes   scapegoat hypothesis  
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claim that our attributions and behaviors are shaped by a deep-seated assumption that the world is fair and all things happen for a reason   just-world hypothesis  
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unfounded negative belief of which we're aware regarding the characteristics of an out-group   explicit prejudice  
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unfounded negative belief of which we're unaware regarding the characteristic of an out-group   implicit prejudice  
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educational classroom approach designed to minimize prejudice by requiring all children to make independent contributions to a shared project   jigsaw classroom  
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theory that humans have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections   need-to-belong theory  
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false stories repeated so many times that people believe them to be true   urban legends  
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a worsening of performance in the presence of others; occurs on tasks we find difficult   social disruption  
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enduring characteristics such as personality traits, attitudes, or intelligence   dispositional influences  
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conclusion regarding factual evidence   belief  
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we're more likely to believe something we've heard many times   recognition heuristic  
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depth of our religious convinctions   religiosity  
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the finding that we're more positively disposed toward people, places, or things that resemble us   implicit egotism  
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we're more likely than chance to select people for friends/romantic interests whose names contain the first letters of our first or last names   name letter effect  
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people who view religion as a means to an end (such as obtaining friends or gaining support)   extrinsic religiousity  
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people for whom religion is deeply ingrained into their belief system   intrinsic religiousity  
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