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Chapter 10 and 13

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the branch of psychology that studies how we think and behave in social situations   show
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the area of social psychology that deals with the ways in which we think about other people and ourselves   show
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an evaluative belief that we hold about something   show
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show cognitive consistency  
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show dissonance theory  
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a type of social influence in which someone tries ti change our attitudes   show
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show central route to persuasion  
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show peripheral route to persuasion  
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show impression formation  
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show attribution  
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show trait attribution  
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show situational attribution  
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show fundamental attribution error  
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a culture, like many Western cultures, in which individual accomplishments are valued over group accomplishments   show
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show collectivistic culture  
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show actor/observer bias  
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show self-serving bias  
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a schema for a particular group of people   show
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a largely negative stereotype that is unfairly applied to all members of a group regardless of their individual characteristics   show
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show discrimination  
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a proposed form of subtle racism in which European Americans feel aversive emotions around African Americans, which may lead them to dicriminate against African American   show
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a phenomenon in which fears of being discriminated against elicit stereotype-confirming behaviors   show
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show in-group bias  
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a group that is distinct from one's own and so usually an object of more hostility or dislike than one's in-group   show
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show out-group homogeneity  
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the theory that prejudice stems from competition for scarce resources   show
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show scapegoat  
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show contact hypothesis  
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show superordiante goal  
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show proximity  
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show matching hypothesis  
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show norm  
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the degree to which members of a group value their group membership; cohesive groups are tight-knit groups   show
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show conformity  
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conformity that occurs when group members change their behavior to meet group norms but are not persuaded to change their beliefs and attitudes   show
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conformity that occurs when conformity pressures actually persuade group members to adopt new beliefs and/or attitudes   show
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a state in which a person's behavior becomes controlled more by external norms than by the person's own internal values and morals   show
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show social facilitation  
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when group members exert less effort on a group task than they would if they were performing the task alone   show
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a situation in which a group fixates on one decision and members blindly assume that it is the correct decision   show
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yielding to a demand   show
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yielding to simple request   show
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increasing compliance by first asking people to give in to a small request, which then paves the way for compliance with a second, larger request   show
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show door-in-the-face compliance  
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a strong norm that states we should treat others as they treat us   show
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increasing compliance by first getting the person to agree to a deal and then changing the terms of the deal to be more favorable to yourself   show
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show that's-not-all  
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show destructive obedience  
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show instrumental aggression  
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show hostile aggression  
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show frustration-aggression hypothesis  
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show prosocial behavior  
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helping another without being motivated by self-gain   show
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another term for altruism   show
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show bystander effect  
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show diffusion of responsibility  
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the idea that we use the behavior of others to help us determine whether a situation is an emergency requiring our help; if no one else is helping, we may conclude that help isnt needed   show
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show medical model  
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a book published by the American Psychiatric Association that lists the criteria for close to 400 mental health disorders   show
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a disorder marked by excessive aprehension that seriously interferes with a person's ability to function   show
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show generalized anxiety disorder  
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show panic disorder  
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show agoraphobia  
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show dissociative disorder  
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a disorder marked episodes of amnesia in which a person is unable to recall some or all of his or her past and is confused about his or her identity; a new identity may be formed in which the person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home   show
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show dissociative identity disorder  
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show somatoform disorder  
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show hypochondriasis  
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a disorder marked by a significant change in one's emotional state that seriously interferes with one's ability to function   show
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show major depression  
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an extreme state of sadness   show
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show anhedonia  
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a mood disorder that is a less severe but more chronic form of major depression   show
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a mood disorder characterized by both depression and mania   show
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show mania  
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show cyclothymic diorder  
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the belief that one cannot control the outcome of events   show
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the tendency to persistently focus on how one feels without attempting to do anything about one's feelings   show
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show cognitive distortion  
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a severe disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, perceptions, emotions, and behavior   show
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a thought or belief that a person believes to be true but in reality is not   show
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show hallucination  
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show disordered behavior  
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show catatonic stupor  
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a disorder in motor behavior involving excited agitation   show
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show blunted affect  
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decreased quality and/or quantity of speech   show
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the inablility to follow though on one's plans   show
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show personality disorder  
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a personality disorder marked by a pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others with no remorse or guilt for one's actions   show
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show borderline personality disorder  
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a symptom of schizophrenia in which one's speech lacks association between one's ideas and the event that one is experiencing.   show
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show phobic  
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show specific phobia  
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an irrational, persistent fear or being negatively evaluated by others in a social situation.   show
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a recurrent thought or image that intrudes on a person's awareness   show
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show compulsion  
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an anxiety disorder involving a pattern of unwanted intrusive thoughts and the urge to engage in repetitive actions   show
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show posttraumatic stress disorder  
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