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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   social psychology  
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the area of social psychology that deals with the ways in which we think about other people and ourselves   social cognition  
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an evaluative belief that we hold about something   attitude  
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the idea that we strive to have attitudes and behaviors that do not contradict one another   cognitive consistency  
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a theory that predicts that we will be motivated to change our attitudes and/or our behaviors to the extent that they cause us to feel dissonance, an uncomfortable physical state   dissonance theory  
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a type of social influence in which someone tries ti change our attitudes   persuasion  
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a style of thinking in which the person carefully and critically evaluates persuasive arguments and generates counterarguments; the central route requires motivation and available cognitive resources   central route to persuasion  
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a style of thinking in which the person does not carefully and critically evaluate persuasuve arguments or generate counterarguments; the pherical route ensues when one lacks motivation and/or available cognitive resources   peripheral route to persuasion  
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the way that we understand and make judgments about others   impression formation  
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the act of assigning cause to behavior   attribution  
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an attribution that assigns the cause of a behavior to the traits and characteristics of the person being judged   trait attribution  
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an attribution that assigns the cause of a behavior to some characteristics of the situation or environment in which the behavior occurs   situational attribution  
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our tendency to overuse trait information when making attributions about others   fundamental attribution error  
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a culture, like many Western cultures, in which individual accomplishments are valued over group accomplishments   individualistic culture  
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a culture, like many Asian cultures, in which group accomplishments are valued over individual accomplishments   collectivistic culture  
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our tendency to make the fundamental attribution error when judging others, while being less likely to do so when making attributions about ourselves   actor/observer bias  
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our tendency to make attribution that preserve our own self-esteem - for example, making trait attributions for our success and situational attributions for our failures   self-serving bias  
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a schema for a particular group of people   stereotype  
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a largely negative stereotype that is unfairly applied to all members of a group regardless of their individual characteristics   prejudice  
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the behavioral expression of a prejudice   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   aversive racism  
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a phenomenon in which fears of being discriminated against elicit stereotype-confirming behaviors   stereotype threat  
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our tendency to favor people who belong to the same groups that we do   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   out-group  
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our tendency to see out-group members as being pretty much all alike   out-group homogeneity  
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the theory that prejudice stems from competition for scarce resources   realistic-conflict theory  
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an out-group that is blamed for many of society's problems   scapegoat  
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the theory that contact between groups is an effective means of reducing prejudice between them   contact hypothesis  
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a goal that is shared by different groups   superordiante goal  
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physical closeness   proximity  
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the theory that we are attracted to people whose level of physical attractiveness is similar to our own   matching hypothesis  
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unwritten rule or expectation for how group members should behave   norm  
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the degree to which members of a group value their group membership; cohesive groups are tight-knit groups   cohesiveness  
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behaving in accordance with group norms   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   normative conformity  
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conformity that occurs when conformity pressures actually persuade group members to adopt new beliefs and/or attitudes   informational conformity  
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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   deindividuation  
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performing better on a task in the presence of others than you would if you were alone   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   social loafing  
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a situation in which a group fixates on one decision and members blindly assume that it is the correct decision   groupthink  
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yielding to a demand   obedience  
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yielding to simple request   compliance  
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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   foot-in-the door compliance  
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increasing compliance by first asking people to give in to a very large request and then, after they refuse, asking them to give in to a smaller request   door-in-the-face compliance  
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a strong norm that states we should treat others as they treat us   reciprocity  
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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   low-balling  
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increasing compliance by sweetening the deal with additional incentives   that's-not-all  
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obedience to immoral, unethical demands that cause harm to others   destructive obedience  
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aggression that is used to facilitate the attainment of a goal   instrumental aggression  
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aggression that is meant to cause harm to others   hostile aggression  
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the idea that frustration causes aggressive behavior   frustration-aggression hypothesis  
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behavior that helps others   prosocial behavior  
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helping another without being motivated by self-gain   altruism  
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another term for altruism   helping behavior  
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the idea that the more witnesses there are to an emergency, the less likely any one of them is to offer help   bystander effect  
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the idea that responsibility for taking responsibility for taking action is diffused across all the people witnessing an event   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   pluralistic ignorance  
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perspective that views psychological disorders as similar to physical diseases; they result from biological disurbances and can be diagnosed, treated, and cured like physical illness   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   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM)  
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a disorder marked by excessive aprehension that seriously interferes with a person's ability to function   anxiety disorder  
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an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic, constant worry in almost all situations   generalized anxiety disorder  
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an anxiety disorder characterized by fear and anxiety in the absence of danger that is accompanied by strong physical symptoms   panic disorder  
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an excessive fear of being in places from which escape might be difficult or where help might not be available of one were to experience panic   agoraphobia  
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a disorder marked by a loss of awareness of some part of one's self or one's surrounding that seriously interferes with the person's ability to function   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   dissociative fugue disorder  
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a disorder in which two or more personalities coexist within the same individual; formerly called multiple personality disorder   dissociative identity disorder  
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a disorder marked by physical compliants that have no apparent physical cause   somatoform disorder  
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a somatoform disorder in which the person persistently worries over having a disease, without any evident physical basis   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   mood disorder  
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a mood disorder involving dysphoria, feelings of worthlessness, loss of interest in one's usual activities, and changes in bodily activities such as sleep and appetite that persists for at least 2 weeks   major depression  
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an extreme state of sadness   dysphoria  
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absence of pleasure from one's usual activities   anhedonia  
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a mood disorder that is a less severe but more chronic form of major depression   dysthymic  
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a mood disorder characterized by both depression and mania   bipolar disorder  
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a period of abnormally excessive energy and elation   mania  
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a mood disorder that is a less severe but more chronic form of bipolar disorder   cyclothymic diorder  
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the belief that one cannot control the outcome of events   learned helplessness  
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the tendency to persistently focus on how one feels without attempting to do anything about one's feelings   ruminative coping style  
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thought that tends to be pessimistic and negative   cognitive distortion  
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a severe disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, perceptions, emotions, and behavior   schizophrenia  
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a thought or belief that a person believes to be true but in reality is not   delusion  
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percieving something that does not exist in reality   hallucination  
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a symptom of schizophrenia that includes inappropriate or unusual behavior such as silliness, catatonic excitement, or catatonic stupor   disordered behavior  
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a disorder in motor behavior involving immobility   catatonic stupor  
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a disorder in motor behavior involving excited agitation   catatonic excitement  
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a lack of emotional expression   blunted affect  
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decreased quality and/or quantity of speech   alogia  
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the inablility to follow though on one's plans   avolition  
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a disorder marked by maladaptive behavior that has been stable over a long period and across many situations   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   antisocial personality disorder  
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a personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability in mood, relationships, self-image, and behavior   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.   disorganized speech  
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an anxiety disorder characterized by an intense fear of a specific object or situation   phobic  
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a persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation   specific phobia  
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an irrational, persistent fear or being negatively evaluated by others in a social situation.   social phobia  
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a recurrent thought or image that intrudes on a person's awareness   obsession  
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repetitive behavior that a person feels a strong urge to perform   compulsion  
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an anxiety disorder involving a pattern of unwanted intrusive thoughts and the urge to engage in repetitive actions   obsessive-compulsive disorder  
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an anxiety disorder, characterized by distressing memories, emotional numbness, and hypervigilance, that develops after exposure to a traumatic event   posttraumatic stress disorder  
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