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Social Psychology

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show The study of how groups influence the attitudes and behavior of the individual.  
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show Those who focus on how a person's mental life and behavior is shaped by interactions with other people.  
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Social group   show
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Norms   show
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show Ascribes social positions in groups and defined behavior expectations. Example would in the Zimbardo prison study, Stanford students were arbitrarily assigned the roles of either prisoner or guard.  
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show When individuals put less effort into group projects then individual projects. Example of this would be the "slackers" will leave the work to others who are more personally invested in doing a good job always. These same students or "slackers" tend to exe  
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Deindividuation   show
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Social facilitation   show
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Social impairment   show
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show When like-minded people share ideas, outcome is likely to be more extreme than individual positions. An Example of this would be jury's in decisions.  
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show The tendency for individuals to censor their own beliefs to preserve the harmony of the group; lack of diversity of viewpoints that can cause disastrous results in decision making. An example of this would be the ill-fated decision for the US to invade Cu  
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show An unselfish interest in helping others. An example of this would be in the AirFlorida crash into the Potomac River year ago, one "hero" emerged from the crowd of people watching. He jumped into the icy waters to help rescue survivors while an emergency r  
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Social cognition   show
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show A study of our causal explanations of behavior. An example would be when we attribute behavior to the individual's disposition or to the situation.  
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show Look at factors in the environment, to explain what happened. An example would be relating a cereal killer's home life to why he or she did what they did.  
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Self-serving bias   show
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Fundamental attribution error   show
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show Tendency to focus on our own situation when interpreting behavior. An example is believing that people get what they deserve.  
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Just-world phenomenon   show
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show A tendency to let our preconceived expectations to of others influence how we treat then and, thus, evoke the very expectations to come true. An example would be the "bloomer study" where teachers were told to expect certain students to get smart during t  
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show Unjustified attitudes we hold about other; generally negative evaluation based on ethnicity, race, sex, or some other criteria.  
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Discrimination   show
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Stereotypes   show
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Scapegoat theory   show
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show Belief that our culture or social group is superior to others.  
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show If members of two opposing groups are brought together in an emergency situation, group cooperation will reduce prejudiced thinking. . An example of this is when Muzafer Sherif showed in his classic boys' camp study that creating a super ordinate goal, c  
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Jigsaw classroom   show
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show The formation of positive attitude toward a person, place, or thing based solely on repeated exposure to that person, place, or thing; often used in advertising as form of subtle persuasion. An example would be the more you see someone the greater the cha  
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show Compliance technique used by groups; individuals feel obligates to go along with a request for a small donation if they have first accepted a small gift. An example would be first a group member gives us a small gift like a flower or pamphlet and we poli  
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Attitudes   show
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Elaboration likelihood model   show
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show In the elaboration likelihood model, requires a person to think critically about an argument; usually results in more stable change of attitudes.  
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Peripheral route of persuasion   show
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Cognitive dissonance   show
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show To inflict pain upon an unwilling victim.  
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Instrumental aggression   show
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Dispositional attributions   show
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