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Social Psychology with Professor Scott Plous

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altruism   A motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self-interests.  
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social-exchange theory   The theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one’s rewards and minimize one’s costs.  
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reciprocity norm   An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.  
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social-responsibility norm   An expectation that people will help those needing help.  
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bystander effect   The finding that a person is less likely to provide help when there are other bystanders.  
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aggression   Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone.  
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instrumental aggression   Aggression that is a means to some other end.  
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frustration   The blocking of goal-directed behavior.  
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displacement   The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. Generally, the new target is a safer or more socially acceptable target.  
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social learning theory   The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished.  
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crowding   A subjective feeling that there is not enough space per person.  
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catharsis   Emotional release. This view of aggression is that aggressive drive is reduced when one “releases” aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing aggression.  
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conflict   A perceived incompatibility of actions or goals.  
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social trap   A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing its self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior. Examples include the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons.  
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non-zero-sum games   Games in which outcomes need not sum to zero. With cooperation, both can win; with competition, both can lose. (Also called mixed-motive situations.)  
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mirror-image perceptions   Reciprocal views of each other often held by parties in conflict; for example, each may view itself as moral and peace-loving and the other as evil and aggressive.  
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