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Vocabulary for Theme 9

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show Seeks to explain how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by interactions with others.  
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Social Cognition   show
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Physical Proximity   show
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show The ability of a person to interest you in or to expose you to new ideas and experiences.  
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Utility Value   show
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Ego-Support Value   show
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Complementarity   show
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show The tendency to form opinions on other based on first impressions.  
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show A set of assumptions about people in a given category often based on half-truths and nontruths.  
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Attribution Theory   show
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show Tendency to attribute one's own behavior to outside causes but attribute the behavior of other to internal causes.  
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show A tendency to claim success is due to our efforts, while failure is due to circumstances beyond our control.  
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Nonverbal Communication   show
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show The theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues because of different formative experiences.  
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Group   show
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Task Functions   show
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Social Functions   show
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show Shared standards of behavior accepted by and expected from group members.  
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Ideology   show
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show An increase in performance in front of a crowd.  
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show A decrease in performance in front of a crowd.  
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Group Polarization   show
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show Poor group decision making that occurs as a result of a group emphasizing unity over critical thinking.  
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show A diagram that represents relationships within a group, especially likes and dislikes of members for other members.  
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Conformity   show
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show A change in attitude or behavior brought about by social pressure to comply with people perceived to be authorities.  
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Aggression   show
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show Releasing anger or aggression by letting out powerful negative emotions.  
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Altruism   show
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Diffusion of Responsibility   show
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Bystander Effect   show
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show The tendency to work less hard when sharing the workload with others.  
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show Individuals behave irrationally when there is less chance of being personally identified.  
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Attitude   show
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Self-Concept   show
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Compliance   show
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show Seeing oneself as similar to another person or group and accepting the attitudes of another person or group as one's own.  
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show Incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as a part of oneself.  
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show The uncomfortable feeling when a person experiences contradictory or conflicting thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, or feelings.  
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Counterattitudinal Behavior   show
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Self-Justification   show
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show A belief, prediction, or expectation that operates to bring about its own fulfillment.  
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show Preconceived attitudes toward a person or group that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easily changed.  
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Discrimination   show
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Persuasion   show
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Boomerang Effect   show
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show The delayed impact on attitude change of a persuasive communication.  
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show Developing resistance to persuasion by exposing a person to arguments that challenge his or her beliefs so that he or she can practice defending them.  
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show Extreme for of attitude change; uses peer pressure, physical suffering, threats, rewards, guilt, and intensive indoctrination.  
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