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Soc Psych Exam 2

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show quick, automatic, and often unconscious evaluations or decisions that individuals make about others or situations based on limited information  
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Snap judgement example   show
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Thin slices   show
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What are two dimensions that people use when making snap judgements about others   show
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show a face with an angular, prominent chin  
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Covariation principle   show
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show a type of covariation information: whether most people would behave the same way or differently in a given situation  
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What principle helps explain how individuals attribute the causes of others' behavior to either internal or external factors   show
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show a STABLE characteristic of an individual's overall evaluation of themselves  
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State Self esteem   show
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Low Self-esteem individuals have   show
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Self protected   show
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Emotional Volattility   show
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Why do we care about self esteem   show
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Who came up with the Sociometer Theory   show
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Sociometer Theory   show
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The gas gage   show
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show you're driving well  
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The gas gage when self esteem is low   show
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show Crokeretal 1990s  
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Self enhancement   show
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show focuses on people's efforts to maintain self-worth when they are getting feedback that threaten their positive view of themself  
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show three kinds of interrelated positive illusions that can serve a variety of COGNITVE, AFFECTIVE, and SOCIAL FUNCTIONS  
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show positive illusions  
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show overestimate  
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show underestimate  
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We tend to think that good things are going to happen   show
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show sudden medical issues, laid off a job  
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show mental tricks we use to help us believe things we want to believe  
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show 1. Skeptical of negative feedback but not positive feedback 2. Selective attention and memory 3. Good vs. Bad is relative 4. Positive traits are unusual and negative traits are common 5. Slippery definition of positive traits  
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show Ex. inquire a professor about bad grades but not with good grades  
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show remember good things better than we remember bad things  
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Good vs. Bad is relative   show
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show comparing yourself to someone who makes less money than you  
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Positive traits are unusual example   show
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show I can sing, not a lot of people can  
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show we have an ideal of who we are, so we morph that trait to perceive who we are  
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Example of slippery definitions of positive traits   show
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Who came up with the consequences of self esteem pursuit   show
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show EGOsystem motivation  
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5 consequences of self esteem pursuit   show
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show choose what is easy over what is difficult  
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show choosing a class that is an easy A rather than enrolling in a more difficult class  
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Compromises autonomy   show
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Example of compromises autonomy   show
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show may begin to see close others as competition  
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Harmful to death   show
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Solution of consequences of self esteem pursuit   show
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ECOsystem motivation   show
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show self evaluation  
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Self verification   show
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In self verification, we tend to interact with....   show
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What is a cognition focused process   show
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Self monitoring   show
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show -read non verbal behavior -concerned with acting appropriately rather than authenticity -different friends for different activities (not many close friends) -closeness/intimacy is difficult  
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Low self monitors   show
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Causal attribution   show
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Internal attribution:   show
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show something outside of the person is affecting their behavior  
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show Kelley, 1973  
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Covariation theory   show
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Consensus   show
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show external situation  
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Low consensus   show
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Distinctiveness   show
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High distinctiveness   show
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show internal behavior  
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High consistency   show
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Low consistency   show
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Counterfactual information   show
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What is this: you're on an airplane and the door pops open. You were originally supposed to be on a different flight   show
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We make _________ when establishing attributions   show
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Error types   show
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show when bad things happen, we make external attributiuons  
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Fundamental attribution error   show
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show teacher sees student consistently come late to class but can't see what may be causing it such as long commute or having a child  
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What error has cultural differences   show
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show making external attributions for yourself and internal attributions for someone else  
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Self centered attribution bias   show
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Defensive attributions   show
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show 1. Understanding 2. Self Evaluation  
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Understanding:   show
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Self evaluation:   show
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show 1. Temporal 2. Downward 3. Upward  
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show seeing where you are in comparison to others  
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show leading to positive self enhancement  
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Upward   show
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Emotional Amplification   show
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show Emotional amplification  
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5 Attributional Biases   show
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Jack is crying at work. In order to make a dispositional attribution about Jack-that he has a tendency to cry easily-what covariance information must be selected?   show
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show a type of order effect where the information presented FIRST in a body of evidence has a disproportionate influence on judgement  
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show A type of order effect whereby the information presented LAST in a body of evidence has a disproportionate influence on judgment  
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show the influence on judgement resulting from the way information is presented, including the words used to describe the information or the order in which it is presented  
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show Primacy  
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show form of framing that varies the content, not just the order, of what is presented  
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show spin framing  
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show positive frame  
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show negative frame  
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Temporal   show
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show present focused framing  
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"I want to be healthier, so I'll start exercising next week"   show
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show spin framing  
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"get beach ready"   show
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show Temporal framing  
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show events that are closer at hand are thought of in concrete detail  
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show number of reckless drivers in the city  
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show people will scrutinize information that does not support their beliefs  
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show “Data-driven” mental processing, in which an individual forms conclusions based on stimuli encountered in the environment  
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Top down processing   show
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Priming   show
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show priming  
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show This demonstrated that subtle exposure to certain stimuli (in this case, words related to old age) could influence behavior without participants being consciously aware of it.  
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Recent activation   show
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show recent activation  
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Frequent activation   show
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show we can prime people to make a schema more accessible at a given moment  
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what is activated when you prime people with dollar signs   show
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What would lead to an increased likelihood of a schema being activated   show
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show Operates quickly and automatically, is based on associations, and performs many of its operations simultaneously - in parallel  
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Rational System   show
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Heurisitics   show
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Imagine you meet someone new at a party. Based on their appearance and behavior, you might quickly categorize them into a specific social group or stereotype. If the person fits the prototype of a "jock", you might assume they are more likely to be a coll   show
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show The process whereby judgments of frequency or probability are based on how readily pertinent instances come to mind  
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show availability heuristic  
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show biased assessment of risk  
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show easier to think of examples of what we did to contribute  
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show the feeling of ease or difficulty associated with processing information  
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show fluency  
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show mood  
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show fluency  
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show the process where judgements of likelihood are based on assessment of similarity between individuals and group prototypes, or between cause and effect  
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Imagine you meet someone named Alex for the first time. Alex is described as quiet, enjoys reading classic literature, and spends most weekends at home   show
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show frequency or probability of an event occurring within a specific population  
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A strong sense of representativeness sometimes leads us to ignore base-rate likelihood   show
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show cause and effect  
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show representative heuristic-cause and effect  
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Illusory Correlation   show
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show illusory  
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show illusory correlation  
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someone might believe that individuals born under the sign of Leo are more likely to be confident and outgoing based on their personal observations. They might remember instances where confident individuals they knew happened to be Leos, reinforcing the p   show
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Anchoring and adjustment   show
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Imagine you're negotiating the price of a used car with a seller. The seller initially suggests a price of $15,000. This starting point, or anchor, influences your subsequent judgments about the car's value. Even if you know the true market value of the c   show
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