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test 3 -social psych
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| self-disclosure | Process of revealing one's private thoughts, attitudes, feelings, and personal history to others |
| over disclosure | Self-disclosure that exceeds what is appropriate for a relationship or social situation |
| reciprocity | Return in kind; reciprocal exchange |
| LOVE TRIANGLE | consummate love |
| 3 components of consummate love | passion, commitment, intimacy |
| liking | Relationship based on intimacy but not necessarily passion and commitment |
| in-group | help define who we are socially (belonging) |
| out-group | those we do not associate with (us/them mentality) |
| group cohesiveness | Degree of attraction among group members or their commitment to remain in the group |
| peer pressure | being swayed to change based on others |
| norm | accepted, but unspoken rules for appropriate behavior |
| by stander effect | individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim in the presence of other people |
| Asch's experiment on conformity | social pressure from a majority group could influence an individual to conform |
| informational conformity | tendency to conform to what others are doing or saying because we perceive them as a source of accurate information |
| Allport's least effort principle related to stereotyping and prejudice | generalizations and stereotypes* as a mental shortcut to form a view of someone, rather than taking the longer route, drawing on memory and judgment |
| normative conformity | people conform to the group norm to fit in, to feel good, and to be accepted by the group |
| situational attribution | a belief about the cause of a result |
| dispositional attribution | assigns the cause of behavior to some internal characteristic of a person rather than to outside forces |
| self-assertiveness | standing up for your rights by speaking out on your behalf; direct, honest expression of feelings and desires - The right to REFUSE - The right to REQUEST - The right to "RIGHT A WRONG" |
| fundamental attribution error | Tendency to attribute behavior of others to internal causes (personality, likes, behavior, etc) |
| altruistic behavior | selfness behavior intended to benefit others |
| obedience | conformity to the demands of authority or perceived authority |
| compliance | bending to requests of person who has little/no authority |
| prejudice: | negative emotional attitude held toward members of a specific group |
| discrimination | unequal treatment of people who should have same rights as others ; putting prejudice into action |
| ethnocentrism | placing one's own group in the center and judging all others by own standards |
| Milgram's experiment on obedience | Conformity to the demands of an authority |
| Social Comparison | Making judgments about ourselves by comparing ourselves toothers - e.g., comparing our feelings and abilities to those of other people |
| Aggression | Hurting another person or achieving one's goals at the expense of another person goals |
| attitude | Learned tendency to respond to people, objects, or institutions in a positive or negative way |
| romantic love | Marked by high levels of interpersonal attraction, sexual desire, and heightened arousal |
| attraction | physical proximity and attractiveness, similarity. reciprocity of liking, competence |
| foot-in-door effect | A person who has agreed to a small request is more likely later to agree to a larger demand |
| door-in-face effect | A person who has refused a major request will be more likely later on to comply with a smaller request |
| low-ball effect | Commitment is gained first to reasonable or desirable terms, which are then made less reasonable or desirable terms |
| Television desensitization | contribute desensitization to violence |
| desensitization | Reduced emotional sensitivity |
| Empathic Arousal | Emotional arousal that occurs when you feel some of the person's pain, fear, or anguish |
| Empathy-Helping Relationship: | Helping person in need because we have emotions such as empathy and compassion for that person |
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