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Chapter 9 glossary

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Social Cognition   show
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show The mental process we use to form impressions and draw conclusions about the personal characteristics about other people .  
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show A cognitive bias which the impression we form about one quality of a person influences our benefits and expectations about the person in other qualities.  
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show One of the most influential forms of non-verbal communication. It can help distinguish a persons mood just by looking at their eye contact.  
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Facial expressions   show
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show The process by which people explain the causes of their own and other people's behaviour  
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show An explanation due to the characteristics of the person involved, such as their personality, ability, attitude, motivation, mood or effort.  
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Situational Attribute   show
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Fundamental attribute error   show
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Individualist culture   show
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Collectivist culture   show
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Attitude   show
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Tri-component model of attitudes   show
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show Refers to the emotional reactions or feelings an individual has towards an object, person, group, event or issue.  
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Behavioral component   show
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Cognitive component   show
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Strength of an attitude   show
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show A strong attitude that easily comes to mind - it has been thought about, is well known and has been stored in memory ready for use.  
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Perceived control   show
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show Collection of benefits that we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group.  
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show The process of grouping people into a category based on what we know about them.  
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Ingroup   show
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show Any group you do not belong to or identify with  
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Prejudice   show
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show Form of prejudice in which members of the majority group openly reject minority group members and their views towards the minority group are obvious and recognizable to others.  
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Modern prejudice   show
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Discrimination   show
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show When someone is treated unfavorably because of a personal characteristic protected by the law.  
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show When treating everybody the same disadvantages someone because of a personal characteristic.  
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show When prejudice and discrimination are directed at people who are members of a particular racial or ethnic group  
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Sexism   show
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show When directed at people because of their age  
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