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CHAPTER 17 - Social Behavior

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social psychology   show
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social cognition   show
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show the cognitive process by which we infer the causes of both our own and other people's social behavior  
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fundmental attribution error   show
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self-serving bias   show
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person perception   show
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show the deliberate attempt to control the impression that others form of us  
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show a cognitive structure comprising the presumed characteristics of a rol, an event, a person or a group  
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stereotype   show
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show the tendency for one person's expectations to influence another person to behave in accordance with them  
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passionate love   show
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show love characterized by feelings of affection and commitment to a relationship with another person  
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show an evaluation - containing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components - of an idea, event, object, or person  
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persuasion   show
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elaboration likelihood theory   show
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show responding favorably to a persuasive message following the mere passage of time after having initially rejected it because of a strong peripheral factor, such as not trusting the source of the message  
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show leon festinger's theory that attitude change is motivated by the desire to relieve the unpleasant state of arousal caused when one holds cognitons and or behaviors that are inconsistent with each other  
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self-perception theory   show
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prejudice   show
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show a personality type marked by the tendency to obey superiors while dominating subordinates, to favor one's own group while being prejudiced against other groups, and to be willing to admit one's own faults while projecting them onto members of other groups  
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group   show
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group polarization   show
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show the tendency of small, cohesive groups to place unanimity ahead of critical thinking in making decisions  
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show the effect of the presence of other people on a person's task performance, with performance on simple or well-learned tasks improved and performance on complex or poorly learned tasks impaired  
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show a decrease in the individual effort exerted by group members when working together on a task  
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conformity   show
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compliance   show
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show increasing the likelihood that a person will comply with a request by first getting the person to comply with a smaller one  
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show increasing the likelihood that a person will comply with a request by first getting the person to reject a larger one  
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obedience   show
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aggression   show
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show the assumption that frustration causes aggression  
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show the process by which group members become less aware of themselves as individuals and less concerned about being socially evaluated  
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prosocial behavior   show
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altruism   show
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negative state relief theory   show
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bystander intervention   show
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