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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH
CH.18 SOCIAL EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: aggression
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any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy
Question 2: attitude
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a belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events
Question 3: equity
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a condition in which people recieve from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
Question 4: ingroup
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"Us" - people with whome one shares a common identity
Question 5: normative social influence
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influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
Question 6: social psychology
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the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
Question 7: cognitive dissonance theory
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the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent
Question 8: frustration-agression principle
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the principle that frustration - the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal - creates anger, which can generate aggression
Question 9: altruism
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unselfish regard for the welfare of others
Question 10: stereotype
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a generalized (sometime accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
Question 11: passionate love
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an aroused state od intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship
Question 12: foot-in-the-door phenomenon
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the tendency to people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
Question 13: self-disclosure
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revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others
Question 14: GRIT
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Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction - a strategy designed to decrease international tensions
Question 15: companionate love
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the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
Question 16: social exchange theory
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the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs
Question 17: social loafing
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the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable
Question 18: outgroup
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"Them" - those percieved as different or apart from one's ingroup
Question 19: superordinate goals
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shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation
Question 20: conformity
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adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
Question 21: ingroup bias
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the tendency to favor one's own group
Question 22: deindividuation
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the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
Question 23: group polarization
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the enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group
Question 24: mere exposure effect
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the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them
Question 25: social trap
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a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior
Question 26: fundamental attribution error
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the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition
Question 27: attribution theory
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the theory that we tend to give a casual explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition
Question 28: just-world phenomenon
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the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
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