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| 10196690 | structuralism | even very complex experiments can be broken down into component parts of sensations and feeling | |
| 10196691 | psychology | science of behavior and mental processes | |
| 10196692 | biological perspective | emphasizes studying the physical bases of human and animal behavior | |
| 10196693 | psychodynamic perspective | emphasizes importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and inter-personal relationships | |
| 10196694 | behavioral perspective | perspective of psychology which says that psychology should focus on observable behaviors | |
| 10196695 | humanistic perspective | focuses on the modivation of people to grow psychologically | |
| 10196696 | cognitive perspective | psychology experienced a return to the study of mental processes influence behavior | |
| 10196697 | cross-cultural perspective | study of diversity of human behavior in different cultural settings and countries | |
| 10196698 | social loafing | people work harder alone than when with a group | |
| 10196699 | social psychology | the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to each other | |
| 10196700 | attribution theory | how we explain someones behavior | |
| 10196701 | fundamental attribution error | the tendency of viewers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate impact of personal disposition | |
| 10196702 | attitudes | feelings based on beliefs | |
| 10196703 | foot-in-the-door phenomenon | a tendency for people who agree to a small action to comply later to a larger one | |
| 10196704 | cognitive dissonance theory | we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent | |
| 10197921 | chameleon effect | contagious behavior (ex. yawning, sneezing, looking up) | |
| 10197922 | mood linkage | we are happier when around happier people | |
| 10197923 | conformity | adjusting ones behavior or thinking to coincide with a groups standards | |
| 10197924 | Solomon Asch | created idea of conformity (did experiment with college students sitting around a table and answering a question wrongly based on a groups ideas) | |
| 10197925 | normative social influence | influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval /avoid disapproval | |
| 10197926 | informational social influence | ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality | |
| 10197927 | Stanley Milgrim | tested to see about commands and how people respond to it (the shock experiment) | |
| 10197928 | social facilitiation | some people do better when performing in front of an audience | |
| 10197929 | deindividuation | less self-conscious/self-restraint when in a group situation | |
| 10197930 | group-polarization | occurs when people within a group discuss an idea that most of them either favor/oppose | |
| 10197931 | groupthink | the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives | |
| 10197932 | prejudice | attitude toward a group-usually cultural,ethnic, or gender | |
| 10197933 | stereotypes | a generalized belief about a group of people | |
| 10197934 | discrimination | negative behavior toward a group | |
| 10197935 | ingroup | us, our group | |
| 10197936 | outgroup | excluding "them" | |
| 10197937 | ingroup bias | favoring of ones own group | |
| 10197938 | scapegoat theory | prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone else to blame | |
| 10197939 | just-world phenomenon | tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve, and deserve what they get | |
| 10197940 | social traps | a situation in which the conflicting parties by each rationally pursuing their self-interest became caught in destructive behavior | |
| 10197941 | mirror-image perceptions | as we see "them", as untrustworthy and evil intentioned- so "they" see us that way (vicious circle) | |
| 10197942 | altruism | unselfish regard for the welfare of others | |
| 10197943 | bystander effect | any bystander less likely to give aid to someone if lots of others are present | |
| 10197944 | social exchange theory | our social behavior is an exchange process, aim to max benefits and minimize costs | |
| 10197945 | recriprocity norm | expectation that we should return help to not harm those who help us | |
| 10197946 | social-responsibility norm | an expectation that people will help those dependent on them | |
| 10198867 | Philip Zimbardo | did the Stanford Prison experiment | |
| 10198868 | stanford prison experiment | people were assigned to be guards and prisoners- people had to play their role, and there was no rules, and people by the end of the first day WERE their role | |
| 10198869 | evolutionary perspective | application of the principles of evolution to explain psychological processes and phenomena | |
| 10198870 | Edward Titchener | created idea of structuralism | |
| 10198871 | Wilhelm Wundt | opened the first psychology lab | |
| 10198872 | William James | created idea of functionalism | |
| 10198873 | Functionalism | behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt |
