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| 9721262395 | Social Psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. |  | 0 |
| 9721262396 | Attribution Theory | the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. |  | 1 |
| 9721262397 | Fundamental Attribution Error | the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. |  | 2 |
| 9721262398 | Attitude | feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. |  | 3 |
| 9721262399 | Central Route Persuasion | attitude change path in which interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts. |  | 4 |
| 9721262400 | Peripheral Route Persuasion | attitude change path in which people are influenced by incidental cues |  | 5 |
| 9721262401 | Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request. |  | 6 |
| 9721262402 | Role | a set of expectations about a social position |  | 7 |
| 9721262403 | Cognitive Dissonance Theory | the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent |  | 8 |
| 9721262404 | Conformity | adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. |  | 9 |
| 9721262405 | Normative Social Influence | influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. |  | 10 |
| 9721262406 | Informational Social Influence | influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality. |  | 11 |
| 9721262407 | Social Facilitation | stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others. |  | 12 |
| 9721262408 | Social Loafing | the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable. |  | 13 |
| 9721262409 | Deindividuation | the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. |  | 14 |
| 9721262410 | Group Polarization | the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group. |  | 15 |
| 9721262411 | Groupthink | the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives. |  | 16 |
| 9721262412 | Culture | the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |  | 17 |
| 9721262413 | Norm | an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior. |  | 18 |
| 9721262414 | Personal Space | the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. |  | 19 |
| 9721262415 | Prejudice | an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members |  | 20 |
| 9721262416 | Stereotype | a generalized belief about a group of people. |  | 21 |
| 9721262417 | Discrimination | unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members. |  | 22 |
| 9721262418 | Ingroup | "Us"—people with whom we share a common identity. |  | 23 |
| 9721262419 | Outgroup | "Them"—those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup. |  | 24 |
| 9721262420 | Ingroup Bias | the tendency to favor our own group. |  | 25 |
| 9721262421 | Scapegoat Theory | the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. |  | 26 |
| 9721262422 | Other-Race Effect | the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races |  | 27 |
| 9721262423 | Just-World Phenomenon | the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. |  | 28 |
| 9721262424 | Aggression | physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. |  | 29 |
| 9721262425 | Frustration-Aggression Principle | the principle that frustration creates anger, which can generate aggression. |  | 30 |
| 9721262426 | Mere Exposure Effect | the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them. |  | 31 |
| 9721262427 | Passionate Love | an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. |  | 32 |
| 9721262428 | Companionate Love | the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined. |  | 33 |
| 9721262429 | Equity | a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it. |  | 34 |
| 9721262430 | Self-Disclosure | revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. |  | 35 |
| 9721262431 | Altruism | unselfish regard for the welfare of others. |  | 36 |
| 9721262432 | Bystander Effect | the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present. |  | 37 |
| 9721262433 | Social Exchange Theory | the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs. |  | 38 |
| 9721262434 | Reciprocity Norm | an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them. |  | 39 |
| 9721262435 | Social-Responsibility Norm | an expectation that people will help those dependent upon them. |  | 40 |
| 9721262436 | Conflict | a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas. |  | 41 |
| 9721262437 | Social Trap | a situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior. |  | 42 |
| 9721262438 | Self Fulfilling Prophecy | a belief that leads to its own fulfillment |  | 43 |
| 9721262439 | Superordinate Goals | shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation. |  | 44 |
