AP Psych
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| 212048933 | attitudes | positive or negative evaluations of objects of thought, including social issues, groups, institutions, consumer products, and people; learned predispositions to respond in a favorable or unfavorable way to a specific object, person, or event. | 0 | |
| 212048934 | attributions | inferences that people draw about the causes of events, others' behavior, and their own behavior | 1 | |
| 212048935 | bystander effect | people are less likely to provide needed help when they are in groups than when they are alone | 2 | |
| 212048936 | central route to persuasion | focuses on factual information, logical arguments and a thoughtful analysis of pertinent details | 3 | |
| 212048937 | cognitive dissonance | exists when related cognitions are inconsistent and contradict each other; creates an unpleasant state of tension that motivates people to reduce their dissonance, usually by altering their cognitions | 4 | |
| 212048938 | collectivism | putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one's identity in terms of the groups one belongs to | 5 | |
| 212048939 | collectivist culture | emphasize inter-dependence and collective responsibility; examples include Japan and China | 6 | |
| 212048940 | commitment | an intent to maintain a relationship in spite of the difficulties and costs that may arise | 7 | |
| 212048941 | companionate love | warm, trusting, tolerant affection for another whose life is deeply intertwined with one's own | 8 | |
| 212048942 | conformity | occurs when people yield to real or imagined social pressure | 9 | |
| 212048943 | defensive attribution | a tendency to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way | 10 | |
| 212048944 | deindividuation | the reduction of self-awareness and personal responsibility that can occur when a person is part of a group whose members feel anonymous | 11 | |
| 212048945 | discrimination | behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group | 12 | |
| 212048946 | dispositional factors | in attribution thinking, these are internal qualities, abilities and personality traits, such as level of motivation and willingness to work | 13 | |
| 212048947 | external attributions | ascribe the causes of behavior to situational demands and environmental constraints | 14 | |
| 212048948 | foot-in-the-door technique | getting people to agree to a small request in order to increase the chances that they will agree to a larger request later | 15 | |
| 212048949 | fundamental attribution error | the observer's bias in favor of internal attributions in explaining the behavior of others; the tendency to overestimate the likelihood that an actor's behavior reflects personal qualities rather than situational factors. Actors favor external attributions for their behavior, while observers are more likely to explain the same behavior with internal attributions | 16 | |
| 212048950 | group | two or more individuals who interact and are interdependent | 17 | |
| 212048951 | group cohesiveness | refers to the strength of the liking relationships linking group members to each other and to the group itself | 18 | |
| 212048952 | group polarization | occurs when a group discussion strengthens a group's dominant point of view and produces shift toward a more extreme decision in that direction | 19 | |
| 212048953 | groupthink | occurs when members of a cohesive group emphasize concurrence at the expense of critical thinking in arriving at a decision | 20 | |
| 212048954 | illusory correlation | when people estimate that they have encountered more confirmations of an association between social traits than they have actually seen | 21 | |
| 212048955 | in-group bias | the tendency to judge the behavior of in-group members favorably and out-group members unfavorably | 22 | |
| 212048956 | individualism | putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group memberships | 23 | |
| 212048957 | individualistic culture | emphasize independence and personal responsibility; examples include the United States or Canada | 24 | |
| 212048958 | ingroup | a group that one belongs to and identifies with | 25 | |
| 212048959 | internal attributions | ascribe the causes of behavior to personal dispositions, traits, abilities, and feelings | 26 | |
| 212048960 | interpersonal attraction | positive feelings toward another | 27 | |
| 212048961 | intimacy | warmth, closeness, and sharing in a relationship | 28 | |
| 212048962 | just-world phenomenon | since most people have a need to believe that the world is just and fair, they believe that people generally get what they deserve. This phenomenon helps explain the tendency to blame the victim rather than to look at social causes. | 29 | |
| 212048963 | low-ball technique | getting someone to agree to a seemingly attractive proposition before its hidden costs are revealed | 30 | |
| 212048964 | matching hypothesis | proposes that males and females of approximately equal physical attractiveness are likely to select each other as partners | 31 | |
| 212048965 | obedience | a form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority | 32 | |
| 212048966 | outgroup | a group that one does not belong to or identify with | 33 | |
| 212048967 | passionate love | a complete absorption in another that includes tender sexual feelings and the agony and ecstasy of intense emotion | 34 | |
| 212048968 | peripheral route to persuasion | focuses on emotional appeals and incidental cues | 35 | |
| 212048969 | person perception | the process of forming perceptions of others | 36 | |
| 212048970 | prejudice | a learned, negative attitude directed toward people solely because of their membership in a specific social group | 37 | |
| 212048971 | reciprocity | liking those who show that they like you | 38 | |
| 212048972 | reciprocity norm | the rule that we should pay back in kind what we receive from others | 39 | |
| 212048973 | saliency bias | situational factors are more salient (noticeable) than dispositional factors. As a result, people focus on visible personality traits rather than the less visible social context. | 40 | |
| 212048974 | self-serving bias | a tendency to attribute one's successes to personal factors and one's failures to situational factors | 41 | |
| 212048975 | situational factors | in attributional thinking, these are external circumstances such as social influences, pressures and responsibilities | 42 | |
| 212048976 | social facilitation | the tendency for an individual's performance to improve when simple or well-rehearsed tasks are performed in the presence of others | 43 | |
| 212048977 | social inhibition | the tendency for an individual's performance to decline when complex or poorly-learned tasks are performed in the presence of others | 44 | |
| 212048978 | social loafing | a reduction in effort by individuals when they work in groups as compared to when they work by themselves | 45 | |
| 212048979 | social psychology | the branch of psychology concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others | 46 | |
| 212048980 | stereotypes | widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group | 47 | |
| 212048981 | aggression | behavior that is intended to cause harm | 48 | |
| 212048982 | mere exposure effect | the more we come into contact with someone, the more likely we are to like that person | 49 | |
| 212048983 | norms | implicit or explicit rules that apply to all members of a group and govern acceptable behavior and attitudes | 50 |
