AP Pysch Chap 18

310439112	Social Psycology	the scientific study of how wwe think about, influence and relate to one another
310439113	Attribution Theory	suggests how we explain someones behavior- by crediting either the situation or the person' disposition
310439114	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
310439115	Attitude	feelins, often based on our beliefs, the predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people and events
310439116	Foot in the door phenomenom	the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger task
310439117	Cognitive Dissonance Theory	the theory that we act to reduce the discomofrt (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent
310439118	Conformity	adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
310439119	Normative Social Influence	influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
310439120	Informative Social Influence	Influence resulting from one's willingness to accpet other's opinions about reality
310439121	Social Facilitation	stronger responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others
310439122	social loafing	the tendecy for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaitaing a common goal than when individually accountable
310439123	deindividuation	the loss of self awarness and self restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
310439124	group polarization	the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion withint the group
310439125	groupthink	the mode of thinking that accurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
310439126	prejudice	an unjustiable and usually negiative attitude toward a group and its members. it generally involves sterotyped beliefs, negavite feelins and a predispostion to discriminaoty action
310439127	discrimination	unjustifiable negaivte behavior toward a group or its members
310439128	ingroup	"us"- people with whom one shares a common identity
310439129	outgroup	"them"- those perceived as differnt apart from one's group
310439130	scapegoat theory	the theory the prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
310439131	just world phenomenon	the tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
310439132	aggression	any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy
310439133	frustration-agression principle	the princple that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to acheive some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression
310439134	conflict	a percieved incompatibilty of actions, goals or ideas
310439135	social trap	a sitatuion in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destrucitve behavior
310439136	mere exposure effect	the phenomon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them
310439137	passionate love	an aroused state of intense positive absorptionin another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship
310439138	companionate love	the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined with
310439139	equality	a condition in which people recieve from a relationship in proportion to what they give in
310439140	self-disclosure	revealing intimate aspects of oneself to one another
310439141	altruism	unselfish regard for the welfare of others
310439142	bystander effect	the tendancy for any given bystander to be less liekly to igve aid if other bystanders are present
310439143	social eschange theory	the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs
310439144	reciprocty norm	an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them
310439145	social responsilibilty norm	an expectation that people will help those dependent upon them
310439146	superordinate goal	shared goals that override difference among people and require their cooperation
310439147	GRIT	graduated and reciprocated initatives in tension reduction- a strategy designed to decrease international tensions