AP Psych Social Review Flashcards
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| 7374701158 | Aggression | Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 730) | 0 | |
| 7374701159 | Altruism | Unselfish regard for the welfare of others. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 745) | 1 | |
| 7374701160 | Bystander Effect | The tendency for any given person to be less likely to give aid if other persons are present. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 746) | 2 | |
| 7374701161 | Companionate Love | The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 744) | 3 | |
| 7374701162 | Conflict | A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 737) | 4 | |
| 7374701163 | Equity | A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 744) | 5 | |
| 7374701164 | Frustration-aggression Principle | The principle that frustration -the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 732) | 6 | |
| 7374701166 | Ingroup | "Us" - People with whom one shares a common identity. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 728) | 7 | |
| 7374701167 | Ingroup Bias | The tendency to favor one's own group. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 728) | 8 | |
| 7374701168 | 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. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 730) | 9 | |
| 7374701169 | Mere Exposure Effect | The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 740) | 10 | |
| 7374701170 | Outgroup | "Them" - Those perceived as different or apart from one's ingroup. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 728) | 11 | |
| 7374701171 | Passionate Love | An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 743) | 12 | |
| 7374701172 | Prejudice | An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 725) | 13 | |
| 7374701173 | Scapegoat Theory | The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 728) | 14 | |
| 7374701174 | Social Exchange Theory | The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 747) | 15 | |
| 7374701175 | Stereotype | A generalization (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 725) | 16 | |
| 7374701176 | Superordinate Goals | Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 748) | 17 | |
| 7374701177 | Self-disclosure | Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 744) | 18 | |
| 7374701178 | Social Trap | A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 738) | 19 | |
| 7374701179 | Conformity | Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 714) | 20 | |
| 7374701180 | Deindividuation | The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 721) | 21 | |
| 7374701181 | Group Polarization | The enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 721) | 22 | |
| 7374701182 | Groupthink | The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 722) | 23 | |
| 7374701183 | Informational Social Influence | Influence resulting from one's willingness to accept other's opinions about reality. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 715) | 24 | |
| 7374701184 | Normative Social Influence | Influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 715) | 25 | |
| 7374701185 | Social Facilitation | Improved performance of tasks in the presence of others; occurs with simple or well-learned tasks but not with tasks that are difficult or not yet mastered. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 719) | 26 | |
| 7374701186 | 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. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 720) | 27 | |
| 7374701187 | Attitude | A belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 708) | 28 | |
| 7374701188 | Attribution Theory | The theory that we tend to give a causal explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 706) | 29 | |
| 7374701189 | Cognitive Dissonance Theory | The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 711) | 30 | |
| 7374701190 | Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon | The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 709) | 31 | |
| 7374701191 | 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. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 706) | 32 | |
| 7374701192 | Social Psychology | The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. (Myers Psychology 7e p. 706) | 33 |