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Summary PSY 2510-103 Running Vocab List
This document lists every vocabulary word that is listed in the book in the order that they come up.
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self-concept
Answer: the overall set of beliefs that people have about their personal attributes
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independent view of the self
Answer: a way of defining oneself in terms of one\'s own internal thoughts, feelings, and actions and not in terms of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of other people
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interdependent view of the self
Answer: a way of defining oneself in terms of one\'s relationships to other people, recognizing that one\'s behavior is often determined by the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others
4.
introspection
Answer: the process whereby people look inward and examine their own thoughts, feelings, and motives
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self-awareness theory
Answer: the idea that when people focus their attention on themselves, they evaluate and compare their behavior to their internal standards and values
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cognitive dissonance
Answer: the discomfort people feel when they behave in ways that threaten their self-esteem
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post decisional dissonance
Answer: dissonance aroused after making a decision, typically reduced by enhancing the attractiveness of the chosen alternative and devaluing the rejected alternatives
3.
lowballing
Answer: an unscrupulous strategy whereby a salesperson induces a customer to agree to purchase a product at a low cost, subsequently claims it was an error, and then raises the price; frequently, the customer will agree to make the purchase at the inflated price
4.
justification of effort
Answer: the tendency for individuals to increase their liking for something they have worked hard to attain
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external justification
Answer: a reason or an explanation for dissonant personal behavior that resides outside of the individual (e.g., to receive a large reward or avoid a severe punishment)
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attitudes
Answer: evaluations of people, objects, and ideas
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cognitively based attitude
Answer: an attitude based primarily on people\'s beliefs about the properties of an attitude object
3.
affectively based attitude
Answer: an attitude based more on people\'s feelings and values then on their beliefs about the nature of an attitude object
4.
classical conditioning
Answer: the phenomenon whereby a stimulus that elicits an emotional response is repeatedly paired with a neutral stimulus that does not, until the neutral stimulus takes on the emotional properties of the first stimulus
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operant conditioning
Answer: the phenomenon whereby behaviors we freely choose to perform become more or less frequent, depending on whether they are followed by a reward or punishment
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propinquity effect
Answer: the finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends
2.
mere exposure effect
Answer: the fining that the more exposure we have to a stimulus, the more apt we are to like it
3.
halo effect
Answer: a cognitive bias by which we tend to assume that an individual with one positive characteristic also possesses other (even unrelated) positive characteristics
4.
companionate love
Answer: the feelings of intimacy and affection we have for someone that is not accompanied by passion of physiological arousal
5.
passionate love
Answer: an intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousla
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prosocial behavior
Answer: any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person
2.
altruism
Answer: the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper
3.
kin selection
Answer: the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection
4.
norm of reciprocity
Answer: the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future
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empathy
Answer: the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person and to experience events and emotions (e.g., joy and sadness) the way that person experiences them
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aggression
Answer: intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm or psychological pain to another person
2.
hostile aggression
Answer: aggression stemming from feelings of anger with the goal of inflicting pain or injury
3.
instrumental aggression
Answer: aggression that is done as a means to achieve some goal other than causing pain
4.
challenge hypothesis
Answer: testosterone relates to aggression only when there are opportunities for reproduction
5.
dual-hormone hypothesis
Answer: testosterone related to dominance-seeking behavior only when the stress hormone, cortisol, is not elevated
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prejudice
Answer: a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership in that group; it contains cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components
2.
stereotype
Answer: a generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members
3.
discrimination
Answer: unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group solely because of their membership of that group
4.
Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Answer: a test that measures the speed with which people can pair a target face with positive or negative stimuli reflecting unconscious (implicit) prejudices
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self-fulfilling prophecy
Answer: an expectation of one\'s own or another person\'s behavior that comes true because of the tendency of the person holding it to act in ways that bring it about
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