Social Psychology

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the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others

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social psychology

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How we explain other people's behavior

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attribution

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When explaining someone else's behavior, we have a tendency to overestimate the person and underestimate the situation.

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fundamental attribution error

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Your feelings about a person, event, or place.

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attitude

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A sense of discomfort we experience when we do something that's against our morals

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cognitive dissonance

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type of information processing that involves attending to the content of the message itslf

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central-route processing

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asking for a large commitment and being refused, and then asking for a smaller commitment

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door in the face

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changing ones behavior to match other people

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conformity

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the lessining of group members' sense of personal identity and personal responsiability

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deindividuation

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the tendency for the presence of other people to have a positive impact on the performance of an easy task

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social facilitation