Unit 11 Padlet by Gretchen Ann Farmer https://padlet.com/gretchenfar5676/ilwj6234594c Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-04-07 12:28:39 UTC 2017-04-07 13:11:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Social Psychology gretchenfar5676 https://padlet.com/gretchenfar5676/ilwj6234594c/wish/165362250 Attribution Theory- theory that examines our tendency to make sense of other people's behavior (is behavior a result of the situation the person is or their individual traits?)

Antecedent- information about person/situation prior to circumstance

Attribution- what we believe caused the behavior

Personal (dispositional)- blaming the person's character

Situational- blaming the circumstance or external factors

Just-World Phenomenon- assumption that bad things happen to bad people and vice versa

Fundamental Attribution Error- overemphasize personal attributions for others and underestimate  them for ourselves

Self-Serving Bias- attribute successes to ourselves and failures to situations

Attitude- stable organization of beliefs, feelings, and tendencies toward someone or something

ABC's of Attitude:
Affect- feeling of love, hate, dislike
Behavior- approach, avoid
Cognition- beliefs (facts, opinions)

Prejudice- intolerant, unfavorable, and rigid attitude toward a group of people (can be artificially induced)

Discrimination- actions that deny opportunities and social esteem to an entire group of people or individual members of that group

Ingroup Bias- tendency to favor one's own group

Self-fulfilling prophecy- one's unconscious expectations about someone else eventually lead the other person to behave in ways that confirm these expectations

Conformity- changing behavior to match that of the group

Cognitive Dissonance- attitudes and behaviors inconsistent; were motivated to decrease this tension (rationalization)

Obedience- compliance with an explicit demand to change behavior from an authority figure

Compliance- how we respond to a request
Low-ball-
Foot-in-the-door- tendency for people to comply with a small request and later be more likely to comply with a larger request
Door-in-the-face-
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