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Social Psychology Key Terms Practice
Exam Study Guide with Complete
Solutions
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-Scientific study of how we think about,
influence, and relate to one another.
Attribution Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we explain someone's
behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition.
Fundamental Attribution Error - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for observers,
when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the
situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
Attitude - Answer✔️✔️-Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that
predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people who
have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts
(cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our
attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance
by changing our attitudes.
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Social Psychology Key Terms Practice
Exam Study Guide with Complete
Solutions
Social Psychology - Answer✔️✔️-Scientific study of how we think about,
influence, and relate to one another.
Attribution Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we explain someone's
behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition.
Fundamental Attribution Error - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for observers,
when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the
situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
Attitude - Answer✔️✔️-Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that
predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon - Answer✔️✔️-The tendency for people who
have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Answer✔️✔️-The theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts
(cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our
attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance
by changing our attitudes.
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