Social Psychology

social psychologythe scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. (Myers Psychology 8e p. 723) attribution theorysuggests how we explain someone's behavior—by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. (Myers Psychology 8e p. 724) fundamental attribution errorthe tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. (Myers Psyc...

social psychology the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another attitudes personal beliefs and feelings that may predispose a person to respond in particular ways to objects, people, and events bystander effect the tendency of a person to be less likely to offer help to someone if there are other people present aggression any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy frustration-aggression principle states that aggression is triggered wh...

Primacy Effect - Answer-- our impressions are usually swayed the most by information received early in an interaction False Consensus Bias - Answer-- overestimation of the degree to which the beliefs and opinions of others are similar to our own Factors that Affect Impression Formation: Central Traits - Answer-- certain descriptions (e.g., a warm vs. cold person) influence impressions more than others because they provide unique information and are associated with a large number of other c...

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