seeks to explain how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by interactions with others
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Social Cognition
focuses on how we perceive, store, and retrieve information about social interactions
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Physical Proximity
the distance of one person to another person
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Stimulation Value
the ability of a person to interest you in or to expose you to new ideas and experiences
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Utility Value
the ability of a person to help another achieve his or her goals
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Ego-Support Value
the ability of a person to provide another person with sympathy, encouragement, and approval
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Complementarity
the attraction that often develops between opposite types of people because of the ability of one to supply what the other lacks
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Primacy Effect
the tendency to form opinions on others based on first impressions
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Stereotype
a set of assumptions about people in a given category often based on half-truths and nontruths
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Attribution Theory
a collection of principles based on our explanations of the causes of events, other people’s behaviors, and our own behaviors
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Fundamental Attribution Error
an inclination to over attribute others’ behavior to internal causes (dispositional factors) and discount the situational factors contributing to their behavior
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Actor-Observer Bias
tendency to attribute one’s own behavior to outside causes but attribute the behavior of others to internal causes
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Self-Serving Bias
a tendency to claim success is due to our efforts, while failure is due to circumstances beyond our control
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Nonverbal Communication
the process through which messages are conveyed using space, body language, and facial expression
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Generational Identity
the theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues because of different formative experiences
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Group
a collection of people who have shared goals, a degree of interdependence, and some amount of communication
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Task Functions
activities directed toward getting a job done
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Social Functions
responses directed toward satisfying the emotional needs of members
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Norms
shared standards of behavior accepted by and expected from group members
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Ideology
the set of principles, attitudes, and defined objectives for which a group stands
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Social Facilitation
an increase in performance in front of a crowd
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Social Inhibition
a decrease in performance in front of a crowd
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Group Polarization
theory that group discussion reinforces the majority’s point of view and shifts group members’ opinions to a more extreme position
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Group Think
poor group decision making that occurs as a result of a group emphasizing unity over critical thinking
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Sociogram
a diagram that represents relationships within a group, especially likes and dislikes of members for other members
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Conformity
acting in accord with group norms or customs
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Obedience
a change in attitude or behavior brought about by social pressure to comply with people perceived to be authorities
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Altruism
helping others, often at a cost or risk, for reasons other than rewards
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Diffusion of Responsibility
the presence of others lessens an individual’s feelings of responsibility for his or her actions or failure to act
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Bystander Effect
an individual does not take action because of the presence of others
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Social Loafing
the tendency to work less hard when sharing the workload with others
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Deindividuation
individuals behave irrationally when there is less chance of being personally identified
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