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Social Psychology: Chapter 1

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Social influencethe effect that words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior
Social Psychologythe scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people
construalspersonal interpretations
Individual differencesthe aspects of people’s personalities that make them different from other people
fundamental attribution errorthe tendency to overestimate the role of traits and underestimate the role of the situation in determining people’s behavior
Behaviorisma school of psychology maintaining that to understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the environment
Gestalt Psychologya school of psychology stressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which objects appear in people’s minds, rather than the objective, physical attributes of the object
The Self-Esteem ApproachThe Need to Feel Good about Ourselves
Self-esteema person’s evaluation of their own self-worth
The Social Cognition ApproachThe Need to Be Accurate
Social Cognitionhow people think about themselves and the social world


(AP) Human Geography Teacher
Lakeville South High School
Lakeville, MN

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