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Attribution : A judgment about the cause of a person’s behavior
Dispositional attribution : A judgment assigning the cause of a person’s behavior to his/her personal qualities or characteristics
Situational attribution : A judgment assigning the cause of a person’s behavior to his/her environment
Correspondence bias : The tendency to view behavior as the result of disposition even when the behavior can be completely explained by the situation in which it occurs
Just world belief : The assumption that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people
Prejudice : A prejudgment, usually negative, of another person on the basis of his/her membership in a group
Stereotype : A simplified set of traits associated with membership in a group or category
Discrimination : Unfair behavior based on stereotyping and prejudice
Attitude : Positive or negative evaluations that predispose behavior toward an object, person, or situation
Cognitive dissonance : The uncomfortable state that occurs when behavior and attitudes do not match and can be resolved through attitude change
Persuasion : A change in attitudes in response to information provided by another person
Elaboration Likelihood Model : A model that predicts responses to persuasive messages by distinguishing between the central and peripheral routes to persuasion
Social norms : Usually unwritten or unspoken rules for behavior in social settings
Conformity : Matching behavior and appearance to perceived social norms
Compliance : Agreement with a request from a person with no perceived authority
Door in the face : A persuasive technique in which compliance with a target request is preceded by a large, unreasonable request
Foot in the door : A persuasive technique in which compliance with a small request is followed by compliance with a larger request that might otherwise have been rejected
Obedience : Compliance with a request from an authority figure
Social facilitation : The presence of other people changes performance
Social loafing : Reduced motivation and effort shown by individuals working in a group
Deindividuation : Immersion of an individual within a group, leading to anonymity
Group polarization : The intensifying of an attitude following discussion
Groupthink : A type of flawed decision making in which a group does not question its decisions critically
Mere exposure effect : Repeated exposure increases liking
Altruism : Helping others without personal gain or with personal costs
Bystander intervention : The study of situational variables related to helping a stranger, most notably the decreased likelihood of helping as the number of bystanders increases
Aggression : The conscious intent to harm another
Psychology Chapter 13
Across:2. | A prejudgment, usually negative, of another person on the basis of his/her membership in a group | 4. | The tendency to view behavior as the result of disposition even when the behavior can be completely explained by the situation in which it occurs | 6. | A type of flawed decision making in which a group does not question its decisions critically | 8. | The intensifying of an attitude following discussion | 10. | Positive or negative evaluations that predispose behavior toward an object, person, or situation |
| 15. | The presence of other people changes performance | 18. | The conscious intent to harm another | 19. | Matching behavior and appearance to perceived social norms | 20. | Repeated exposure increases liking |
| | Down:1. | A judgment about the cause of a person’s behavior | 3. | The assumption that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people | 5. | A judgment assigning the cause of a person’s behavior to his/her environment | 7. | A change in attitudes in response to information provided by another person | 9. | Reduced motivation and effort shown by individuals working in a group | 11. | Immersion of an individual within a group, leading to anonymity |
| 12. | Helping others without personal gain or with personal costs | 13. | A simplified set of traits associated with membership in a group or category | 14. | Agreement with a request from a person with no perceived authority | 16. | A persuasive technique in which compliance with a small request is followed by compliance with a larger request that might otherwise have been rejected | 17. | Compliance with a request from an authority figure |
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Psychology Chapter 13
Across:2. | A prejudgment, usually negative, of another person on the basis of his/her membership in a group | 4. | The tendency to view behavior as the result of disposition even when the behavior can be completely explained by the situation in which it occurs | 6. | A type of flawed decision making in which a group does not question its decisions critically | 8. | The intensifying of an attitude following discussion | 10. | Positive or negative evaluations that predispose behavior toward an object, person, or situation |
| 15. | The presence of other people changes performance | 18. | The conscious intent to harm another | 19. | Matching behavior and appearance to perceived social norms | 20. | Repeated exposure increases liking |
| | Down:1. | A judgment about the cause of a person’s behavior | 3. | The assumption that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people | 5. | A judgment assigning the cause of a person’s behavior to his/her environment | 7. | A change in attitudes in response to information provided by another person | 9. | Reduced motivation and effort shown by individuals working in a group | 11. | Immersion of an individual within a group, leading to anonymity |
| 12. | Helping others without personal gain or with personal costs | 13. | A simplified set of traits associated with membership in a group or category | 14. | Agreement with a request from a person with no perceived authority | 16. | A persuasive technique in which compliance with a small request is followed by compliance with a larger request that might otherwise have been rejected | 17. | Compliance with a request from an authority figure |
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