Card 41
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stereotype boost
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when members of a group are made aware of a positive stereotype of that group, they tend to perform better because of stereotype
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Card 42
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bystander effect
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people are less likely to offer assistance in an emergency situation if there are people around
Card 43
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central route to persuasion
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attempting to change someone's attitude by using arguments that are content specific (i.e. agreeing with someone on an issue, safety features of a car, etc.)
Card 44
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peripheral route to persuasion
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attempting to change someone's attitude by using arguments that are not content specific (i.e. celebrity endoresment of product, speaker has a nice voice,etc.)
Card 45
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community psychology
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specialize in the prevention of psychological disorders
Card 46
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gender schemas
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based on individual experiences, it is how one views what it means to be "male" or "female"
Card 47
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interpersonal attraction
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proxmitiy, similarity, physical attractiveness are the "three keys"
Card 48
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normative social influence
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individuals conform to gain approval or avoid disapproval from the group
Card 49
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social norms
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societal rules about how people "should" behave
Card 50
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social responsibility norm
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it is our duty to help people who cannot or will not help themselves
Card 51
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social trap
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satisfying short-term goals which lead to more complicated problems in the long-term (not wearing a mask or getting a vaccine, so the pandemic goes on longer)
Card 52
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superordinate goals
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a task that requires joint effort by opposing groups to complete; leads to better cooperation between the groups
Card 53
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informational social influence
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individuals conform because they believe others possess knowledge that they do not
Card 54
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instinct theory (evolutionary psychology)
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humans motivated to stay alive and pass on genes to future generations
Card 55
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prisoner's dilemma
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seeks to understand why people who should work together for their own benefit often do not work together
Card 56
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Industrial-organizational psychology
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psychologists who attempt to improve the workings of companies or groups to make them operate more efficiently
Card 57
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Cognitive psychology
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branch of psychology that focuses on how humans think and solve problems
Card 58
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contact theory
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the belief that working with or exposure to members of minority groups, leads to a decreased level of prejudice towards those groups
Card 59
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Humanistic psychology
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branch of psychology that focuses on positive, growth seeking aspects of human nature (Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow)
Card 60
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epigenetic
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influence of environment on physical expression of genes
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