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the study of how our thoughts. feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by interactions with others
social psychology
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focuses on how we perceive, store, adn retrieve information about social interactions
social cognition
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the distance of one person to another
proximity
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the ability of a prson to interest you in or to expose you to new ideas and experiences
stimulation value
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the ability of a person to help another achieve his or her goals
utility value
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the ability of a person to provide another person with sympathy, encouragement, and approval
ego- support value
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the attraction that often develops between opposite types of people because of the ability of one to supply what the other lacks
complementarity
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the tendency to form opinions based on first impressions
primacy effect
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set of assumptions about people in a given category summarizing our experience and beliefs about groups of people
stereotypes
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collection of principles based on our explanations of the causes of events
attribution therapy
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an inclination to over attribute others behavior to internal causes and discount the situationak factors contributing to their behaviors
fundamental attribution
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tendency to attribute ones own behavior to outside causes but attribute the behavior to others to internal causes
actor observer bias
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a tendency to claim success is due to our efforts, while failure is due to circumstances beyond our control
self serving bias
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the process through which messages are conveyed usuing space, body language, and facial expressions.
nonverbal communication
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the theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues because of different formative experiences
generational identity
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