PSY socialpsykologi 3

The combined forces that hold the partners together in an enduring relationship.

A relationship in which people reward their partner out of direct concern and to show caring.

A research assistant playing a specific role in the study such as pretending to be just another participant.

A perceived incompatibility of goals between two or more parties.

The convergence of individuals’ thoughts, feelings, or behavior toward a social norm.

The processing principle that individuals’ and groups’ views of the world are slow to change and prone to perpetuate themselves.

The extent to which the independent and dependent variables used in research correspond to the theoretical constructs under investigation.

The axiom that each person’s view of reality is a construction, shaped both by cognitive processes (the ways our minds work) and by social processes (input from others either actually present or imagined).

Abstract and general concepts that are used in theories and that are not directly observable.

The theory that certain types of direct contact between members of hostile groups will reduce stereotyping and prejudice.

Theories holding that leader behaviors can differ and that different behaviors are most effective in specific leadership situations.

An effect of a comparison standard or prime that makes the perceiver’s judgment more different from the standard.

Two or more people working together toward a common goal that will benefit all involved.

The tendency to infer an actor’s personal characteristics from observed behaviors, even when the inference is unjustified because other possible causes of the behavior exist.