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  Scientific study of how we influence, relate and think about one another Study of influences, relationships, thoughts Application 1: client having trouble with school work Application 2: lab rats how we explain someone's behavior by either crediting the situation or the person's disposition Explaining behavior based on situation Application 1: a person struggling with depression Application 2: a person struggling with schizophrenia tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate impact of situation and to overestimate impact of dispositional factors

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1. Scientific study of how we influence, relate and think about one another
   Study of influences, relationships, thoughts
   Application 1: client having trouble with school work
   Application 2: lab rats
2. how we explain someone's behavior by either crediting the situation or the person's disposition
   Explaining behavior based on situation
   Application 1: a person struggling with depression
   Application 2: a person struggling with schizophrenia
3. tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate impact of situation and to overestimate impact of dispositional factors.
   Underestimated impact of situation
   Application 1: if someone bumps into you and you assume them to be careless
   Application 2: if someone fails a test and you assume they are lazy and not studying
4. feelings often based on our beliefs, which predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events
   Belief based feelings
   Application 1: being grouchy would lead to responding to things in an angry manner
   Application 2: being happy may lead you into a more optimistic way of thinking, responding
5. theory that we act to reduce discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent or thoughts and behavior. Example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the discomfort by changing our attitudes.
   Attitude change to reduce discomfort
   Application 1: Cole can't play the saxophone, so he assumes there is something wrong with it
   Application 2: a religious group that was expecting the imminent end of the world on a certain date. When that date passed without the world ending, the movement did not disband. Instead, the group came to believe that they had been spared in order to spread their teachings to others
6. : tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request.
   Eventually complying with larger requests
   Application 1: Jane agreed to let Jenny copy her homework...she eventually agreed to help her cheat on a test.
   Application 2:Matt helped Tommy paint his fence...Tommy then convinced him to help paint his house
7. adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
   Following societal practices/beliefs
   Application 1: Britt liked to stand out, however when she made a new group of friends she started to act & dress like them
   Application 2: conforming to a certain religion for fear of rejection
8. : influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality. We change our opinion based on info we get from others or experts.
   Influence Caused by others' opinions
   Application 1: turning to the police for help
   Application 2: eating at a busier restaurant instead of an empty one
9. Type of social influence resulting from person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval- we change our behavior to that of group to fit in
   Behavior change to fit in
   Application 1: fashion
   Application 2: politics
10. tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when working toward a common goal than when individually accountable.
    Slacking when doing group work
    Application 1: students doing group work
    Application 2:employees at a meeting