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schema

a set of beliefs and feelings about something

role schema

a schema about how people in certain roles are expected to behave

person schema

a schema about how a particular individual is expected to behave

self schema

the set of beliefs, feelings, and generalizations we have about ourselves.

self

the totality of our impressions, thoughts, and feelings, such that we have a conscious, continuous sense of being in the world

social self

the composite of the social roles one plays

ethics

a system of beliefs from which one derives standards for behavior

self concept

ones perceptions of oneself, including ones traits and an evaluation of these traits. the self concept includes ones self esteem and ones ideal self

self esteem

self approval. ones self respect or favorable opinion of oneself

ideal self

ones perception of what one ought to be and do

identity crisis

a period of serious self examination and self questioning of ones values and direction in life

identity achievement

the identity status that describes individuals who have resolved an identity crisis and committed to a relatively stable set of beliefs or a course of action

identity foreclosure

the identity status that describes individuals who have adopted a commitment to a set of beliefs or a course of action without undergoing an identity crisis

identity moratorium

identity status that describes individuals who are in the throes of an identity crisis--undergoing an intense examination of alternatives

identity diffusion

identity status that describes individuals who have neither arrived at a commitment as to who they are and what they stand for nor experienced a crisis

social perception

process by which we for understandings of others in our social environment based on observations of how others act and information we recieve

primacy effect

the tendency to evaluate others in terms of first impressions

recency effect

tendency to evaluate others in terms of the most recent impression

prejudice

belief that a person or group, on the basis of assumed racial, ethnic, sexual, or other features, will possess negative characteristics or perform inadequately

discrimination

the denial of priviledges to a person or group on the basis of prejudice

stereotypes

fixed, conventional ideas about a group that can lead us to process information about members of the group in a biased fashion

attribution

a belief concerning why people behave in a certain way

attribution process

the process by which people draw inferences about the motives and traits of themselves and others

dispositional attribution

an assumption that a persons behavior is determined by internal causes, such as personal attitudes or goals

situational attribution

an assumption that a persons behavior is determined by external circumstances, such as the social pressure found in a situation

fundamental attribution error

tendency to assume that others act on the basis of choice or will, even when there is evidence suggesting the importance of their situations

actor observer effect

tendency to attribute our own behavior to external, situational factors but to attribute the behavior of others to internal, dispositional factors such as choice or will

self serving bias

the tendency to view ones success as stemming from internal factors and ones failures as stemming from external factors

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