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attribution

the mental process of inferring the causes of people's behavior, including one's own. also refers to the explanation made for a praticular behavior

self enhancing bias

the tendency to attribute successful outcomes of one's own behavior to internal causes and unsuccessful outcomes to external, situational causes

fundamental attribution error

the tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal, personal characteristics, while ignoring or underestimating the effects of external, situational factors; an attributional bias that is common in individualistic cultures

obedience to authority

milgram's "shock generator" machine studied this aspect

actor observer effect

the tendency to attribute our own behavior to external, situational characteristics, while ignoring or underestimating the effects of internal, personal factors

false consensus effect

leads people to believe that their own values and ideas are "normal" and that the majority of people share these same opinions.

egocentric bias

tendency to rely too heavily on one's own perspective and/or have a higher opinion of oneself than reality.

cognitive dissonance

an unpleasant state of psychological tension or arousal that occurs when two thoughts or perceptions are inconsistent; typically results from the awareness that attitudes and
behavior are in conflict

bystander effect

a phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, he less likely each individual is to help someone in distress

just world beliefs

the assumption that the world is fair and that therefore people get what they deserve and deserve what they get

conformity

adjusting your opinions, judgments, or behaviors so that they match the opinions, judgments, or behaviors of other people, or the norms of a social group or situation

solomon asch study

study where subjects were asked to pick the comparison line that matched the standard line to test conformity

explicit cognition

deliberate, conscious mental processes involved in perceptions, judgments, decisions, and reasonin

implicit cognition

automatic, unconscious mental processes that influence perceptions, judgement, decisions, and reasoning

attitude

a learned tendency to evaluate some object, person, or issue in a particular way; such evaluations may be positive, negative, or ambivalent

prejudice

a negative attitude toward people who belong to a specific social group

normative social influence

behavior that is motivated by the desire to gain social acceptance and approval

informational social influence

behavior motivated by the desire to be correct

obedience

the performance of a behavior in response to a direct command

person perception

The mental processes we use to form judgement and draw conclusions about the characteristics and motives of other people

social facilitation

The tendency for the presence of other people to enhance individual performance

Altruism

Helping another person with no expectation of personal reward or benefit

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What is the mental process of inferring the causes of people's behavior?

In social psychology, attribution is the process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors.

What is the mental process and behavior?

The mental process is the steps the mind takes to think, feel, etc., while behavior is just simply how one acts. In the beginning, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle wrote about the relationship of the body and the soul.

What are the 3 mental processes?

But the three kinds of mental processes have to do with (1) information processing, (2) symbol manipulation, and (3) knowledge construction. We shall examine each of these in turn.

What are the 5 mental processes?

Common mental processes include memory, emotion, perception, imagination, thinking and reasoning.