Definition

how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgments and decisions

The study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about people

overall set of beliefs that people have about their personal attributes

The discomfort that people feel when two cognitions (beliefs, attitudes) conflict, or when they behave in ways that are inconsistent with their conception of themselves

Evaluations of people, objects, and ideas

A change in one’s behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people

Intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm or psychological pain to another person

A hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership in that group; it contains cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components