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Across
  1. 3. Judging something by how much it matches a mental category
  2. 5. A negative attitude toward a group
  3. 7. Explaining behavior by personality, character, or effort
  4. 8. Brain structure strongly linked to fear and emotion
  5. 11. Looking for evidence that supports what you already believe
  6. 15. Plural term for mental frameworks that shape expectations
  7. 22. Mistakenly thinking others see a situation differently than you do
  8. 23. The process of explaining the causes of behavior
  9. 24. The external circumstances affecting behavior
  10. 26. Striving against others for resources, status, or success
  11. 27. A learned tendency to respond positively or negatively toward something
  12. 29. Any observable action of a person or animal
  13. 30. Perspective focusing on thinking, memory, and mental processes
  14. 32. Units of heredity that influence traits and behavior
  15. 34. An idea or conviction accepted as true
  16. 35. The effect of other people on our behavior and thinking
  17. 37. The persistence of learning over time
  18. 45. The process of changing attitudes through communication
  19. 46. Perspective focusing on learned behavior, rewards, and punishments
  20. 48. Following direct commands from an authority figure
  21. 51. The need or desire that directs behavior
  22. 52. Interpreting new information using existing schemas
  23. 54. Organizing and interpreting sensations rather than just receiving them
  24. 55. Behavior intended to harm another person
  25. 56. A mental framework used to organize and interpret information
  26. 58. A consequence that decreases behavior
  27. 59. A person with social or institutional power
  28. 61. Chemical messengers in the body that can affect behavior
  29. 66. Perspective emphasizing free will, growth, and reaching potential
  30. 67. Outer layer of the brain involved in higher thinking
  31. 70. Perspective focusing on social roles, culture, and group influence
  32. 71. Learning by watching others
  33. 73. How we form impressions and judgments about other people
  34. 74. An expected rule for behavior in a group or culture
  35. 75. Understanding and sharing another persons feelings
  36. 76. Perspective focusing on unconscious conflict and early childhood experiences
  37. 77. Unfair behavior toward people based on group membership
  38. 78. Theory about how we explain our own and others behavior
  39. 79. Cruel or hurtful behavior used as an example in perspective questions
Down
  1. 1. A consequence that strengthens behavior
  2. 2. Overestimating personality and underestimating the situation in others behavior
  3. 4. Changing a schema to fit new information
  4. 6. A feeling state involving physiological arousal and thoughts
  5. 9. Another term for learning by imitation
  6. 10. Taking credit for success but blaming outside factors for failure
  7. 12. A mental shortcut used to make quick judgments
  8. 13. A trait or behavior that improves survival or reproduction
  9. 14. The tendency to like something more after repeated exposure
  10. 16. Shared beliefs, values, customs, and behaviors of a group
  11. 17. Pressure from others that pushes someone to fit in
  12. 18. Feeling less personal responsibility because others are around
  13. 19. Expecting something and acting in ways that help make it happen
  14. 20. Learning through association, rewards, or consequences
  15. 21. The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
  16. 25. Deeply held ideas about what is important or good
  17. 28. Mental discomfort from conflicting beliefs or actions
  18. 31. The idea that people can choose their own actions
  19. 33. Living long enough to continue life and reproduce
  20. 36. Changing behavior or beliefs to match a group
  21. 38. Brain structure important for forming new memories
  22. 39. A persons characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
  23. 40. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
  24. 41. Nerve cells that communicate information in the nervous system
  25. 42. Overestimating how much other people agree with you
  26. 43. People who see an event happen
  27. 44. Building perception from sensory details
  28. 47. A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
  29. 49. Explaining behavior by the situation or environment
  30. 50. Changing behavior because of a direct request
  31. 53. A generalized belief about a group of people
  32. 57. Perspective explaining behavior through adaptation, survival, and natural selection
  33. 58. The best example of a category in your mind
  34. 60. Using expectations and prior knowledge to interpret sensations
  35. 62. The evolutionary process favoring traits that help survival
  36. 63. Mental activity outside awareness emphasized by the psychoanalytic perspective
  37. 64. The quality of being believable and trustworthy to an audience
  38. 65. Being less likely to help when others are present
  39. 68. The mental manipulation of information
  40. 69. Influence from people of the same age or group
  41. 72. Perspective focusing on the brain, genes, hormones, and body chemistry