Psychology

5. when we attribute our own feelings to someone else because we can't admit we have those feelings.
7. when we justify or make excuses for our feelings rather than acknowledging our true desires.
9. a stable and enduring predisposition to behave in a certain way.
10. negative attitude toward people who belong to a specific social group.
12. the particular characteristics that are associated with all members of a group.
13. the conscious rational component of personality.
15. the study of signals in the environment that cause genes to switch on or off.
16. Dissonance psychological discomfort caused by holding two conflicting attitudes, or an attitude that conflicts with your behavior.

1. changing your opinions or behaviors to match those of other people.
2. the characteristics that are actually observed in an individual regardless of the genes.
3. long twisted strands of DNA found in the nucleus of cells.
4. when we fail to recognize or acknowledge information that we just can't deal with.
6. when we take our feelings out on a less threatening object instead of the things or person we are upset with.
8. reasons we give to explain our own behavior and the behavior of other people.
11. a double stranded molecule that is the chemical basis for heredity.
14. the genetic makeup of an individual.