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510 Subject Index

Self-justification (cont.) categorization and, 142–151. See
for cruelty, 226–232 also Categorization
decision-making and, 194–207. See confirmation bias and, 157–158
also Decision-making conservative nature of, 157–160
for effort, 223–226 constructive predictions and,
external, 207–209, 212–213 147–148
for fears, 183–184 context and, 123–134
for immoral behavior, 204–207, contrast effects and, 124–125
214, 237–239 correspondent inference and,
inadequate, 213–214, 217–222 161–162
inevitability and, 232–235 decoys and, 124–125
internal, 208–209 dilution effect and, 134–135
for prejudice, 310–311 egocentric thought and, 173–176
“saying is believing” paradigm and, framing and, 129–132
209–211 fundamental attribution error and,
self-esteem and, 214–216, 229–230, 167–170
236–239 hindsight bias and, 158–160
unconscious nature of, 234 judgmental heuristics and, 135–142.
Self-perception, cognitive dissonance See also Judgmental
and, 239–241 heuristics
Self-processes, egocentric thought, limitations of, 120–123
173–176 ordering of information and,
Self-schemas, 152 132–134
Self-serving bias, 176–178 overview of, 119–123
September 11 attack, 61, 63, primacy effect and, 132–134
248–249 priming and, 127–129
Sexism, 306. See also Gender rationality and, 120–122
differences; Prejudice reconstructive memory and,
benevolent, 309–310 148–151
hostile, 309–310 Social identities, stereotypes and,
Sexual abuse, recovered memory 321–322
syndrome and, 153–157 Social influence, 6–7. See also
Sexual assault Conformity
blaming the victim of, 324 compliance with, 35, 37–41
media depictions of, 60, 284–288 death qualification procedure and,
Sexually transmitted diseases, 88–90, 34–35
128, 146 emotion and, 32–34
cognitive dissonance and, 244–246 identification with, 35–41
Similarity internalization of, 37–41
attraction and, 376–377 Social learning
love and, 389 in aggression, 276–289
Smoking, 41, 88 from cognitive dissonance, 250–251
cognitive dissonance and, 185–189, definition of, 279
190 mass media in, 279–289
Social cognition, 117–179 Social psychology
attitude accessibility and, 162–163 definitions of, 5–9
autobiographical memory and, as science, 405–429. See also
151–157 Experiments
bias and, 166–179. See also Bias scope of, 1–5