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Unit 5 - Social Pyschology Social psychology is the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. Social Thinking Attribution Theory the idea that we give a casual explanation for someone's behavior we credit that behavior either to the situation or... to the person's disposition Fundamental Attribution Theory the tendency to underestimate the impact of a situation or overestimate the impact of a personal disposition Attitudes a belief or felling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to something Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to later comply with a larger request Door-in-the-Face Phenomenon the tendency for people who say no to a huge request, to comply with a smaller one  Cognitive Dissonance  we don't like when we have either conflicting attitudes or when our attitudes don't match our actions when they clash, we will change our attitude to creat...