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reward
  1. socially valued goods or burden
reward_system
  1. a pattern by which valued goods or burden is allocated
(in)justice_perception
  1. the extent to which an actor believes a reward accords with a normatively expected reward level
incongruence
  1. disagreement between the reward-to-investment linkages
negative_incongruence
  1. an incongruence in which an actor's or group's reward is of less (greater) positive value than that reward level specified in a referential structure or rule
stability
  1. extent to which a reward system is consistent throughout time dimension
asymmetric_justice_perception
  1. the tendency that under reward has a larger effect than comparable over reward in producing justice perception
primacy_effect
  1. initial justice perception remains stable over time despite new information
categorization
  1. reinterpretation of or rationalization for negative behavior
malleability
  1. the ease with which categorization can occur based on the context
moral_standards
  1. beliefs about what is right and wrong
cheat
  1. deceiving others for a gain that will cost them
dishonest_behavior
  1. lying, cheating, or stealing
public_good
  1. members of a group contribute to this resource pool shared by all
norm
  1. social rule which requires behavior costly to an individual but beneficial to the group
second_order_free-riding
  1. abstaining from punishing the free-riders
sanctioning
  1. punishment of free-riders
free-riding
  1. benefiting from a public good without contributing to it
injunctive_norm
  1. the perception of common (dis)approval of a particular kind of behavior
descriptive_norm
  1. the perception of common (dis)approval of a particular behavior common in a setting
disorder
  1. situations in which injunctive norms and descriptive norms are in conflict.
hedonic_goal
  1. an outcome that makes P immediately feel good.
gain_goal
  1. an outcome that increases P’s resources.
appropriateness_goal
  1. an outcome in which P conforms to injunctive norms.
well-being
  1. A state of good or satisfactory condition
realistic_threat
  1. Threat to the well-being or existence of an ingroup
outgroup
  1. Groups of people who are not included in the ingroup
affect
  1. emotions and evaluations
group_inequality
  1. level of a group's advantage over another group
intergroup_anxiety
  1. threat to an individual ingroup member
threat
  1. fear of perceived negative outcomes
prejudice
  1. Negative affect associated with an outgroup often based on inaccurate information
intergroup_conflict
  1. negative confrontation between two groups
symbolic_threat
  1. threat to the views of an ingroup
negative_stereotyping
  1. perception of negative expectations of a group
ingroup
  1. groups of people who recognize themselves as a group
inequality
  1. the level to which one group in a society has advantages over other groups
political_system
  1. the institutions related to governing the state and its populace
political_power
  1. ability of individuals to effect outcomes in the political system
impediment
  1. any condition that inhibits or blocks the action or N, S, and/or I.
salient
  1. something of which an actor is aware, and to which s/he attaches some degree of importance
social_impact
  1. any psychological or behavior change in an actor with respect to an issue that results from the real or imagined presence or behavior of other actors
immediacy_(i)
  1. the closeness in space or time or source to an actor
number_(n)
  1. the number of sources in a situation
source
  1. actors generating social impact
strength_(s)
  1. the salience, power, importance, intensity, or status of a source
target
  1. actor on which social impact operates
moral_rebel
  1. someone who morally rebels
morally_charged_topic
  1. a value ladden topic which has two opposing sides
obedient_other
  1. someone who does not morally rebel
self-worth
  1. self-perceived sense of moral adequacy
liking
  1. uninvolved observer accepts moral rebel
moral_rebellion
  1. refusing to take part in a problematic situation
problematic_situation
  1. a situation which favors the opposite side of a morally charged topic that an actor favors
rejection
  1. obedient other's dislike of moral rebel
uninvolved_observer
  1. third party onlooker not taking part in the problematic situation
imagined_rejection
  1. obedient other's assumption of future rejection by moral rebel
frequency_distribution
  1. a summary of the incidences of particular types in comparison to other related types
organizational_form
  1. properties shared by members of a set of organizations
reproduce
  1. generate new organizations of a similar form
resources
  1. material requirements for optimal functioning
survival
  1. persistence through time
variability
  1. the existence of different structure or function
environment
  1. aspects of an organization's surroundings that can provide or extract its resources
fitness
  1. the conformity of an organization's needs to the resources obtainable in its environment, and/or the conformity of its defenses against forces that would extract its resources
fixed_attributes
  1. characteristics of the target character and his circumstances that cannot be controlled by the subject
flexible_attributes
  1. characteristics of the target character and his circumstances that can be controlled by the subject
interactivity
  1. The ability of a subject to either directly control a character or take on a role represented in the game world
self-concept
  1. the characteristics that a subject associates with his/herself
  2. one's impression of themself as a good person
identification
  1. a merger of subjects' self-concept with perceived characteristics of the target character
negative_evaluation
  1. unsupportive response to behavior
network_of_relationships
  1. a set of actors whose ties render them reachable by one another
positive_evaluation
  1. supportive response to behavior
salience
  1. the psychological prominence or conspicuousness of a concept
social_position
  1. any socially recognized category of actors
values
  1. beliefs about what is important
commitment
  1. the extent to which P's relationships require P to perform a role
identity
  1. perception of oneself as an occupant of a role
role
  1. a cluster of duties, righs, and obligations associated with a particular social position
role_performance
  1. behavior enacted when fulfilling a role
counter-role
  1. a role associated with a social position which is defined in relation to another social position
related_identities
  1. identities which are based on the same role or on a counter-role
role_expectation
  1. expectations for role performance
innovation
  1. social norm or value that differs from those of the dominant culture
mutual_conversation
  1. specific process within the main theory wherein subcultural norms and values are developed
position
  1. social and geographic location of the individual
problem
  1. perception of a scenario that creates a tension, disequilibrium, or a challenge to the individual
subculture
  1. a group of individuals who share norms and/or values that differ from the dominant culture
exploratory_gestures
  1. social cue suggesting an innovation
solution
  1. method through which a problem is resolved
accessibility
  1. the ease with which a certain notion could be recalled in memory
activation
  1. elevated excitement level of a certain idea in mind
associative_network_of_memory
  1. the assumed structure of how cognitive notions are structured in memory
attribution
  1. the psychological process of how individuals make inferenes about the cause of an issue or event
cultural_shock
  1. organized set of beliefs, codes, values, and norms that are shared in the memory of a group or a society
frame
  1. abstract principles that organize experiences to generate coherent meaning
framed_text
  1. media texts that contain manifest linguistic features, which point to a central idea
justice_perception
  1. what individuals think about the situation whether it is just or not
legitimacy
  1. the belief that someone's position and the system incorporating it are right and proper
norm_stability
  1. the degrees that norms are applied to across the situations with consistency
over_reward
  1. condition in which actor gets more than expectation
power
  1. differences in position that advantage certain actors when negotiating for resources
solidarity
  1. the strength and durability of a person to group and person to person relation
under_reward
  1. condition in which actor gets less than expectation
global_justice_perception
  1. actors macro level justice perception of the situation, which they cannot experience directly in the group
conscious_choice
  1. choice in which there is awareness of options and decision-making process
hyper-choice
  1. stressful situation where an actor has multiple options from which they must choose one
important_choices
  1. choice in which the actor values the outcome
pro-social_behavior
  1. behavioral action directed at maximizing other's welfare with no concern of that of the self
self-focus
  1. cognitive desire to maximize own welfare with no concern of that of the other
social_value_orientation
  1. actor's motivations in a group giving situation
time-sensitive_choices
  1. choice in which there is pressure to select options quickly
autonomy
  1. the perceived ability to self-direct and pursue self-interests
conformity
  1. the act of following and enforcing norms
deviation
  1. the act of not following norms
social_order
  1. a stable pattern of interactions
authoritarianism
  1. an attitude which favors enforcement of social order through the use of norms
entity
  1. person or object
signed
  1. positive or negative
situation
  1. all entities and ties
unit_tie
  1. signed association (+) or dissociation (-) of two entities
attitude
  1. signed evaluation of an entity
balance
  1. zero or even number of negative unit ties or sentiment ties
change
  1. alter unit ties or sentiment ties
imbalance
  1. odd number of negative unit ties or sentiment ties
sentiment_tie
  1. attitude toward an entity
collective_action
  1. individual behavior as representative of a group to improve group conditions
ingroup_identification
  1. individual’s perception of their identity as closely connected to the ingroup
perceived_group_efficacy
  1. individual expectation of whether collective action as a group would be effective in improving the group conditions
perceived_injustice
  1. individual perception of unfair group inequality