implicit theories
the beliefs held by people about personalities
line-crossing illusion
negotiators believe they are coming on too strong, but they are actually not
trash-talking
incivility expressed in competitionn and negotiators who trash-talk are more likely to feel rivalry and engender competition in the opponent
epistemic motivation
a person’s need to understand his or her world
backlash effect
the negative social reaction directed at women who are seen as violating gender norms because they engage in counter-stereotypical behaviors during negotiation
stereotype regeneration
the process by which members of traditionally stereotyped groups redefine their own beliefs about their group
emotions
relatively fleeting states that are usually fairly intense and often a result of a particular experience
moods
more chronic and diffuse, usually not directed at someone
surface acting anger
showing anger that is not truly felt inside
strategic flinch
a verbal or physical display of shock, disgust or disbelief made to an opening offer
blowback effect
action-reaction cycle that results in genuine anger and diminishes trust in both the negotiator and counterpart
Emotion As Social Information
displays of anger can lead to concessions by the counterparty but under certain conditions
conflict adaptivity
the capacity to respond to different conflict situations in accordance wirth the demands of the situation
negotiation resilience:
the ability of negotiators to cope with difficulties in negotiation
negotiation resilience inventory (NRI)
predicts negotiator’s obkective outcomes in mixed-motive business negotiations
self-efficacy
a negotiator’s belief in their own negotiation ability
distributive self-efficacy
ability to claim resoures effectively
integrative self-efficacy
ability to create resources
negative reinforcement/escape behavior
increased likelihood of behavior that eliminates or removes an aversive stimulus
emotional contagion
other negotiator likely to catch one’s emotional state
emotional stimuli
certain phrases evoke emotion in negotiation
process interventions
tactics that are interests-based with the goal of moving the counterparty back to interests-based negotiation
tit for tat
a behavioral strategy that advises negotiators involved in a social dilemma to act pro-socially initially and then do exactly what the counterparty does in each subsequent interaction
subjective value
the perceived quality of negotiation that cannot be easily measured in economic terms