Behavioral Sciences Chapter 10: Social Thinking

Question 1

Interpersonal attraction

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what makes people like each other and is influenced by multiple factors

Question 2

Physical attractiveness is increased by

Answer 2

Symmetry and proportions close to the golden rule ratio

Question 3

What influences interpersonal attraction?

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Similarity of attitudes, intelligence, education, height, age, religion, etc.
Self-disclosure
Reciprocity - we like people who we think like us
Proximity

Question 4

Agression

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a physical, verbal or nonverbal behavior with the intention to cause harm or increase social dominance

Question 5

Attachment

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an emotional bond to another person and usually refers to the bond between a child and a caregiver. There are 4 types: secure, avoidant, ambivalent, disorganized

Question 6

Secure attachment

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requires a consistent caregiver so the child is able to go out and explore knowing he or she has a secure base to return to; the child will show strong preference for the caregiver

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Avoidant attachment

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Occurs when a caregiver has little or no response to a distressed, crying child; the child shows no preference for the caregiver compared to strangers

Question 8

Ambivalent attachment

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Occurs when a caregiver has an inconsistent response to a child’s distress, sometmes responding appropriately, sometime neglectful; the child will become distressed when caregiver leaves and is ambivalent when they return.

Question 9

Disorganized attachment

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occurs when a caregiver is erratic or abusive; the child shows no clear pattern of behavior in response to the caregiver’s absence or presence and may show repetitive behaviors.

Question 10

Social support

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the perception or reality that one is cared for by a social network

Question 11

Emotional support

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listening to, affirming and empathizing with someone’s feelings.

Question 12

Esteem support

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Affirms the qualities and skills of the person.

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Material support

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providing physical or monetary resources to aid a person

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Informational support

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providing useful information to a person

Question 15

Network support

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providing a sense of belonging to a person

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Foraging

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searching for and exploiting food resources

Question 17

Mating system

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Describes the way in which a group is organized in terms of sexual behavior

Question 18

Monogamy

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consists of exclusive mating relationships

Question 19

Polygamy

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consists of one member of a sex having multiple exclusive relationships with members of the opposite sex, inculding polygyny and polyandry

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Promiscuity

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Allows a member of one sex to mate with any member of the opposite sex without exclusivity

Question 21

Mate choice

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the selection of a mate based on attraction and traits

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Altruism

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a form of helping behavior in which the person’s intent is to benefit someone else at some cost to him- or herself

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Game theory

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attempts to explain decision-making between individuals as if they are participating in a game

Question 24

Inclusive fitness

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a measure of an organism’s success in the population. This is based on the number of offspring, success in supporting offspring and the ability of the offspring to then support others

Question 25

Social perception or social cognition

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the way by which we generate impressions about people in our social environment. Contains perceiver, target & situation

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Implicit personality theory

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states that people make assumptions about how different types of people, their traits and behavior are related.

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Primacy effect

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refers to when first impressions are more important than subsequent impressions

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Recency effect

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when the most recent information we have about an individual is most important in forming our impressions

Question 29

reliance on central traits

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tendency to organize the perception of others based on traits and personal characteristics that matter to the perceiver

Question 30

halo effect

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when judgements of an individuals character can be affected by the overall impression of the individual

Question 31

Just-world hypothesis

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the tendency of individuals to believe that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people

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Self-serving bias

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refers to the fact that individuals will view their own successes as being based on internal factors, while viewing failures as being based on external factors.

Question 33

Attribution theory

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focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer the causes of other people’s behavior

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dispositional (internal) causes

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those that relate to the features of the person whose behavior is being considered.

Question 35

Situational (external) causes

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related to features of the surrounding or social context

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Correspondent inference theory

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used to describe attributions made by observing the intentional (especially unexpected) behaviors performed by another person.

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Fundamental attribution error

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the bias toward making dipositional attributions rather than situational attributions in regard to the actions of others

Question 38

Attribute substitution

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occurs when individuals make judgements that are complex but instead substitute a simpler solution or heuristic

Question 39

Attributions are influenced by:

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Culture

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Stereotypes

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occur when attitudes and impressions are made based on limited and superficial information about a person or a group individuals.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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stereotypes can lead to expectations of certain groups, which can create conditions that lead to confirmation of the stereotype

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Stereotype threat

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concern or anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype about one’s social group.

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Prejudice

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defined as an irrational positive or negative attitude toward a person, group or thing prior to an actual

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Ehtnocentrism

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practice of making judgements about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture.

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In-group

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social group with which a person experiences a sense of belonging

Question 46

out-group

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refers to a social group with which an individual does not identify

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Cultural relativism

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refers to the recognition that social groups and cultures should be studied on their own terms

Question 48

Discrimination

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when prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be treated differently from others

Question 49

Individual discrimination

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refers to one person discriminating against a particular person or group

Question 50

Institutional discrimination

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refers to the discimination against a particular person or group by an entire institution