Social Psych 3

Question 1

interpersonal attraction

Answer 1

liking or having the desire for a relationship with someone else

Question 2

characteristics involved in attraction

Answer 2

physical attractiveness, proximity, similarity, reciprocity of liking

Question 3

proximity

Answer 3

being physically near someone else

people choose friends and lovers based on availability

Question 4

mere exposure effect

Answer 4

the more people experience something, the more they tend to like it

Question 5

complementary qualities

Answer 5

characteristics in one person that fill a need in the otters

but still opposites don’t attract, generally overall similar with small differences

Question 6

reciprocity of liking

Answer 6

people have a very strong tendency to like people who like them

Question 7

sternberg’s three components of love

Answer 7

intimacy, passion, commitment

Question 8

intimacy

Answer 8

feelings of closeness that one has for another person or the sense of having close emotional ties to another
not physical but psychological

Question 9

passion

Answer 9

physical aspect of love

emotional and sexual arousal a person feels toward the other person

Question 10

commitment

Answer 10

decisions one makes about a relationship

Question 11

IP

Answer 11

romantic love

Question 12

IC

Answer 12

companionate love

Question 13

PC

Answer 13

fatuous love

Question 14

IPC

Answer 14

consummate love

Question 15

romantic love

Answer 15

intimacy and passion combined
sometimes called passionate love
basis for more lasting relationship

Question 16

companionate love

Answer 16

intimacy and commitment
people who like each other, feel emotionally close to each other, and understand one another’s motives have made a commitment to live together, usually in a marriage
binding tie that keeps marriages together

Question 17

consummate love

Answer 17

when all three components of love are present
ideal form of love that many people see as the ultimate goal
may evolve into companionate love when passion lessens during middle years of relationship

Question 18

aggression

Answer 18

when one person hurts or tries to destroy another person deliberately, either with words or with physical behavior

Question 19

common cause of aggression

Answer 19

frustration

Question 20

frustration

Answer 20

occurs when a person is prevented from reaching some desired goal

Question 21

frustration agression hypothesis

Answer 21

concept of aggression as a reaction to frustration

Question 22

aggression causes

Answer 22

frustration, biological, learned bx, genetic basis, chemical influences, social roles

Question 23

brain areas involved in aggressive bx

Answer 23

frontal lobes, amygdala, and other structures of the limbic system trigger aggressive responses

Question 24

chemical aggression

Answer 24

testosterone increases then higher aggression

alcohol makes people more aggressive and less likely to control bx

Question 25

social role

Answer 25

the pattern of behavior that is expected of a person who is in a particular social position
taking on a particular social role can increase aggression

Question 26

media and aggression

Answer 26

kids who are exposed to high levels of violent media are more aggressive than kids who aren’t

Question 27

video games and aggression

Answer 27

violent video games correlate with increased aggression levels of the kids who play them
but still not causation

Question 28

prosocial behavior

Answer 28

socially desirable behavior that benefits others rather than brings them harm

Question 29

altruism

Answer 29

helping someone in trouble with no expectation of reward and often without fear for one’s own safety
way of preserving genetic material

Question 30

brain areas involved in altruism

Answer 30

temporoparietal junction (TPJ) larger in individuals who make altruistic choices, particularly in right hemisphere
area also active during decision making that involved greater cost of helping individual

Question 31

bystander effect

Answer 31

likelihood of bystander (someone observing an event and close enough to offer help) to help someone in trouble decreases as the number of bystanders increases

Question 32

latané and darley

Answer 32

people who are with others/don’t see other people reporting smoke less likely to report it
if alone more likely to report it

Question 33

diffusion of responsibility

Answer 33

phenomenon in which person fails to take responsibility for either action or inaction because of presence of other people who are seen to share the responsibility
form of attribution, explain why acted bc of others

Question 34

five decision points in helping behavior

Answer 34

1. noticing
2. defining an emergency
3. taking responsibility
4. planning a course of action
5. taking action

Question 35

other factors that influence decision to help

Answer 35

more ambiguous situation = less likely to be defined as emergency
mood of bystanders = good mood help more than bad mood, help less if likely to change mood
gender (more likely to help opposite sex), more attractive helped more, if “deserve” it help less, racial and ethnic differences decrease probability of helping

Question 36

social neuroscience

Answer 36

study of how our bodies and brains work during social behavior

Question 37

TPJ

Answer 37

involved in prosocial bx
primates make decisions about sharing in prefrontal cortex
located where temporal and parietal lobes meet