chapter 1 Flashcards
(24 cards)
social psych
the study of thoughts feelings and behaviors
social cognition
the cognitive process of social situations
social neuroscience
how does social behavior impact brain activity
FMRI
measures brain activity
social context
people we think about or interact with
social influence
behaviors change with the social situation and vice versa
evolutionary adaptation
evolution prepares us to intake information (gossip)
self concern
our motivation to protect ourselves
other concern
our motivation to protect those we care about
social influence
all people interact without behavior (fictional or real)
descriptive norms
what people actually do
injunctive norms
beliefs about wat people should do
emblem
a nonverbal gesture that can change meanings across cultures
Abc’s of psychology
affect, behavior, cognition/ the same thing as thoughts feelings and behavior
social cognition
thinking related to social activities
schema
information and beliefs
attitude
an opinion
construal
how we interpret the world around us
social exchange
exchanges that include some kind of reward or punishment
reciprocal altruism
mutual cooperation
continuous variable
numerical values
categorical variable
not numerical amounts
constructs
hypothetical concepts used to study behavior (anxiety)
operationalization
the way variables in an experiment are manipulated or measured
