exam1: lecture1 Flashcards
what are the four major perspectives in social psychology that drive human behavior? (ESSS)
evolutionary
sociocultural
social learning
social cognitive
what are the fundamental motives?
self-protection
disease avoidance
affiliation
status
attracting & retaining mates
kin care
what drives social behavior?
respond in adaptive ways to environment and events
survive or reproduce
safe or make more of ourselves
what drives the social cognitive perspective
attention
interpretation
memory
goals
what makes up the evolutionary perspective
sexual selection
differential parental investment
what makes up the sociocultural perspective
norms
vicarious learning
what makes up the social cognitive perspective
salient goals
how do all of the perspectives fit together
alternative accounts
explanation
interaction
most human behavior is ___ driven
Goal
what is self protection linked to
hostility or prejudice
what does disease avoidence entail?
keeping ourselves safe
antibiotics or vaccines
psychological adaptations
what does affiliation entail
friends, allies
belonging
akin to basic needs
what does status entail
resources and social benefits
people go to great lengths to achieve respect or status
what does attraction and retaining mates entail
drive for sex/mating shapes a lot of our thoughts and behavior
what does kin care entail
care for family
