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Self-disclosure

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Sharing one’s fears, thoughts, and goals with another person and being met with non-judgemental empathy

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Reciprocal liking

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People like others better when they believe the other person likes them

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Familiarity effect

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People prefer stimuli that they have been exposed to more frequently

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What is the purpose of aggression?

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Evolutionarily it provides protection against potential and real threats

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Cognitive neoassociation model

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One is more likely to respond aggressively when feeling a negative emotion such as pain, tired, sick or frustrated

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Who does a child prefer for comfort in secure attachment?

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Consistent caregiver

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How will a child with secure attachment feel when a caregiver leaves and returns?

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Upset at departure and comforted by return

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Who does a child prefer for comfort in avoidant attachment?

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No preference between caregiver and stranger

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How does an avoidant caregiver respond to a child’s distress?

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Little to no response

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How does an ambivalent caregiver respond to a child’s distress?

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Inconsistent - sometimes appropriate sometimes neglectful

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How will a child with secure attachment feel when a caregiver leaves and returns?

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Extremely distressed when they leave and ambivalent response when they return

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Which type of attachment is most likely to be a red flag for abuse?

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Disorganized

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How does a caregiver act in disorganized attachment?

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Erratic and sometimes have social withdrawal

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How will a child with secure attachment feel when a caregiver leaves and returns?

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No clear pattern - mix of behaviors including repetitive behaviors like rocking, avoidance, resistance, seeming dazed

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What is emotional support?

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Listening, affirming, and empathizing with someone’s feelings

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What type of social support is a condolence card?

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Emotional support

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What is esteem support?

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Direct affirmation of the qualities and skills of a person

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What type of social support is telling a sick classmate that they are smart enough to make up missed material?

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Esteem support

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What is material/tangible support?

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Financial or material contribution to another

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What type of social support is bringing a meal to a sick friend?

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Material / tangible support

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What is informational support?

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Providing information that will help someone

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What type of social support does a doctor provide by explaining someone’s illness and treatment?

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Informational support

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What is network support?

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Support that gives someone a sense of belonging

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What type of social support is a group activity?

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Network support

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Polygyny
Male exclusive with multiple females
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Polyandry
Female exclusive with multiple males
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Promiscuity
Non-exclusive relationships with the opposite sex
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Direct benefits in sexual selection
Provide advantages to the mate
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Indirect benefits in sexual selection
Provide advantages to offspring - promote survival
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Phenotypic benefits in sexual selection
Observable traits that make a potential mate more attractive to the opposite sex
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Sensory bias in sexual selection
Development of a trait to match a pre-existing preference that exists in the population
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Fisherian / runaway selection in sexual selection
Positive feedback mechanism in which a particular trait that has no effect or negative effect on survival becomes more exaggerated over time
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Indicator traits in sexual selection
Traits that signify good health and well-being
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Genetic compatibility in sexual selection
Creation of mate-pairs that have complementary genetics
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Altruism
Form of helping behavior in which the person's intent is to benefit someone else at some cost to himself
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How do the donor and recipient interact in cooperation
Both the donor and recipient benefit
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How do the donor and recipient interact in spite?
Both the donor and recipient are negatively impacted
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How do the donor and recipient interact in selfishness
The donor benefits while the recipient is negatively impacted
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How do the donor and recipient interact in altruism?
The recipient benefits and the donor is negatively impacted
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Inclusive fitness
Measure of an organism's success in the population
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Are stereotypes alone negative? Why?
No - they are necessary to categorize and systematize information but they are negative when they lead to prejudice and discrimination
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Stereotypes
Attitudes and impressions are based on a limited and superficial amount of information
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Paternalistic stereotypes
Group is looked down on as inferior
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Contemptuous stereotypes
Group is viewed with resentment, anger, annoyance
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Envious stereotypes
Group is viewed with jealousy and mistrust
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Admiration stereotypes
Group is viewed with pride and other positive feelings
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
Stereotypes can lead to expectations which create conditions to confirm those expectations
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Stereotype threat
People are concerned or anxious about confirming a negative stereotype which can reduce performance and lower personal investment
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Prejudice
Irrational positive or negative attitude towards a person, group, or thing prior to an actual experience with that entity
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Power in sociology
Ability of people to achieve their goals despite obstacles and control resources
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Prestige in sociology
Level of respect shown to a person by others
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Class in sociology
Socioeconomic status
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Ethnocentrism
Practice of making judgements about other cultures based on the values of one's own culture
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Cultural relativism
Perceiving differences across cultures as neither superior or inferior but just as a difference
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Discrimination
Prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be treated differently
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Is prejudice an attitude or behavior?
Attitude
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Is discrimination an attitude or behavior?
Behavior
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Does prejudice always lead to discrimination?
No
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Individual discrimination
One person discriminating against another person or group
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Institutional discrimination
Entire institution discriminating against a person or group
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Implicit personality theory
People make assumptions about how different types of people, their traits, and their behavior are related
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Primacy effect in social perception
When first impressions are more important than subsequent impressions
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Recency effect in social perception
When the most recent information about a person is the most important in forming an impression
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Halo effect in social perception
Judgements on one's character are affected by overall impression of the individual
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Reliance on central traits in social perception
Tendency to organize perceptions of others by traits and characteristics that matter to the perceiver
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Just-world hypothesis in social perception
Good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people
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Self-serving bias in social perception
Individuals will see their own success as based on internal factors and their failures on external factors
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Dispositional causes in attribution theory
Internal - relate to the features of the person whose behavior is being considered
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Situational causes in attribution theory
External - relate to the features of the surroundings or social context
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Correspondent inference theory
Describe attributions made by observing intentional behaviors
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Fundamental attribution error
Bias toward making dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions in regard to others

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