Behavioral Flashcards
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Does Estrogen affect aggression?
No, but testosterone does
Does social facilitation include people helping?
No, only people watched performing the action
How does social facilitation affect easier versus harder tasks?
Social facilitation helps performing easier tasks, hinders harder tasks
How are visual fields processed
They are processed contralaterally
Does a bureaucracy act as a meritocracy?
No, as the bureaucracy has non-elected people make the decision
How do norms/mores differ from folkways
Folkways are more about polite things in specific circumstances, norms/mores are more general right vs wrong, etc.
What is the characteristics of a country in Stage 4 demographic transition
Birth Rate and death rate decrease in parallel, population is unchanged (after industrialization, late)
What is the characteristics of a country in Stage 3 demographic transition
The death rate exceeds the birth rate and the population decreases (just after industrialization)
What is the characteristics of a country in Stage 2 demographic transition
The birth rate exceeds the death rate and the population increases (early industrialization)
What is the characteristics of a country in Stage 1 demographic transition
The birth rate, death rate, and population are stabilized (pre-industrialization)
What is the difference between conformity by internalization and normative conformity
Conformity by internalization deals with changing your personal belief to fall inline while normative conformity is still disagreeing internally but being afraid to disagree openly due to fear of rejection
How is compliance different to conformity (normative or by internalization)
Compliance is due to a direct request
What are the four pillars of the information processing model
1) Thinking requires sensation, encoding, and storage of stimuli
2) Stimuli must be analyzed by the brain to be useful in making a decision (not just snap judgement)
3) Decisions made in one situation can be used in solving others (situational modification)
4) problem-solving is dependent not only on the person’s cognitive level, but also on the context and complexity of the problem
What is the identity shift effect?
it is how individuals will change their behavior to conform to the norms of a group
True or False: Does being “proactive” or “reactive” have to do with the consequence and timing of its movement?
No
