Extra Flashcards
Caste system
Closed social status positions that hinder social mobility
Magic memory number
7 (+/-2)
Subjective
Indirect
Objective
Direct
ingratiation
Try to become more attractive
naturalistic observation
participants unaware of their participation
Korsakoff syndrome
Deficiency in thiamine (vitamin B1)
Receptors of sound (ion channels)
Mechanically gated ion channels
Median
Splits in half equally
Visual cues
Depth, form, motion…
Otolith
Utricle & saccule that detect linear acceleration
Hearing
Between 20-20000Hz
Priming
Exposure to 1 stimulus affects how we perceive another
Prospective memory
With age, remembering to do things at a specific time decreases
Heuristic
Mental shortcut to find a solution quicker
Spearman’s general intelligence
SIngle g factor that underlied performance on all cognitive levels
Gardner’s idea of 8 Intelligences
Intelligence into different modalities
Galton’s idea of hereditary genius
Human ability is hereditary
Binet’s idea of mental age
Depends on age
Hemispheres of brain
Left: language/ more + emotion
Right: attention, music…/ more -ve emotion
5 factors (BIG FIVE) for personality
OCEAN O: Openness C: Conscientiousness E: Extroversion A: agreeablness N: Neurocitism (quick arousal)
Anomie
Breakdown of social bonds between individual and community
Social loafing
Put in less effort in a group
Me vs I
Me: socialized aspect of the person
I: spontaneous and autonomous part of seld
- Me shapes I
Social capital
What affects ties in society
Cultutal relativism
Relate from within a culture
Social constructionism
Everything builds based on value
Cultural capital
Skills across generations
regression
All variables measured are continuous
Social stigma
Disapproval of individual because of certain characteristics
