Final Additions

Question 1

What is the emotional stroop task and which topic is it linked to?

Answer 1

• brain confusing information because of different heuristics - colour and word are different
• -> social cognition

Question 2

correspondent inference theory, example pls

Answer 2

• distinctiveness
• consistency
• consensus–> referred to as Kellys covariation model

blond cashier

Question 3

What the duality of the self?

Answer 3

• self as object

- self as agent

Question 4

Social self

Answer 4

• the self can only be understood in interaction with others

Question 5

What the heck is the conceptual self and narrative self ?

Answer 5

• our plans for life
• cause and effect relations of our own life
  “ My childhood was traumatic - that’s why I am struggling”

Question 6

what the difference between the self and identities ?

Answer 6

• the sum of your identities is your self concept

- the self if fluid - may change over time

Question 7

social Identity and Personal Identity

Answer 7

• social - membership

- personal - relationships

Question 8

What has the self awareness to do with the Dot of rouge experiment ?

Answer 8

• testing from what age on kids recognise themselves in the mirror
• early childhood difference to middle childhood difference to late childhood

Question 9

two different definitions of self esteem ?

Answer 9

• collectivistic = in terms of groups , when offended fight under groups
• individualistic= individualistic, when it has to be defended in crime or divorce

Question 10

What do the lake Wabegon effect and the stairways to Heavan experiments show?

Answer 10

• that we all think we are above average - children in camp performing
• stairway to haven - we think we will rather go to haven than a celebrity .

Question 11

what golden middle do we have to find in the twin truths ?

Answer 11

• the golden middle between self efficacy and self serving bias

Question 12

What do we admire in in personalities ?

Answer 12

• diametically opposed parts

- teacher and also death metal fan

Question 13

Whats violence inhibition?

Answer 13

when we don’t get violent due to a sad face for example

Question 14

Ego depletion controversy

Answer 14

• ability of self control comes from the persons strength of will
• can get depleted when a sum of will costing self control has already happend . - battery empty

Question 15

Gate waiter model

Answer 15

expresses the self control , we keep the factors like stressors and frustration back to avoid to loose our self control.

Question 16

What does self control training effect t

Answer 16

that people get better in self control through training - white noise

Question 17

What two ways of therapy exist that can help with self control / Aggression?

Answer 17

• Aggression regulation Therapy

- Schema focused therapy

Question 18

What are the theories of reasoned and planned action and what distinguishes them ?

Answer 18

• reasoned - there is a reason to this in this situation

- planned - the action was planned long before , reasoned carefully

Question 19

two kinds of attitudes

Answer 19

belief based ( reasoned ) 
cue based ( automatic )

Question 20

What are the persuasion heuristics ?

Answer 20

• message length
• evaluative conditioning
• familiarity heuristic
• expertise
• attractiveness

Question 21

What terms play a role when it comes to conformity ?

Answer 21

• reciprocity
• normative influence
• social influence
• social norm

Question 22

What experiment does come into mind concerning conformity ?

Answer 22

• Sherifs autokinetic experiment

- Asch’s conformity experiment with the lines

Question 23

What are the two different terms that you add to majority / minority influence

Answer 23

• maj conformity

- min conversion

Question 24

How can a minority possibly convince a majority ?

Answer 24

• flexibility
• consistency
• investment
• identification

Question 25

What was the famous Milgram experiment structured like ?

Answer 25

teacher and student have to learn word pairs and when students gets something wrong teacher has to punish the student with electro shocks.

Question 26

Why do we have contact / friendship ?

Answer 26

• need to affiliate
• hospitalism
• safer in a group

Question 27

Why do we kiss ?

Answer 27

immunsystem

taste

Question 28

what do men rank higher in attractiveness compared to women?

Answer 28

• attractiveness- fertility

- women - kindness - protecter , invester

Question 29

love as a drug

Answer 29

• triggered same brain regions in experiment with hormonal reaction of Serotonin
  –> same as cocaine also with love sickness
• pill using stimulates the way we look at potential partners
  with pill - overall feminine faces , without pill short term masculine , long term feminine

Question 30

Whats Reciprocity altruism ?

Answer 30

Mutualism

Question 31

Empathy altruism hypothesis

Answer 31

• the more empathy we have for someone the more likely we are to help this person