In-Class Notes (2/3/25) Flashcards
The study of the dynamic relationship between individuals and the people around them:
Social Psychology
Human nature is informed by our evolutionary past:
Evolutionary Adaptation
The extent to which characteristics help the individual survive and reproduce at a higher rate:
Fitness
Genes do/don’t determine who we are:
DO NOT
Motivation to protect and enhance the self and those close to us:
Self-Concern
Favoring the reproductive success of relatives:
Kin Selection
Others who are similar and important to use, with whom we share close social connections:
In-Group
Motivation to affiliate with, accept, and be accepted by others:
Other-Concern
The people we interact with every day:
Social Situation
Process through which other people change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and through which we change theirs:
Social Influence
Social Situation –> Social _____ –> Social ______
Influence; Norms
The ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are shared by group members and perceived by them as appropriate:
Social Norms
Belief systems and value orientations that influence customs, norms, practices, and social institutions. Defines social norms and helps understand how they can be enacted:
Culture
Cultural norms that focus on self-enhancement and independence:
Individualism
Cultural norms that indicate that people should be connected with others and are oriented toward interdependence:
Collectivism
The ABCs:
Affect
Behavior
Cognition
Feelings about ourselves and others. They guide our behaviors:
Social Affect
Positive or negative feelings that are in the background of our everyday experiences:
Mood
Brief, but often intense, mental and physiologic feeling states:
Emotions
Interacting with others:
Social Behavior
Positive outcomes that we give and receive:
Social Rewards
Negative outcomes that we give and receive:
Social Costs
Helps us understand and predict the behavior of ourselves and others:
Social Cognition
Knowledge representation that includes information about a person or group:
Schema
Knowledge representation that includes our liking or disliking of a person, thing, or group:
Attitude
