MULTIPLE CHOICE Flashcards
culture
the social behaviour in norms found in human societies. including beliefs, art, interests, customs, food, and language.
rites of passage
a ceremony/event marking an important stage in someone’s life
socialization
the effect of other people on a person’s thoughts and actions
types of socialization
primary - learning basic skills needed to survive
secondary - learning how to behave in group situations
anticipatory - learning how to plan to behave in new situations
resocialization - negative behaviour changed into acceptable behaviour
social experiment
psych or soc research for testing a person’s reaction to situations or events
personality disorder
a mental disorder where you have an unhealthy way of thinking/functioning/behaving
nature
influence of genes on personality/behaviour
nurture
environment where a child is raised, behaviours they are taught to have
twin study
studying twins, 1 malnourished, split at birth, etc
discrimination/prejudice
being bias to people based off ethnicity, gender, etc
learned helplessness
failure to take steps to avoid or escape from an unpleasant experience because it was impossible to escape from a similar situation before
conscious mind
the part we are aware of
unconscious mind
has more influence on our personalities and behaviour
3 parts of the unconscious mind
id: encourages physical satisfaction
superego: wants us to do the moral thing
ego: the referee between the two and deals with external reality, our most conscious self
classical conditioning
a type of learning in which a response naturally elicited by one stimulus comes to be elicited by a different, formerly neutral stimulus
