PSYC/SOC - Emotions, Stress, and Behaviour Flashcards
Amy the amygdala is super empathetic. She is very emotional. THe amygdala is responsible for fear and ___
anger
emotional memories are in the ____
hippocampus
The way to regulate emotion is through the ____ (deep breaths) or _____ (conscious)
hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex
We can regulate our emotions either physiologically or logically
James-Lange (a comes before e) this means that ___ comes before emotion
arousal
Cannon Bard states that stimulus causes both _____ and ______ at the same time (C.B)
arousal and emotion at the same time. This is different than James Lange who states that arousal causes emotion
Schacter-Singer (SS) same as Bard but is different because is has cognitive appraisal. Should I be scared?
Lazarus appraisal (lazy). have sweaty palms then cognitive appraisal and then maybe you will have ___
emotion
verbal communication includes language and words so also includes sign language
Non-verbal communication consists of animal signals which include vocalizations (_____)
non-verbal sounds
Hawthorne effect is changing your behaviour based on being observed. Someone is watching you like a hawk
The teacher expectancy effect is related where student’s performances rise or fall to meet their teacher’s expectations
Groupthink is fostering harmony by agreeing near-entirely with one another despite having differing opinions and they are typically pulled to the _____ opinon
neutral
group polarization is when the group is pulled to an ___
extreme
social facilitation is when you set your personal best at the olympics because the crowd cheers you on
A common example of diffusion of responsibility is the bystander effect and social loafing which decrease their output because they feel others will compensate for it
deindividuation is when you start to lose awareness of their _____ identity
individual (KKK)
Fad is a very popular and dies out ____
quickly (fidget spinners)
Role strain is when the same role is causing conflicting demands. i.e a parent does not wish to discipline their child because they only want to see their child happy. Being a parent makes you want to do different things. Strain think same
Role conflict occurs when someone has multiple roles. I.e a boss might fire an employee, but that employee is the boss’ sibling
Informal norms are seldom written and have less obvious ____
consequences (shaking an interviewer’s hand)
Folkways are informal norms, but are usually _____
small scale
More are norms of ___
morality
Conformity is all about social norms while obedience is obeying to an authority figure
A melting pot is the opposite of mutlticulturalism where immigrants are encouraged to assimilate
In areas where assimilation occurs, are called a ___ pot
melting pot
social loafing is decreased ____ b/c group
ouput
James Lange says that arousal causes emotion. Cannon bard says stimulation causes both
a subset can do random things so is typically not the best answer
a compelling case is not a group effect
groupthink and group polarization are about making decisions
