PSYCH 241 Flashcards
what is social psychology
it is the scientific study of individuals thoughts, feeling, and behavior influenced by the real or imagined presence of others
what is the ABC’s of social psychology
A: Affect (feeling)
B: Behavior (action)
C: Cognition (thought)
What are the pillar of psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Behaviorism
- Humanism
People contributing to social psychology
- Copernicus: 1st insult to dignity -> humans and earth are not in the centre of the universe
- Darwin: 2nd Insult to dignity -> we are descendants of primates. we are made in the image of animals not god
- Freud: 3rd insult to dignity -> humans are driven by animalistic need
What are the three component of personality
According to Freud, the three components of personality are Id, Ego, Superego
Id: unconscious. driven by pleasure and it is the primary component of personality. it is our animalistic side
Ego: governed by reality. it is present in the conscious, unconscious, preconscious.The balance between superego and id
Superego: govern our moral and ideals. entails by parents, society, and caregiver
Who is Carl Jung
There might be some overlap in his studies and Freud’s since they have a close relationship. Freud thought of Jung as his successor to psychoanalysts. However some disagreement rose in their belief in Libido collective unconscious , valence personality. Their disagreement is from Jung thinking Freud negative perspective on who an individual can be
What is Jung belief
he believes we have persona. We wear masks to conceal our true person. we have an expression of collective compromise (archetypes ) . We compromise our true identity by putting on masks according to social signals, meaning how people view us is how they will act toward them. We put on a mask according to the social signal given
what are characteristics of behaviorism
- no focus on the unconscious
- rather looks at observable behavior
- believes psychology can have a place in natural science. It can use hypothesis testing, experimental method, objective method
Who is Ivan Pavlov
He looked at animals, he noticed that the dog salivated before the food was received leading to the discovering of “classical conditioning”. Classical conditioning is the learning process where two stimuli
who is John B Watson
He used the scientific side of psychology. He believes the environment is more important than the person. Also he believes their environment is important in the development
What is humanistic psychology
We are aware of existence , because of their awareness they have free will. We are entirely good. If given the opportunity we will move toward authentic however the world makes people bad
Who is Abraham Maslow
He is the founder of humanistic psychology. He studied the “best” people. He developed the hierarchy of needs” leading to self-actualization (which only 1% of the population can reach)
What is the Hierarchy of Need
In this order:
- self actualization
- self-esteem
- love and belonging
- safety and security
- physiology needs
What is the power of situation
Milgard was disturbed by the holocaust. So he wanted to understand what led people to do this. He conducted an experiment to show “obedience to authority”
what is Asch experiment
It is an experiment of conformity. Whether people will conform, just to satisfy the majority
What are the core assumption of social psychology
- Interaction view: not all situations explain a behavior
- behavior is constructed by reality.The ABC’s informed us about others and ourselves
- behavior is shaped by social cognition
- behavior is best measured using scientific method
What are the 5 main perspective of psychology
- Neuroscience
- Existential
3.Cognition - Evolutionary
5.Cultural
What makes a good theory
A good theory should be organized and expain an observation while leading to further research.
What is conceptual variable
A conceptually topic
What is self report
One of the tool used to collect data
Ask an individual to give an answer about their thought, behavior and emotion
The best way to collect data
The benefit of self report is it is cheap, simple
The cons of self report is it is not accurate and possible bias answer
What is operational variable
measure or manipulate the conceptual variable
Reason why people can’t introspect
- they are not aware of the stimuli that elicit a response
- unaware of a response
- unaware of a stimulus-response relationship
what is behavior is relate to data
Looks at observable actions
The benefit is it fixes some of the problems of self report
Also it is easy to operationalize
It can have real consequences (meaning there are results for the behavior)
The con is behavior changes all the time so the data result will not be consistent and it is altruism
what is reaction times
It is used in social research. It provides access to unconscious or automatic process
what is biological measure in relation to data
Looks at the body and brain to indicate differences in psychological processes. The brain and body(structural&functional). The popular method are MRI and EEG
what is virtual reality in relation to data
Using virtual worlds and stimulation to engage. The benefit is it allows for participants to engage in activities difficult to reproduce in the real world
The cons are it is difficult to set up and analyze. Also it is expensive
what is validity
Does it measure what it is suppose to measure
what is reliability
does it measure the same thing
What are the different types of validity
- Construct validity
- Convergent validity
- Discriminant validity
- Predictive Validity
what is construct validity
how well does the measure test the target concept
what is convergent validity
how well the measure is associated with other close related measure
what is discriminant validity
how well does the measure is not associated with unrelated measure
what is predictive measure
measures of the same construct performed in the future
what is Random Assignment
Randomly assigned groups, its eliminate problems with comparing groups in the experimental and control group. So the only difference is the manipulation
what is experimental research
manipulates independent variable to see if it affect the dependent variable
what are the three types of experimental validity
- Internal validity: whether changes in the independent variable
- Construct validity: whether the independent variable is a good representation of theoretical construct
- External validity: results are generalized to other labs
what is evolution
due to traits varying among individuals. Depending on the adaptation of the traits, it will lead to an increase of survival increasing the likelihood of reproduction. Theses traits are inherited
what is evolutionary psychology
attempts to explain the pattern of behavior in humans due to adaption increasing survival, leading to increase the chance to pass on genes
what are one of the survival instinct we have
there is an increase of sensitivity to aversive stimuli. example would be jumping when you see a snake
what are the general adaptation of survival
- Domain-specific adaptation; adaptation useful in a specific challenge not in various challenges
- Domain-general adaptation: adaptation is useful in various challenge
what are the four domain general adaptations that shape human behavior
- Humans are social being
- Humans are Intelligent being
- Humans are motivated and goal oriented
- Humans are emotional being
what is hedonism
it is human preference for pleasure over pain
what is approach motivation
- drive toward a positive stimuli
- less sensitive to negative stimuli
- growth motive
- kept by positive affect like excitement
- associated with the dopamine pathway and the left prefrontal cortex
what is avoidance motivation
- drive toward a negative stimuli
- less sensitive to positive stimuli
- security motivie
- key by negative affect like anxiety
- associated with the serotonin system and right prefrontal cortex
what is alexithymia
when an individual is low in emotional intelligence. They are unable to express and understand emotions so they are prone to apathy and depression. They are not good at questionnaires. The brain area associated with this illness is ACC (Anterior Cingulate Cortex). There is a decrease volume and activity in ACC
what are the two function of external display of emotions
- They are used for communication. communicate fear through amygdala. The amygdala is important in rapidly processing threat and fer related stimuli
- They are used for sensory change
what are primary emotion
They are universal. Examples would be happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger, surprise
what are secondary emotion
It is a variation of the primary emotion. it include social emotions such as guilt guilt and jealousy
How does social emotion regulate behavior
- draw attention to inappropriate behavior
- reinforce appropriate behavior
- help repair disrupted social relationship
how does cognition influences emotions
Stimulus -> primary appraisal process -> secondary appraisal process -> emotional experiences
how does emotions influences cognition
positive mood = positive judgement and interpretation
negative mood = negative judgement and interpretation
The primary and secondary emotions influence attention, memory and interpretation
what is culture
Culture is a set of beliefs, attitudes, values, norms, morals, customs, roles, stauats, symbols, and rituals shared by a self-identified group, a group whose members think of themselves as a group
what is beliefs within a culture
it is an accepted idea about some aspect of reality. cultural truism is a proposition accepted by most members of a group without ever being questioned
what is attitude within a culture
preference that refer specifically to how things are evaluated as good or bad
what is value within a culture
guiding principles and shared goals of members in a wide range of situations
what is norms within a culture
shared belief about appropriate or expected behavior in particular situations
what is morals within a culture
it is beliefs about the nature of good and bad behavior
There are community morals, autonomy morals, and divinity morals
does emotional disgust prime heightened moral conviction
Yes
are divinity, purity and obedience explained as ethic of fairness or harm
They are not easily explained as an ethic of fairness or harm
what is moral blind spot
refers to the psychological bias and limitation we have as individual and as communities which prevent us from seeing flaws or inconsistency in our moral judgement actions, and social practice
what are moral foundation theory
cultures dictate our moral and values
so different cultures will have different value
the foundation of moral
The foundations of morale are based on the psychological system , Intuitive , culture, inborn
moral can be individual and group focused
- harm/care
- fairness/reciprocity
- ingroup/loyalty
- authority/respect
- purity/sanctity
what is custom
it is specific pattern or styles of dress, speech and behavior deemed appropriate in a particular context in a given culture
what is social roles in culture
it is your position within a group that entail your role, responsibility, action