Psych/Soc Flashcards
stereotype boost is
positive stereotypes better performance
intersectional approach
multiple identities simultaneously influence
social capital refers to
how big network is
structural functionalism is
macro level
feminist theory is abt
gender inequality
mirror neutrons are involved in
grasping peoples intentions
subculture is
not against majority but distinct
retroactive interference
new learning interfere with past memory
operationalizing variable is
taking variable that cant be directly measured and defining it in way it can
what is difficult to control in experiment
enviro factors on persons life
motion parallax
allows us perceive depth and motion
what is example of soemthing dichotomous
sexual orientation, gender
PET scans look at
changes in glucose metabolism in brain over time
stigma is an ____
attitude
our interpretation of how others percieve us is known as
looking glass self
working memory involves
central executive (attention and task switching) visual spacial sketchpad, phonological loop, episodic buffer
primary reinforecemnt is ___ whereas secondary is ___
innate, learned
in a fixed interval when is resposne fast
right before reward time
CBT uses
systematic desensitization
how does stress effect prefrontal cortex
reduce connections reduce coping
pariatal lobe fore
for spatial processing
ABC components of attitude what do mean
affective (feelings about), cognitive (beliefs), behavioral (behaviors related)
reaction formation
act opposite way feel
dissociative disorder is ___ and characteristic is
2 or more identities, cant remember autobiographical
commitment progress order
diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, achievement
social cognitive theory
learn by watching others
for people with low motivation best way to persuade is
peripheral
role playing chanages
attitude and behaviour
trait theorists argue
traits unlikely to change personality is consistent
retroactive interferance is
new info interferes with recalling old
what types of memory dont decline with old age
semantic and procedural
cued recall is with
prompt
critical period is
12 or younger
piaget is ____ perspective which states that
universalism, cognition then language
social desirability bias involves
participants providing favourable info
learning theory involves
operant condition, imitation, practice
semantic memory
facts
stage 3/4 is ___ waves
slow delta waves
priming is what type of memory
implicit
neuroleptics used for
treat positive can worsen negative symptoms
Alzheimers affects
verbal fluency and priming
structural functionalism aim is to
maintain dynamic equilibrium
people associated with structural functionalism _____ social interactionalism ____
Durkheim, Mead/Clooney
mere exposure explains
why people do things
fMRI measures
blood ox in brain
strain theory is
disconnect btwn socially acceptable goals and how achieve
emotion components
cognitive (mental) behavioral (outward rxtn) physiological (body)
what is instinctive drift
conditioned behaviour replaced by innate
older adults have decline in
episodic (autobio) and fluid memory
feature detection
specific neurons fire due to specific signals
Hawthorne effect
people act dif if knows being observed
social constructionism is
agreed upon meaning/labels
emotional intelligence
long term goals
confirmation bias is an ____ bias
individual
Fundamental attribution error is
stressing dispositional factors over situational
affective component of attitude
feelings
defintion of something is _____theory
social constructionism
normative
shared beliefs, volunteer
core nations export ____ and peripheral export ____
goods, resources
incoherent speech is
positive symptom
just noticible difference is ____ and absolute threshold is __
smallest dif in stimulus, smallest value detect
signal detection theory
decisions made under certain conditions (eg. hit miss)
approach avoidant means
negative and positive for 1 option (if 2 double)
depression (explained by drive reduction)
lack arousal
obedience is
directly follow authority/orders
pupil constriction is symptom from what drug
opioids
endorphins secreted from
anterior pituitary
posterior pituitary secretes
vasopressin
adrenal cortex
aldosterone, cortisol
what is recovered memory
recalled from traumatic event
consanguineal relations are ___ and affinal are ___
genetic, marriage
Just world hypothesis says good people
deserve things bc work hard
borderline personality is
instability in mood, managing relations
psychoanalytic theories explain____ erikson is through
personality, social interaction
when is it more likely to have situational disposition
more distinctive behaviour from everyone else
interaction effect is
2 dif things interact and influence
internal validity
degree of causation
negative bias
neg things forced upon good
foklways are ____ and moores are___
everyday norm, necessary for welfare (health)
reciprocal determinism
persons behavior influenced by environment and personal factors
anomie causes
is weakened social values causes people behave less ideal
house money effect
after gain more likely take risk bc see as not own money
labeling theory
labels assigned to group not bc behavior
rational choice theory
more inclined select lower cost option
diathesis-stress model
biological predisposition and situational
humanistic explanation of behaviour
incongruence and self concept
phobia is type of
classical conditioning
binocular depth cue
retinal disparity
change in behavior is ___ memory
implicit
lack of effort is what type of control
external
SSRI do what? and MAOI
block ruptake in presynaptic, prevent breakdown in pre
place theory
perception of sound pitch
mechonreceptors
movement, hair (auditory)
monamines are
serotonin, norepi, domaine
parkinsons affects
dopamine neurons in substantia nigra part of basal ganglia
nucelus accumbres
part of reward
somatosensory proprioreceptors
location and movement
organ of corti
auditory info to temporal lobe
REM sleep occurs
usually before waking
sensory interaction
one sense influence another
egocentrism
viewing world only own view
how can cycle of worrying be explained
self fulfilling prophecy
intrusion errors from
memory being reconstructive
during arousal remember
central (emotion) and not peripheral (facts)
measures of social stratification look at
class, status, power
parvo path processes ____ and mango path ___
color+ form, motion + depth
role of retina
light to electric signal
behavior theory opinion on mental process
dont exist
overextension
name to things of slight resemblance
SS theory of emotion
exposure, physiological, interpret
depth perception using 2 eyes
retinal disparity, binocular
explicit memory is ___ term for ___
long, recalling facts
symbolic interactionism is
personal experience
what nt is involved when use recreational drugs
dopamine
folkways are
traditional behaviour
Asch conformity experiment varied
number of confederates
top down based on
ideas, beleifs, expectations
positive symptoms are
pathological excess
humanistic approach is
reaching potential, personal growth
flashbulb memory accuracy is
less accurate
cultural relativism
no right or wrong culture
parallel play is _____ usually in what age
observe others adjust play separately, young age
age 2-7 a lot of ____ play
symbolic
conflict theory focuses on
inequity
health behaviors are
folkways
moderating variables affects
strength of rltn
classical condition present stimulus what order
CS then US
parietal lobe for
spacial, temp, touch
social facilitation leads to
improved performance
reciprocal determinsm
behavior influences enviro and enviro influences
Harlow experiment showed
contact comfort couldnt be corrected for after mechanical monkey
What part of brain is responsible for physiological changes in emotion
hypothalamus
What is place theory
percieving pitch
self serving bias is when
success to internal, failure to external
self fulfilling prophecy
belief influences behavior which causes belief become true
framing bias
way info presented will change opinion
Rorschach inkblot test is
subjective and projective
self efficacy is
internal belief can do something
webers law shows a ____ rltn btwn ____ and ____
linear, intensity and detection
ratio measure means
range of number value at equal spaced interval
taste aversions are
long term
borderline personality has issue with
mood, rltn, suicidal thoughts
biomedical approach emphasizes
cause diagnosis treatment
erikson theory focuses on
life course through interaction
ego is ____ superego ____ id ____
realistic, idealistic, selfish
deep sleep, walking, bedwetting what stage?
3
affect heuristic
making judegements based on emotions evoked
social cognitive theory emphasizes
thinking and learnign develop personaility
who is associated with obedience
Milgram
informative pressure
change opinion to match people you think is better informed
spreading activation is ___ for __
priming other nodes activated, better mem
context effect
physical place
Werinckles area for
language comp
emotional components
behavioral, cognitive, phys
universalism for language associated with _____ states ____
Piaget, cognition needed for language
Brocas area for
speech production
self monitoring is ____ process that involves ___
long term, reflection notes
sublimation
challenge unacceptable urge into acceptable good thing
I is ____ and me is ____
autonomous, collection attitudes from society
prescriptive vs descriptive
pre belief, descp how actual is
three component of stratification:
class power prestige
social constructs are not ___
universal
what bone helps move fluid in ear
stapes
SSRI and MAOI act where
pre-synaptic
parkinsons disease affects dopamine neurons in ___ which is part of ___ which controls
substantia nigra in basal ganglia voluntary motor
monamine hypothesis
monamines affcet depresison
somatosensory is for
location and movement
origin of corti is in ___ and is for __
inner ear, sound processing transfer
dreaming occurs in ____ sleep which happens ___
REM, before waking
visual is what part of brain
left hemisphere
proximity is for
grouping
positive check in Malthusian theory
inc death rate
feature detection
differences in specific aspect of stimulus (angle)
iodine is used for
parathyroid
general info means
crystallized and semantic memory
Neurotransmitters bind
receptor on postsynaptic
shadowing
repeat info as presented
cultural transmission
passing info on
what type of stimulus for sensory receptors
proximal
false memory is
never happened or did but very dif
self fulfilling prophecy
belief that becomes true
universilism
cognition controls language
differential association theory
learn deviant behavior from ppl close to
borderline personality invovles
suicidal thoughts
seretonin for
mood hunger
