PSYCH SOC Flashcards
in studies with bystander intervention - which variable is found to be positively correlated with time it takes for individual to offer help in case of emergency
number of bystanders who witness emergency
person who comes late at a meeting - which explanation makes sense for someone who have self serving bias - what attribute
situational variable
ppl who experience self serving bias atrribute their own nehative behaviours to
situational variables
ex of stable trait (actor/observer) bias
intellect - see if the oberver will attribute the actor perfromace to intellect and the actor thinking their own success is beacuse of intellect
a public health video designed to promote flu shots shows a physician from a prestigious instituition delivering facts about how viruses are spread - the video also features data on how viruses can expose the body to serious illness - what manipulating variables of attitude do they use
peripheral route to perusasion (prestige) central route to persuasion (disease), source characteristics (mentionign dr affiliation with prestigious instituition)
rat receives foor for pressing lever, in variable ratio schedule - what is the response
highest, response rate, with no predicatble pauses
conflict between superego and the id leads to
unconscious conflict
the ego tends to reduce conflict through
defence mechanisms – unconscious conflict is like the drive - want to reduce it
this model integrates the influence of biological predispostions and the environemnt (person has gentic with depression, and unemployment acted as trigger)
diathesis stress model
the DV in a study of polarization is most likely to each participant’s
attitude toward a topic
which experiment procedure is most likely to results in learned helplessness
uncontrollable exposure to aversive stimulus - giving person chock they cant escape (independantly of the intensity of the punishment)
regular breathing and slow brain waves what stage
3
when response results in escape from aversive stimulus its known as
negative reinforcement – rat in box presented with a tone followed by electric shock, it jump over barrier to other side of the box where no shock
changes in brain size as a function of environmental influences (socialization) is an example of
neural plasticity
explaining behaviour through self concept and incongruence is consisted with what perspective
humanistic
participant is asked to solve a easy puzzle in front of others (easy task
social facilitation (EASY/MANAGEABLE TASK)
when person does a challenigng task infornt of audience this will increase ______beyond optimal and interfere with ________
arousal, performance
the IV of a memory study that tests the encoding specificity effect is most likely
the location of encoding and retrieval
___________ this refers to enhanced memory when testing takes place under the same conditions as learning
encoding specifcity
hypothetical reasoning is mastered in what piaget stage
formal operational
patient has depression, and blaes failure on personal incompetence, therapist tried to change pateint thinking by suggesting may be bc lack of effort - what are they trying to change
locus of control
researcher wants to assess siz of pateint brain ventricles what scan
CAT (STRUCTURE OF BRAIN
if graph shows both a recency and primacy effect, when does recall ahppen
immedidatly after when final items are still in short term
when rsearcher changes the hue after the infant stops responding to the og stimulus example of
habituation
which of the following is a binocular depth cue
retinal disparity - require input from both retinas
this is a problem that is described in medial terminology and treated by medical professionals
medicalization
health disparity refers to difference in health outcomes that is related to _____
social or economic factors - association bw factor like SES and disease indicate potential influence of social inequality - ex. higher SES have lower chance of stroke
young athlete evalutes own bhaviours by compar to professonal - what group are the professonal as to the young ones
reference group
role conflict
stress ppl feel when confronted with incompatiable role expecation acorss different jobs/social statuses
ethnicity classifies by _____ and race classifies as ______
culture, physical characteristics
ethnocentrisim assumes _________ and cultural relativism describes awareness of _____
universla norms - look through own beliefs, and culture/diversity
stigma is derived from which perspective
symbolic interactionist
social stigam call attentio to how
different group or ppl face social disapporval - attribute that is devalued** the social behaviour is like behaviour or identity or other attrubute seen as deviant
anomie is what perspective
functionalist
which concept refers to feeling of social disconnetion that result is weak bonds and rapid changing norms
anomie – alientation feel when socia norms or binds weal - without attachment to society we feel purposelessness and aimless
periods of rapid social change are often associated with
anomie
concept wehn product of social interaction emerging out of the way an individual perceives othes to view them
looking glass self
this _____ assumes that individual behaviour will be based on imolict analysis of the costs and benefits of actions
rationalist choice perspective
which theory does this follow: reduce cost of fruit and veggies while inc the cost of proccessed foods
rationalsit choice - ppl more inclided to buy healthier food
the fact that men are more liekly to tske part in injury or risk tasks is bc of
social or culturally factors - socially constructed
_____ this theory expalins social phenmema in terms of meaning they hold when ppl interact with eachother ex. ppl want to soke bacause faciltiaes social connection
symbolic interactionsim
concept of social suggests that social netoworks provide
valuable resource
social capital emphasizes more of the ______ resources and social support tends to focus more on ______ resources
tangible, emotional
____ this theory is a perspective on deviance that suggests labels get applied to certain groups or people regardless of specific behaviour
labelling (calls attention to how stereotypes can have in determining how individuals are perceived)
which sociological theory best explains the existence of cross cultral differences in how mental health disorders are classified
social constructionaims - thsi theory presumes ideas (health disease, knowledge) created thr historical processess that are socailly dfined and culturally distinct
theory based on which concept best explain how economic development leads to changes in societys fertility and mortality rates
demo transtion
research taking perspective of social epidemiology is most likely to focus on
social determinants of health
ethical research requires that all particiaptns _____ particpate in stuyd
voluntatelity - cant withdraw any time
gov assistance as a measure of SES raises the issue of
validity - not poper or accurae measuremet of income
a study is conducted which researcher observe how doctors deal with role strain when interact with pts
ethnographic - observing social interactions
Cross-sectional studies are observational studies t
hat analyze data from a population at a single point in time.
