psychology Flashcards

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social facilitation

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when we perform better around others for simple tasks

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2
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yerkes-dodson

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Arousal is needed to perform best. There is a bell curve to this. Too much arousal and you can perform worse.

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3
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deindividuation

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lose self identity (anonymity) Will be more extreme than if by yourself

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4
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Social Loafing

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People perform worse in group settings

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5
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Bystander effect

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As number of people increases, less likely of intervention. Group size correlates with abilitity to help. “Someone else will do it”

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6
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Socialization (See Slide)

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7
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Norms

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Societal Norms (Considered acceptable behavior by a culture) (Shaking hands) (culture specific)

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8
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Deviance

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Violator of norms, laws, or rules of society

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9
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Conformity

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Aligning Behavior to social norms

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10
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Obedience

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Being forced by an authority figure to do something

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11
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Assimiliation

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A GROUP taking the cultures norms of another GROUP

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12
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Compliance

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A request by an authority figure is complied with

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13
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Ascribed Status

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Born with it

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14
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Role

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Fits inside our status. How are supposed to act because of a status.

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15
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Primary group

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people you are close with

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16
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secondary group

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shorter term than primary group. Temporary bond, acquaintences.

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17
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extrinsic

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outside oneself

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18
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intrinsic

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motivation comes from within oneself

19
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Instinct Theory

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Innate desires based on stimuli (instinct)

20
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Arousal Theory

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Ideal state of awareness (awake and reacting) (our motivation is to be this way) (optimal performance)

(Yerkes Dodson)

21
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Drive reduction Theory

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Being uncomfortable makes us motivated to not be uncomfortable

22
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Need Based Theory

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We have needs we WANT to satisfy (Maslow)

23
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Maslow: Bottom or 1st need

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Physiological (breathing, food, water, excretion, sleep, homeostasis, sex)

24
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Maslow: 2nd needs

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Safety (Security of self, family and resources) (shelter)

25
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Maslow 3rd needs

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Love/Belonging (friendship, family, sexual intimacy)

26
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Maslow 4th Needs

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Esteem (self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect)

27
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Maslow 5th (top) needs

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Self-Actualization (morality, creativity, problem solving, acceptance of facts, etc)

28
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James-Lange

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stimulus->physio response->emotional response

29
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Cannon-Bard

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stimulus->physio response and emotion together

30
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Schachter-Singer

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stimulus->physio response->cognitive response->emotion

31
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Theories of Arousal (See Slide)

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32
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Habituation

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Decrease in response to stimuli after repeated exposure

33
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dishabitutation

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recovery of a response due to new, but similiar stimuli

34
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Observational Learning

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Learning by watching

35
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Associated Learning

Classical Learning

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Create associations between things innately

36
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extinction

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Conditioned stimulus presented without unconditioned stimulus enough times (bell rings, but no food)

37
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generalization

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associating similiar to conditioned stimulus makes conditioned response

38
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Encoding (Automatic Processing)

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Passively gaining information

Info gained without effort

39
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Controlled Processing

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Taking notes, actively trying to learn something, flashcards, etc

40
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Semantics

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Relating want-to-know info to other known info

(Most powerful learning, Visual is the worst, audio is 2nd best)

41
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Implicit Memory

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Conditioned responses. Stuff we have learned, but dont think about (raising a fork to eat) (scratching an itch) (stuff we dont need to think about actively)

42
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Explicit Memory

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Memories that require conscious recall

43
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Recall Question

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Fill in the blank

44
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Recognition Question

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Mulitple Choice