Social Behavior Flashcards
Interpersonal Attraction
Is what makes people like each other. Influenced by physical attractiveness, similarity thoughts and physical traits, self-disclosure, reciprocity, and proximity
Aggression
A physical, verbal, or nonverbal behavior with the intention to cause harm or increase social dominance
Attachment
An emotional bond to another person. Usually refers to the bond between a child and a caregiver
Secure Attachment
Requires a consistent caregiver. Child shows a strong preference for the caregiver compared to strangers.
Avoidant Attachment
Occurs when a caregiver has little or no response to a distressed child. Child shows no preference for the caregiver compared to strangers.
Ambivalent Attachment
Occurs when a caregiver has an inconsistent response to a child’s distress, sometimes responding appropriately, sometimes neglectful. Child will become distressed when caregiver leaves and is ambivalent when he or she returns.
Disorganized Attachment
Occurs when a caregiver is erratic or abusive; the child shows no clear pattern or behavior in response to the caregiver’s absence or presence
Social Support
The perception or reality that one is cared for by a social network
Emotional Support
Listening to, affirming, and empathizing with someone’s feelings
Esteem Support
Affirms the qualities and skills of the person
Material Support
Providing physical or monetary support
Informational Support
Providing useful information to a person
Network Support
Providing a sense of belonging to a person
Foraging
Searching for and exploiting food resources
Mating System
Describes thew ay in which a group is organized in terms of sexual behavior
Monogamy
Exclusive mating relationships
Polygamy
One member of a sex having multiple exclusive relationships with members of the opposite sex
Polygyny: Male with multiple females
Polyandry: Female with multiple males
Promiscuity
No exclusivity
Mate Choice
(Intersexual selection). The selection of a mate based on attraction and traits
Altruism
A helping behavior in which the person’s intent is to benefit someone else at some cost to him or herslef
Game Theory
Attempts to explain decision making between individuals as if they are participating in a game
Inclusive Fitness
A measure of an organism’s success in the population based on how well it propagates ITS OWN genes. Inclusive fitness also includes the ability of those offspring to then support others.
