Social Thinking

Question 1

high levels of agression

Answer 1

testosterone, increased amygdala activity, decreased prefrontal activity

Question 2

self disclosure

Answer 2

share your beliefs, thoughts, goals and fear with someone

Question 3

inclusive fitness

Answer 3

measure of an organisms success

Question 4

altruism

Answer 4

helping others at cost to yourself

Question 5

halo effect

Answer 5

you think someone is good, so automatically everything else they do is good

Question 6

just world hypothesis

Answer 6

karma- good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people

Question 7

dispositional

Answer 7

INTERNAL attributions

Question 8

self serving bias

Answer 8

individuals tendency for us to explain dispositional factors for things that go right, and situational for things that go wrong (giving yourself more credit)

Question 9

fundamential attribution error

Answer 9

bias towards OTHERS. we focus more on dispositional in BAD contexts

Question 10

stereotypes, prejudice, discriminations

Answer 10

stereotypes- categorizing in our heads (not always negative)

prejudice- negative/positive EMOTIONS towards something

discrimination- behavioral differences

Question 11

self-fulfilling propechy

Answer 11

doing bad on something bc someone’s expectation is for you to do bad individual level

Question 12

stereotype threat

Answer 12

same but towards a whole group.

Question 13

power, prestige, class

Answer 13

power= control
prestige= respect
class= SES