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Interpersonal Attraction

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phenomenon of individuals liking each other

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Self-Disclosure

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sharing one’s fears, thoughts, and goals with another person

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Reciprocal Liking

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people like others better when they believe the other person likes them

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Proximity

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being physically close to someone increases likelihood of friendships forming

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Mere exposure or familiarity effect

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people prefer stimuli that they have been exposed to more frequently

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Aggression

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Behavior that intends to cause harm or increase social dominance

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Cognitive Neoassociation Model

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states that one is more likely to respond to other aggressively whenever they are feeling negative emotions

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Attachment

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Emotional bond between a caregiver and a child, and its development begins during infancy

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Secure Attachment

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  • child has a consistent caregiver and is able to go out and explore, knowing that they have a secure base to return to
  • Child trusts that the caregiver will be there for comfort
  • Child will be upset when caregiver departs, and will be comforted by the return of the caregiver
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Avoidant Attachment

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  • caregiver has little or no response to a distressed child
  • Children will show no preference between a stranger and a caregiver
  • Show little or no distress when the caregiver leaves, & little or no relief when the caregiver returns
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Ambivalent Attachment/Anxious Ambivalent Attachment

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  • Caregiver has an inconsistent response to a child’s distress
  • Child is unable to form a secure base since they cannot consistently rely on the caregiver’s response
  • Child is very distressed when separated from caregiver, but shows a mixed response when the caregiver returns
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Disorganized Attachment

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  • Show no clear pattern of behavior in response to the caregiver’s absence or presence
  • Show a mixture of different behaviors
  • Often associated with erratic behavior and social withdrawal by the caregiver
  • Red flag for abuse
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Emotional Support

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listening, affirming, and empathizing with someone’s feelings

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Esteem Support

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similar to emotional support, but focuses more on affirming the qualities and skills of a person

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Material or Tangible Support

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type of financial or material contribution to another person

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Informational Support

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providing information that will help someone

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Network Support

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type of social support that gives a person a sense of belonging

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Foraging

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Behavior of seeking out and eating food

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Mating System

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organization of a group’s sexual behavior

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Monogamy

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exclusive mating relationship

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Polygamy

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male having exclusive relationships with multiple females (polygyny)

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Promiscuity

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members of one sex mating with any member of the opposite sex, without exclusivity

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Mate Choice or Intersexual Selection

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selection of a mate based on attraction

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Mate Bias

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how choosy members of the species are while choosing a mate

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Mate Bias direct benefits

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providing material advantage, protection or emotional support

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Mate Bias indirect benefits

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promoting better survival in the offspring

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Mate Choice: Phenotypic Benefits

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Observable traits that make a potential mate more attractive

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Mate Choice: Sensory Bias

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development of a trait to match preexisting preference that exists in population

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Mate Choice: Fisherian or Runaway Selection

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positive feedback mechanism in which a particular trait that has no effect, or even a negative effect, on survival becomes more and more exaggerated over time

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Mate Choice: Indicator Traits

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traits that signify overall good health and well-being of an organism, thus increasing the trait’s attractiveness to mates

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Mate Choice: Genetic Compatibility

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creation of mate pairs that have complementary genetics when combined

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Altruism

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Form of helping behavior in which the person’s intent is to benefit someone else at some cost to themselves

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Empathy

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ability to vicariously experience the emotions of another

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Empathy-Altruism hypothesis

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individual helps another person when they feel empathy for the other person, regardless of the personal cost

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Game Theory

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Attempt at explaining decision-making behavior. Was originally used in economics and mathematics to predict the interaction based on game characteristics like strategy, winning and losing, rewards and punishments, and profits and costs

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Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS)

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When adopted by a given population in a specific environment, natural selection will prevent alternative strategies from arising

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Altruism

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donor provides a benefit to the recipient at a cost to themselves

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Cooperation

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both the donor and recipient benefit by cooperating

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Spite

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both the donor and recipient are negatively impacted

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Selfishness

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donor benefits while the recipient is negatively impacted

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Inclusive Fitness

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  • Measure of an organism’s success in the population

- Based on the number of offspring, success in supporting offspring, and the ability of offspring to then support others

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Impression Bias

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A model of social perception that focuses on our selection of cues to form interpretations of others

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primacy effect

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idea that first impressions are often more important than subsequent impressions

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Recency Effect

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opposite of the primacy effect. Most recent information about an individual is the most important in forming one’s impressions

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Reliance on Central Traits

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Individuals tend to organize the perception of others based on the traits and personal characteristics of the target that are most relevant to the perceiver

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Implicit Personality Theory

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states that there are sets of assumptions people make about how different types of people, their traits, and their behaviors are related

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Stereotyping

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making assumptions about people based on the category in which they are placed

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Halo Effect

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Cognitive bias in which judgments about a specific aspect of an individual can be affected by one’s overall impression of the individual

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Just-World Hypothesis

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Good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people

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Self-Enhancement

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type of motivational process that focuses on the need to maintain self-worth

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Attribution Theory

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Focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer on the causes of other people’s behaviors

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Dispositional (internal) Causes for Attribution

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attributions that relate to the person whose behavior is being considered. Includes their beliefs, attitudes and personality characteristics

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Situational (External) Causes for Attribution

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attributions that relate to features of the surrounding

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Consistency Cues

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consistent behavior of a person over time

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Consensus Cues

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extent to which a person’s behavior differs from others

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Distinctiveness Cues

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extent to which a person engages in similar behavior across a series of scenarios

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Correspondent Inference Theory

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focuses on the intentionality of others’ behavior

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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Posits that we are generally biased towards making dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions, especially in negative contexts

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Attribute Substitution

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When individuals must make judgements that are complex, but instead a simpler solution is substituted or a heuristic is applied

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Cultural Attribution

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Type of culture an individual is a part of plays a role in the type of attributions that the individual makes

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Stereotype Content Model

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Attempts to classify stereotypes with respect to a hypothetical in-group using two dimensions: warmth and competence

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Warm Groups

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Groups that are not in direct competition with the in-group for resources

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Competent groups

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those that have high status within society

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Paternalistic Stereotype

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Low status, not competitive

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Admiration Stereotype

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High status, not competitive

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Contemptuous Stereotype

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Low status, competitive

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Envious Stereotype

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High status, competitive

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Self-fulfilling Prophecy

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expectations of a stereotype can create conditions that lead to the confirmation of those expectations

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Stereotype Threat

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People being concerned or anxious about confirming a negative stereotype

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Prejudice

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irrational positive or negative attitude toward a person, group, or thing, prior to an actual experience with the entity

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Propaganda

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common way in which large organizations attempt to create prejudices in others

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Power

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ability of people or groups to achieve their goals and their ability to control resources

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Prestige

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level of respect shown to a person by others

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Class

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socioeconomic status

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Ethnocentrism

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Practice of making judgements about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture

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In-group

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social group in which a person feels a sense of belonging or identifies as a member

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Out-Group

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social group with which the individual does not identify

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Cultural Relativism

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Perception of another culture as different from one’s own, but with a recognition that the cultural values, mores, and rules of a culture fit into that culture itself

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Discrimination

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-Occurs when prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be treated differently from others

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Individual Discrimination

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one person discriminating against a particular person or group

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Institutional Discrimination

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discrimination against a particular person or group by an entire institution

P/S MCAT (12 decks)

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