Unit 2 Flashcards
One of the functions of emotions we discussed in class is ___, the other function of emotions we discussed was ___
action control (feel an emotion to influence own behavior), interpersonal regulator (we feel emotion to influence the actions of people close to us)
Daniel believes that regular exercise is very important. Based on our conversation in class, what two factors about Daniel’s attitude will increase the likelihood of a match between his attitude about exercise and his behavior
direction of the motivation, Strength
Bob believes that Black Americans cannot succeed outside of sports and entertainment. However, he sees Vice President Kamala Harris as an exception to his general opinions of Blacks. Bob is explaining away any exceptions to his stereotypes by considering Vice President Harris a part of a different group, which is why the abilities can be expected to differ from the group as a whole. In other words, Bob is demonstrating the phenomenon of
subtyping
Performing an activity because of external influences on behavior, such as rewards or social evaluation is known as ___; Performing an activity because of a desire to master the task or to feel self-fulfillment is known as ____
extrinsic, intrinsic motivation
People tend to clap less when others are also clapping, or work less hard in a group project if they are not motivated and individually accountable for their actions. This phenomenon is known as
social loafing
You have just met Akhil, who is a varsity soccer player. If you interpret his behavior in a way that supports your private opinion that all soccer players aren’t very smart and only get into college because of soccer, then you are demonstrating the phenomenon of ___. If you ask Akhil so many confusing questions that he cannot answer them, and so his answers make him look not very smart to others, then you are demonstrating the phenomenon of ___
confirmation bias, self-fulfilling prophecy
According to the theory of impact bias, we are good at judging ___ and ___ of emotions, but we are poor at judging ____
intensity, valence, duration
Your book describes a study by Sherif known as the Robbers Cave study, in which conflict between two groups of boys led to prejudice. This study showed that the best way to reduce prejudice between two groups is ____
Superordinate goals and equal
Susan’s parents always told her she should smile and appear happy, even when she is not happy. According to research on self-perception theory, the most likely effect of this behavior have on Susan’s internal state is ____
positive
Before a moment of choice, such as an election or choosing a horse to race, participants may rate two options as being closely preferred. After the choice, people tend to report the chosen options much more favorably, and the non-chosen option much less favorably. This phenomenon is known as ____.
shifting alternatives?
That usually negative affective response that people have about particular social groups is known as ___, An unjustified harmful action towards a person, simply because of his or her membership in a group, is known as _____
prejudice, discrimination
According to social facilitation, people will perform well with an audience watching if ___ people will perform poorly with an audience watching if ____
the task is easy, the task is hard
Your book describes how there has been highly successful integration within the US military forces, Most likely the conditions mentioned that are necessary for contact to reduce prejudice in the military are ___
Shared goals and equality
Although the psychological immune system works, two of the reasons that the psychological immune system is bad are that ___ and ___
they work for positive emotions, impact bias
The tendency to assume that members of outgroups are more similar, whereas our own group members are more different from each other is known as ____
outgroup homogeneity
