Unit 3 Flashcards
Normative social influence refers to conforming to a group because of ___, informational social influence refers to conforming to a group because of ___
not wanting to go against norms, not knowing what to do so copy
Was that an alarm? Was that a person who was injured? You need to decide what to do! The tendency to rely on others that are present in order to know how to behave in a situation is known as
pluralistic ignorance
people want to be happy, and there are benefits to being happy. According to the lyubmirsky article and our discussion from class, happiness and optimism are correlated with benefits such as ___ and ___
lower stress, strengthen social bonds
according to the negative state relief hypothesis, people will often comply with a request so as to ____
alleviate their conscious to feel less guilty
Three ways to achieve a positive life, as we discussed in class, are
good life, pleasant life, meaningful life
The main conclusion from the Milgram Shock Experiment is that
people will do anything if experimenter is viewed as authority
Waist-to-hip ratio is a useful indicator of ___
healthy and fertile
Daniel Batson has argued that there are three main motives behind helping others, as stated in your textbook. Two of these motives are ___ and ___
social reward, personal distress, or empathetic concern
Coping efforts that are primarily aimed a directly changing or managing a stressful situation are known as ___; coping efforts that are primarily aimed at relieving or regulating the emotional impact of a stressful event are known as ____
problem-focused coping, emotional focused coping
According to your textbook, the “tend and befriend” theory suggests that
having another sympathetic during stress helps alleviate psychological and physiological symptoms
Imagine that a giant tornado is bearing down on Dorothy’s farmhouse/ She only has time to help one other resident. Based on Hamilton’s Rule discussed in class, two characteristics that would be important in predicting who Dorothy will most likely choose to bring with her to the storm cellar would be ___ and ___
genetic closeness, if costs are less than rewards
After their partner’s sexual infidelity, males are most likely to respond with behaviors that lead to ___, females are most likely to respond with behaviors that lead to ____
leaving; aggression (verbal/physical)
According to the matching phenomenon, people prefer to ___ but they end up ___
end up with someone prettier than them, with someone around their attractiveness
Many people find that positive events can be highly stressful. This is most likely to occur because positive events involve ___
a change in identity/situations with no control
People have a strong motivation to be close to others and to look for relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions with other people. This known as ___
Need to Belong
