Uworld New stuff Flashcards
power
the ability to control and influence others
authority
whether others believe the power is legitimate
traditional authority
longstanding and comes from traditional patterns in society.
charismatic authority
stems from personal appeal
rational-legal authority
arises from the professional position someone holds
instinctive drift
learned behavior replaced by instinctive behavior
subculture
subculture is a group that is different from the dominant culture in some way but who’s values and norms still align.
members of a subculture identify as a group, dress differently and speak differently (doctors)
stereotype boost
when positive stereotypes about a group lead to improved performance.
intersectionality
being ___ and ____ means your situation is even worse. Male and black and prison system.
aggregate
group of people who share a common location but do not identify as a group
core nations
resources in and goods out
ethnography
qualitative method for the scientific study of human phenomena. Within a specific geographic location, study the norms of individuals.
place theory
explains the perception of sound pitch
what brain area is most important for James-Lange
hypothalamus
vicarious emotions
when an observer intuits the emotions another might be experiencing
content analysis
qualitative technique meant to examine text and images used in human communication. Asses one-on-one verbal communication. Ex: transcripts of interviews, online content.
operationalize a variable
a variable that is not directly measured is defined in such a way that it can be measured for the purposes of testing/assessment.
insight
when the solution suddenly becomes apparent all at once
incentive theory
of motivation, suggests that organisms are motivated to act in order to obtain external rewards.
Stronger incentives are more immediate.
life course approach
a holistic, multidisciplinary framework for understanding how psychological, biological, and sociocultural factors across a lifetime have a cumulative effect on health outcomes.
more social ties for work means ___
more opportunity for social capital
actor-observer compared to fundamental attribution error
attribute one’s own actions to situational and others actions to dispositional.
fundamental attribution error is only making dispositional beliefs about other’s behavior
coworkers are considered ____ groups
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