Behavioral Science/ Social Thinking Ch.10

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interpersonal attraction

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is the phenomenon of us liking other people.

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what are factors that influence interpersonal attraction or us liking other people?

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1- appearance: golden ratio of face is desired, symmetry

2-similarity: similar views

3- Difference: if they are complimentary, if differences compliment each other

4- Self-disclosure= talking about deep ****.

5- Reciprocity= we like people when they like us.

6- proximity= could be out of convience. maybe exposure o

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Aggression

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behavior that is harmful or increases social dominance. behavior could be verbal or non-verbal.

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what are the biological factors that could influence aggression?

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-Brain: 1- Amygdala

2-Pre-frontal cortex: responsible for controlling impulsive behavior, reduces emotional reactivity.

-Hormones: as in testosterone

-psychological state= Cognitive Neoassociation model: aggression is linked to negative emotions

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which part of the brain is activated during aggressive behaviors

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amygdala.

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firing rate....channels influences the firing rate

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Alton in bio

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attachment was studied by two psychologists. Who are they

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1-John Bowlby after WWII

2-Mary Ainsworth 1970's

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what are the four types of attachment identified?

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1- Secure: positive, child needs caregiver. Child will grow up with good social skills

2-Avoidance: not ideal, caregiver does not respond, the child does not care either.

3-Ambivalent: inconsistent response to child's distress. Child feels insecure, amivivalent

4-Disorganized: absent caregiver, mixed of different reactions by child.

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Kids with what attachment types grow up with deficit in their social skills?

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Avoidance. Ambivalent. Disorganized.

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Social support

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1-emotional support: listening affirming and empathizing

2-Esteem support: affirming qualties and skills of a person

3- material support: providing financial or material support.

4- informational: providing info that will help someone.

5-network: group of people provide a support.

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evolutionary fitness

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1-mating system

2-

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Mating system

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1-polygamy: one male mating with one female

2-Promiscuity: any female mates with any male

3- Polygyny: one man, many females

4- Polyandry: one female, many males.

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In mating system, what is the difference between phenotypic qualities and indicator traits?

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phenotypic qualities: Observable traits that make a potential mate more attractive.

Indicator traits= a trait that SIGNIFIES good health and well being.

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what is a fisherian selection

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particular trait that has no significance over survival that becomes exaggerated overtime.

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Game Theory

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attempts to describe the decision making behavior:

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inclusive fitness

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a measure of an organism's success in the population.

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what are the four different possibilities of the game theory

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it has to be -with respect to..ex: organism 1 or 2...and such

Atrusim- one shares and affects itself badly.

Selfishness- one shares the other does not

spite= both organisms do not

cooperation= both are happy to share.

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Evolutionary stable strategy:

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natural selection will prevent other strategies from arising.

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social perception/cognition

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our ability to make judgments and impressions on others.

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Impression bias

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our selection of cues to form interpretations of others that are consistent over time

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Primacy effect Vs. recency effect

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primary effect: the idea that first impressions are more important than subsequent effects.

recency effect: more recent information we have about someone are the most important in forming our impression.

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The four types of impression bias are

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1- reliance on central traits: individuals tend to rely on the target's most relevant traits to the perceiver.

2-implicit personality theory: quick judgements on a person's personality

3-primacy

4-Recency:

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Halo effect

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general influence of a person allows us to make specific judgements about a person.

shes hot, she must be smart too.

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Just-world hypothesis.

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Consequences due to a restoring force. (karma).

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self-serving bias:

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success is from our hard work; failure is from external forces.s

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self enhancement

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maintaining self worth. internal attribution of success. external attribution for failure.

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Attribution theory

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natural tendency of people to infer the causes of other people's behavior.

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what did Fritz Heider do in the attribution theory?

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he divided it into two causes,

1- Dispositional: depending on the person's qualities

2- situational: attributions are due to surroundings

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Cues influence our attriubution outcome to either siutational or dispositional. What are some cues

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1-consistency: does the behavior happen all the time from the same person

2- Consensus: does everybody do the same thing?

3-distinctiveness:

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fundemental attribution error

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our tendency to blame a negative event on dispositional aspect.

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cultural attributions:

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collective: situational

individualistic: dispositional

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prejudice

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irrational negative or positive attitude toward a person, group prior to an actual experince.

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factors that influence prejudice

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1-power

2-prestige

3-class

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stereotype---->prejudice---->discrimination; this is the correct flow. right or wrong

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Right; however, JUST because there is stereotype does not mean there is discrimination.