Social Psych Test 3

Front 1

Which one is linked to a specific event?

Back 1

Emotion

Front 2

Which one is an automatic response to a stimulus?

Back 2

Affect

Front 3

Which one is a state not linked to stimulus?

Back 3

Mood

Front 4

Schacter & Singer study

Back 4

the study where subjects were given a stimulant

Front 5

How did they react when they knew it was a stimulant vs. when they were told it was a placebo?

Back 5

Good reaction when told stimulant; distressed, anxious when told placebo

Front 6

Two factor theory

Back 6

undifferentiated physio arousal + conscious eval of how to attribute the arousal
When told placebo, people don’t know how to attribute the anxiety

Front 7

European vs. Hmong Americans

Back 7

Hmong Americans stress balance in emotions, especially the positive; more control; less social smiles

Front 8

Which culture stresses a balance between controlling one’s emotions?

Back 8

Hmong

Front 9

Which ones tend to display the Pan Am smile more?

Back 9

Euro

Front 10

Smiles

Back 10

Real smile-Duchenne: more eye wrinklin’ action!
Social smile-Pan Am

Front 11

seven universal emotions identified by Paul Eckman

Back 11

Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise, fear, contempt

Front 12

James-Lange theory

Back 12

Interpretation of our physiological arousal leads to the conscious awareness of our emotions

How do we define physiological arousal? Sweat, heart pumping, nausea- body reaction
Criticisms: Doesn’t account for context very well; same physio response should mean same emotion but bodily arousal is not enough to differentiate

Front 13

Cannon-Bard theory

Back 13

Emotions are the result of us simultaneously experiencing a bodily and emotional reaction

Which part of the brain did they think was critical to emotion? Thalamus (but there’s a lot more to it than that) (criticisms)

Front 14

Schacter & Singer theory

Back 14

An undifferentiated physiological arousal
An attribution of that arousal (cognitive label for each emotion)

Front 15

facial feedback hypothesis

Back 15

James-Lange
Facial expressions evoke and magnify emotions
People held a pencil in teeth/lips to generate a smile/frown & read comics; reading with a smile made them funnier

Front 16

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Back 16

Ideal level of arousal for peak performance varies depending on difficulty of a task

Front 17

What is the ideal level of arousal for simple vs. complex tasks

Back 17

Lower arousal level for ideal performance on a complex task
Higher arousal for a simple task

Front 18

Prosocial behavior

Back 18

Intentional act to benefit one or more people

Front 19

Cooperation

Back 19

Working together for a common goal

Front 20

Kin selection

Back 20

helping those we are related to

Front 21

Egoistic helping

Back 21

helper wants something in return

Front 22

Altruistic helping

Back 22

Seeks nothing in return; motivated by empathy

Front 23

study looking at the monkeys that receive a cucumber or grape for the same task

Back 23

Overbenefited vs. underbenefited: only the underbenefited monkey cares; the overbenefited does not, and does not change behavior
How do monkeys differ from humans in this respect? Supposedly, overbenefited humans care

Front 24

Bystander effect

Back 24

as the number of people increases, the number helping goes down (assuming no one else is helping)

Front 25

Diffusion of responsibility

Back 25

Reduced feelings of responsibility when others are present

Front 26

Need to belong

Back 26

Satisfied by friendship, close relationships, and groups

Front 27

Two key ingredients of belonging

Back 27

regular social contact & stable relationship with mutual concern

Front 28

Rules of Attraction

Back 28

Proximity, Attraction, Similarity, Equity

Front 29

Festinger MIT

Back 29

Friendship as function of proximity

Front 30

How much more likely are next-door neighbors to become friends?

Back 30

41%

Front 31

Mere exposure effect:

Back 31

If we initially like something, regular exposure means we grow to like it more

Front 32

Overexposure

Back 32

Overexposure produces satiation leading to boredom, dislike

Front 33

Matching hypothesis

Back 33

Tend to form relationships with others similar in attractiveness

Front 34

What is beautiful is good effect

Back 34

Physically attractive people assumed to be more good in everything

Front 35

Social exchange theory

Back 35

How people judge satisfaction in a relationship
Cost/benefit analysis
Kind of relationship they deserve
Chances of having a better relationship

Front 36

Equity theory

Back 36

Happiest in a relationship where perceived costs/benefits are equal

Front 37

Effects of social rejection

Back 37

Emotional pain, poor phys health, emotional numbness

Front 38

What happens if we socially reject someone and test to see how much pain they will endure relative to someone socially accepted?

Back 38

Can endure more pain

Front 39

One way to create feeling of social rejection in fMRI machine

Back 39

Cyberball