Social Psychology Test 2

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impression management

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process through which we try to control the impressions people form of us, also known as self presentation, constructing a self image

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who do we often hang out with

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those who have the same view that we have of ourselves

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dramaturgical perspective

Back 3

the perspective that much of social interaction can be thought of as a play, with actors, performances, settings, scripts, props, roles, etc

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what social purpose does a self presentation serve?

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helps us obtain things we need and value, helps us create and maintain desired self-indentities, and enables our social encounters to run more smootly

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spotlight effect

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seeing ourselves in the public eye even when we are not

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public self consciousness

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the tendency to have a chronic awareness of oneself as being in the public eye

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we become more concerned with strategic self presentation when...

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1. observers can influence whether or not we obtain our goals

2. these goals are important to us

3. we think observers have impressions different from the ones we want to project

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self monitoring

Back 8

tendency to be chronically concerned with one's public image and to adjust one's actions to fit the needs of the current situation

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high self monitor skills

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skilled at reading others emotional expressions and detecting when others are being manipulative and more likely to mimic others behavior (better at customizing presentations to fit the situation

likely to rise to leadership positions

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social anxiety

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fear people experience while doubting that they'll be able to create a desired impression

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passion

Back 11

factor on love scales composed of items tapping romantic attraction and sexual desire

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intimacy

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factor on love scales composed of items tapping feelings of close bonding with another

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decision/commitment

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factor on love scales composed of items tapping decision that one is in love with and committed to one another

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factor analysis

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a statistical technique for sorting test items or behaviors into conceptually similar groupings

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companionate love

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affection and tenderness felt for those whose lives are entwined with our own (like motherly love, brotherly love, family love, etc)

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passionate love

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a state of intense longing for union with another (puppy love and romantic love)

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nuturant love

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feelings of tenderness and concern, c entral to arents caring for their children (feelings that inspire people to care for their children)

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attachment love

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desire to be cared for or protected by another person

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sociosexual orientation

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individual differences in the tendency to prefer either unrestricted sex (without the necessity of love) or restricted sex (only in the context of a long-term, loving relationship)

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two factor theory of love

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theory that love consists of general arousal (factor 1), which is attributed to the presence of an attractive person and labeled as love (factor 2)

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need to belong

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human need to form and maintain strong, stable, interpersonal relationships

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secure base

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comfort provided by an attachment figure, which allows the person to venture forth more confidently to explore the environment

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secure attachment style

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attachments marked by trust that the other person will continue to provide love and support (like children being unconcerned with their mother leaving them)

confortable being in relationships with other people/commitment

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anxious/ambivalent attachment style

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attachments marked by fear of abandonment and the feeling that one's needs are not being met (upset or concern about abandonment from mothers)

people will get involved in relationships but avoid marriage/commitment

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avoidant attachment style

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attachments marked by defensive detachment from the other (defensively detached from mothers, rejected affection if mothers came back after brief abandonment)

runs away from relationships/commitment

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Erotomania

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disorder involving the fixed (but incorrect) belief that one is loved by another, which persists in the face of strong evidence to the contrary

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monogamy

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marital custom in which one man marries one woman

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polygamy

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marital custom in which either one man marries more than one woman or one woman marries more than one man

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polyandry

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marital arrangement involving one woman and more than one husband

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polygyny

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marital arrangement involving one man and more than one wife

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equity rule

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each person's benefits and costs in a social relationship should be matched to the benefits and costs of the other (you get the benefits based on what you put in)

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need-based rule

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each person in a social relationship provides benefits and costs of the other (you give what your partner needs, without counting)

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androgynous

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demonstrating a combination of masculine and feminine characteristics in one's behaviors (more likely for a long-term relationship)

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material self

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the way you see yourself, what you wear, everything material about you (vehicle, house, clothes, etc)

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spiritual self

Back 35

who you are when people aren't around (mortality)

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social selves

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we have as many as the people we know, different self for different situations

EX the way you act in a classroom vs party

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Rouge Test

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James Lee, designed to give us a sense of when our development of self begins--put blush on a baby's nose to see if they recognized it as themself

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when infants recognized themself in mirror

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ages 18-24 months

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self schema

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organized set of experiences and knowledge that guides our self cognition

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distinctiveness postulate

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people focus on their unusual traits during self analysis

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Objective self awareness

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OSA, self focused attention on personal behavior and beliefs "spotlight is on you"

general tendency for subjects to become self critical during objective self aware state

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Beaman et al study

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halloween study, kids with the mirror took less candy, studied OSA

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OSA Relationship between jurors and mirrors

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jurors more likely to demand stricter punishment for defendents

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OSA relationship between juries and cameras

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when you film them, it makes them more critical

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relationship between alcohol and OSA

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sober people made 56 "me" statements while drunk people made 6 "me" statements; alcohol takes the attention off of ourselves

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Situated identities

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theory that says we take on different roles in different settings and how behaviour can radically shift in accordance with the situation and the people present.

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Private sef-consiousness

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attention to non public, introspective aspects of self (spiritual self, who you are when no one is around)

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public self consciousness

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projecting a positive image to others, attempting to control one's social image through facial expressions, posture, etc

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Role of guilt

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(private anxiety)

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ingratiation

Back 50

use of spontaneous and well constructed flattery (goal=flattery)

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intimidation

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aggressive strategy designed to dominate others (goal=fear)

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self promotion

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boasting behavior (for extreme modesty) focussed on personal accomplishments (goal=appear competent)

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basking in reflective glory (on essay)

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act of playing up our associations w hish status people or events

EX knowing someone famous

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cutting off reflected failure

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distancing ourselves from low status people or events, denying relationship with someone who is no longer good

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self monitoring

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tendency to regulate one's social behavior based on either social demands or internal factor

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high self monitors

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adapt social behavior to fit situations and public expectations, very focussed on presenting a certain image

ex changing who you are to meet someone's expectations

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low self monitors

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ignore social demands and act based on personal values and beliefs; don't change who they are

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Trend in HSM vs trend in LSM

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HSM-better at facial expression, producting emotions on demand and reading social situations, more concerned w physical appearance of partner

LSM-less likely to be persuaded by authority

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self disclosure

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process of revealing intimate information about ourselves to others

"Strangers on a Train"

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Matching hypothesis

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tendency to seek one's level of physical attractiveness

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matched couples

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greater levels of satisfaction than mismatched couples

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mismatched couples

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great dissatisfaction and higher divorce rates

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attitude similarity

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the more compatible, higher the attitude similarity

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narcissism

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Freud-- we are attracted to those similar to us, we look for those who remind us of us

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sexual attraction

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role of smell--important but more complex than in other animals

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sexual attraction in psychological cues

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arousal in verbal conversation

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fetish

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an object or displaced gratification (to the point where lost interest in people)

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John Lees Love idea pt 1

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There are three theoretical primary types of love:

Eros--romantic, passionate love

Ludus--game playing love "Coolige effect" classic player

storge--friendship love (strong relationship but no sex)

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John Lees Love idea pt 2

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There are three secondary types of love (less common)

Pragma--logical love (have a list of what they want)

Mania--possesive, dependent love (very time consuming)

Agape--selfless, altruistic love (don't think about themselves, like family, not good with mania

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Sternberg Love theory

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Triangular theory of Love

Intamacy--emotional component

Passion--motivational component (physical component)

Decision and Commitment--commitment component, cognitive component

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Single Components in Love

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Liking--intimacy (w/out passion or commitment) EX friendship

Infatuation--passion (w/out intimacy or commitment) EX sex for sake of sex

Empty Love--commitment (w/out passion or intimacy) EX getting married because pregnancy

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Multiple components in Love

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Romantic love: intimacy and passion (no commitment) EX short term love

Companionate love: intimacy and commitment (no passion) EX long distance relationship

Fatuous Love: passion and commitment (no intimacy) EX gold digger

Consummate Love--intimacy, passion, and commitment

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Percieve similarity

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think you have more things in common than you actually do

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actual similarity

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level of things you actually have in common

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what is our sexual behavior influenced by?

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biological events in our own bodies and in those of others, many of which occur outside our conscious awareness

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James Lee

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1890, on the self "The Principles of Psychology", includes the material self, the social self, and the spiritual self

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Men are likely to take multiple wives when these converge...

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1. a steep social hierarchy, so some have much higher wealth and power

2. a generally rich environment, so well placed families can accumulate vast wealth

3. occasional famines, so the poor face possible danger of starvation