Ch 14 psych

reciprocity

a factor that contributes to attraction

consummate

according to Robert sternberg's triangular model of love, ____ love is the ideal form of love

high cheekbones & narrow jaw

according to parrett's 1994 study of people in England and Japan, both British and Japanese men consider women with ____ and _____ to be most attractive

self-awareness

deindividuation is defined as a state of ____

social-cognitive

from the ____ perspective, aggressive skills are mainly acquired by observation of other people acting aggressively

professional

in the selection of a romantic partner, women tend to place emphasis on traits such as ___ status

A-B problem

issue of how well one can predict behavior on the basis of attitude

emotional

on an ____ level, prejudice is associated with negative feelings such as fear, dislike, or hatred

diffusion

one major reason that groups tend to take greater risks than their members would take as individuals is ____ of responsibility

conform

people are said to ____ when they change their behaviors to adhere to social norms

hypothalamus

the ___ brain structure is associated with aggression in nonhumans

polarization

the ____ effect in groups refers to the idea that group decisions tend to take a more extreme position than individual decisions

obey

we are socialized from early childhood to ___ authority figures such as parents and teachers

groupthink

when a group pays less attention to the external realities than to its own cohesiveness

obedience

Stanley milgram studied the factors that contribute to ___ to authority

actor-observer

____ effect is the tendency to attribute our own behavior to situational factors but to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional factors

romantic

____ love is characterized by passion and intimacy according to Robert sternberg

stereotyping

____ may lead people to view members of groups in a biased fashion

testosterone

_____ is associated with the tendency to dominate and control others

discrimination

a landlord refuses to rent his vacant apartment to college students. he believes that students throw wild parties and destroy property. in the context of behavior the landlord's refusal is an example of:

propinquity

a reason why people tend to have partners from the same background

passion and intimacy

according to Robert sternberg romantic love is characterized by ____ & _____

good-looking

according to a study by specher and femlee US women are more willing than US men to marry someone is not ____

attitudes

according to durlez and Stangor & Crandall people are apt to like people who share their ____

attraction-similarity

according to the ____ hypothesis, people tend to develop romantic relationships with people similar to themselves in physical allure and other traits

attitude

an enduring mental representation of a person, place, or thing that typically evokes an emotional response and related behavioral

evaluation apprehension

best defined as concern that others are evaluating us

deindividuation

defined as a state of reduced self-awareness

identify

research has shown that people are more likely to help people with whom they can ____

empathy

the feeling of ____ helping behavior and discourages aggression

aggression

the hypothalamus brain structure is associated with ___ in nonhumans

altruism

the selfless concern for the welfare of others is called ___

conflict

there is often social and economic ____ between people of different races and religions

socialized

we are ___ from early childhood to obey authority figures such as parents and teachers