Psychology Test 1
Aggression
According to our text,what is arguably the world's greatest problem today?
Social Identity Theory
Being a member of a particular group helps to magnify one's sense of self-esteem according to what?
Introspection
Charlie participated in a psychological study where he was asked to look at a bright orange ball and then describe in detail what he was experiencing. This procedure is called?
Social
Dr. Wantsta Know studies how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others. She is a(n) _____________ psychologist.
William james
Is a Functionalist
Asch Studies
Line study
Psychologists
Share common interested in mental processing and behavior
critical thinking techniques
The best approach to separating accurate information from pseudo-psychology is?
Social Psychology
The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by others.
Behavioral Perspective
What Perspective suggest that the field should focus on observable behavior that can be measured objectively
Archival Research
What Research uses existing data
Attribution Theory
What Theory Seeks to explain how we decide,on the basis of samples of an individuals behavior
Passion, Commitment and Intimacy
What are the three components of love?
Self Fulfilling Prophesy
What can stereotyping can lead to phenoienom
Diffusion
What happens when your dinning in a large group?
Reciprocity
What is not a component not of love
Group Think
What process tends to maintain harmony and unanimity whilst suppressing afferences of opinions
Humanistic perspective
What suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow, develop, and be in control of their lives and behavior
Variables
When teacher observers students height and weight
The door-in-the-face technique
You are called on the phone and asked to contribute $1,000 to the save the lesser spotted Two- Toed Toad Fund, you cannot afford such a large donation. The caller the ask you for $25 donation and you readily agree although you only give $10 to a charity like that. This Technique is called?
Need for cognition
a person't habitual level of thoughtfulness and cognitive activity
Functionalism
concentrated on what they mind does and how behavior FUNCTIONS
Neuroscience perspective
considers how ppl and nonhumans function biologically
Gesalt Psychology
emphasized how perception is organized "The whole is different from the sum of its parts"
Margret Floy Washburn
first women to receive a doctorate in psychology and did important work on animal behavior.
cognitive perspective
focuses on how ppl think, understand, and know about the world
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Dispositional
prompted by one's dispositions
Mary Calkins
studied memory in early 20th century and was pronounced first female president of the American Psychological Association
Message Source
the characteristics of a person who delivers a persuasive message known as an attitude communicator
dissimilarity
what attracts two people together
Social Influence
what happens when actions of a person r group affect the behaviors of others
Psychodynamic perspective
what is it called when behavior is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which we have little awareness or control
Situational
what kind of thoughts brought about by something in the environment?
Race
what should be used only to refer to classifications based on the physical characteristics of the subject?
Peripheral Route Processing
when ppl are persuaded on the basis of factors unrelated to the nature or quality of the content of a persuasive message.
Central Route Processing
when recipient thoughtfully considers the issues and arguments involved in persuasion
Cognitive Psychologists
who helps people Process and Retain info
Frans Joseph
who is a trained observer could discern intelligence, moral, character and other basic personality characteristics from the shape and number of bumps on a persons skull
explaining behavior and mental processes
"Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes." This means that psychologists are interested in
Gestalt Psychology
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" would be said by a psychologist from which psychological perspective
John Locke
"tabula rasa" (blank slates) minds of children are blank slates and experiences determine their behaviors as adults
Prejudice
A negative (or Positive) evaluation of a particular group and its member
Case Study Research
an in depth, intensive investigation of a single individual or a small group
Scientific Method
begins w/ Identifying a question
Mamie Phipps Clark
carried out pioneering work on how children grew to recognize racial differences.
Naturalistic Observation Research
observes naturally occurring behavior and does not make a change in the situation
Leta Stetter Hollingworth:
one of the first psychologists to focus on child development and on women's issues