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