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BEHSPsych Unit 5
BEHS psych Unit 5
Question | Answer |
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What is Reciprocity? | The tendency to return feelings and attitudes that are expressed about us. |
What are Social Norms? | Rules (written or not) that influence the way people behave in Social Settings. |
What is Altruism? | The unselfish regard for the welfare of others. |
What is the actor-observer bias? | The tendency to attribute ones own behavior to situational factors, but the behavior of others to internal factors. |
Attitudes are? | The enduring belief of people, places, and objects. |
What is Risky-Shift? | The tendency to make riskier decisions as a member of a group, than on your own. |
What is the Self-Serving Bias? | The tendency to believe that ones successes are attributed to internal factors, and ones failures to external factors. |
What is the peripheral route of persuasion? | A method using emphasis on factors other than the message itself. |
Persuasion is? | The influence on a persons choices of decisions. |
What is cognitive dissonance? | Tension that occurs when a persons attitude doesn't match their actions. |
Social Loafing is? | When people put in less effort in completing a task when they are in a group. |
What is Social Facilitation? | The improved performance because of the presence of others. |
What are the three parts of Sternberg's Triangle of Love? | Intimacy, Commitment, Passion. |
What are the causes of prejudice? | People want acceptance, People over-generalize groups of people, and Ignorance. |
What is a behavior? | Observable and measurable actions of people and animals. |
What is the Central Route of Persuasion? | Uses evidence and logical arguments to persuade people. |
What is the best way to persuade someone to do something? | Start with their argument first, then give reasons why your way is better. |
What are Cognitive Anchors? | Persistent beliefs that shape the ways in which a person sees the world and interprets events. |
What is discrimination? | The unfair treatment of individuals because they are members of a particular group. |
What is a Scapegoat. | In individual or group that is blamed for the problems of others. |