AP PSYCH UNIT 9

Antipsychotics

________- levels of serotonin are too high, block dopamine receptors in the brain.

verbal behavior

Define: Any physical or ________ intended to hurt or destroy.

Social trap

________: when you do something that only benefits you but then it comes back to you.

Define Compliance

________: agreeing to do something.

Bystander effect

________: the more people present during an emergency the less likely somebody will take actionDiffusion of responsibility: They figure that someone else will do something.

Low Ball

________: you make a very attractive offer, and then change it after somebody accepts the offer to something less favorable.

presence of authorityResults

Purpose: How far a person was willing to go in the ________: ordinary people can do shocking things.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

________: dual process theory describing the change of attitudes.

Social Loafing

________ (individualistic cultures): is taking less responsibility when something is in a group.Social thriving (collectivist cultures):

huge request

Door in the Face: the tendency for people who say no to a(n) ________, to comply with a smaller one.

Social inhibition

________: If you are really good at something…or it is an easy task…you will perform BETTER in front of a group.

Cognitive Dissonance

________: we do not like when we have either conflicting attitudes or when attitudes do not match our actions.

Define norms

________: the accepted standards of behavior of social groups.

Define social cognition

________: concerns the various psychological processes that enable individuals to take advantage of being part of a social group.

Group polarization

________: Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than the individual.

Define attitude

________: a belief or feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to something.

Define social cognition

concerns the various psychological processes that enable individuals to take advantage of being part of a social group

**** antidepressants

depression caused by low serotonin, SSRIs-prevent the reuptake of serotonin**

**Antipsychotics

levels of serotonin are too high, block dopamine receptors in the brain

Define self-fulfilling prophecy (pygmalion effect)

thinking that something must be true because we believe it

Define attitude

a belief or feeling that predisposes one to respond in  a particular way to something

Elaboration Likelihood Model

dual process theory describing the change of attitudes

Cognitive Dissonance

we do not like when we have either conflicting attitudes or when attitudes do not match our actions

Define Compliance

agreeing to do something

Door in the Face

the tendency for people who say no to a huge request, to comply with a smaller one

Thats Not All

adding something to the original offer which is likely to create some pressure to reciprocate

Foot in the Door

the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

Define social groups

two or more humans who interact with one another, accept expectations and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity

Define norms

the accepted standards of behavior of social groups

Social Facilitation

performing better because of the real or imagined presence of people

Social inhibition

If you are really good at something…or it is an easy task…you will perform BETTER in front of a group

Group polarization

Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than the individual

Group think

Group members suppress their reservations about the ideas supported by the group

***Frustration-Aggression Principle

***the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal Creates anger which generates aggression