PSYC 137: Social Cognition - Midterm 1

A series of flashcards designed to assist in reviewing key concepts from PSYC 137 Midterm 1 lecture notes.

Automatic Processing

System 1 processing that is unintentional, uncontrollable, efficient, and unconscious.

Controlled Processing

System 2 processing that is intentional, effortful, conscious, and inefficient.

Dual Process Model

Model suggesting that initial impressions are formed automatically and then may switch to controlled processing for personalization.

Subliminal Priming

Exposure to a stimulus that is rapid and below the level of conscious awareness, yet is understood by the senses.

Affective Priming

Priming that utilizes an emotional state to encourage associations with that state.

Fusiform Face Area (FFA)

Brain area involved in facial recognition, more active in the right hemisphere.

Misinformation Effect

When misleading information influences a person's memory of an event.

Prototype Theory

The idea that categories are organized around an idealized 'prototype' rather than strict definitions.

Exemplar Theory

The concept that individuals remember specific instances (exemplars) rather than an average prototype.

Self-Reference Effect

The improved recall of items that are personally relevant or related to one's self-concept.

Temporal Self-appraisal Theory

Theory suggesting that people perceive their present self positively while distanced from their past selves.

Self-esteem

The evaluation of oneself based on the congruence between the actual self and the ideal self.

Cybernetic Theory of Self-regulation

A dynamic feedback system involving current status, goals, monitoring discrepancies, and control adjustments.

Belonging

The human need to be accepted by others, critical for health and well-being.

Actor-Observer Bias

The tendency to attribute one's own behavior to external factors, while attributing others' behaviors to personal traits.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to oneself and negative outcomes to external factors.

Negativity Bias in PTSD

The tendency of individuals with PTSD to attribute negative intent to others and view neutral situations as threatening.