AP Psych Unit 4 Match Game

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Performance peaks with moderate arousal

Behavior-feedback effect

behavior shapes attitudes/feelings

Self-actualizing tendency

Maslow’s hierarchy — innate drive to full potential

The bystander effect

less likely to help when others are present

hormones

leptin, ghrelin, etc.

belief perseverance

clinging to beliefs despite evidence

confirmation bias

looking for info that supports your belief

peripheral route persuasion

persuaded by surface-level cues

sublimation

channeling impulses into acceptable actions

group polarization

group discussion strengthens beliefs

deindividuation

loss of self-awareness in groups

social facilitation

better on easy tasks in front of others

social loafing

individual inerersts leading to group loss

fundamental attribution theory

underestimating situation, overestimating personality

cognitive dissonance

discomfort from holding conflicting thoughts

rationalization

self-justifying behavior

relative deprivation

feeling worse compared to others

informational social influence

conforming because others seem right

door-in-the-face technique

ask for something big, then settle