DEFINITION Post - traumatic stress disorder is a very serious anxiety disorder which is a result of psychologically traumatizing experiences. CAUSES The major causes of PTSD are traumatizing psychological [...]
DEFNINITION Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder that is characterized by an excessive number of intrusive thoughts that disturb the emotions of the patients. The compensating [...]
DEFINITION Bipolar Disorder is a mental disorder which is characterized by disruptive mood swings with episodes of mania or depression. Normally, people with Bipolar Disorder have problems with elevated [...]
DEFINITION Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder with two characteristics. The two characteristics can either occur individually or co-exist. One characteristic is significant problems in the area [...]
DEFINITION Depression is a mental illness characterized by an extremely low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. CAUSES There are a number [...]
Yerkes-Dodson Law- Explains the relationship between physiological arousal and performance (related to glucocorticoids- stress hormone) *Chart about stress and stuff Deindividuation- Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in [...]
Eyewitness Testimony Major role in whether a defendant is convicted No eyewitness testimony - conviction rate 18%; with eyewitness testimony - conviction rate 72% Problem Often incorrect DNA exoneration [...]
Sleeper Effect- Delayed impact of a message that occurs when an initially discounted message that occurs when an initially discounted message becomes effective, as we remember the message but [...]
What Creates Conflict? Social Dilemmas Competition * Perceived Injustice Creating Conflict: Social Dilemmas Social Dilemmas Social trap Situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationally pursuing its self-interest, [...]
Terms Prosocial behavior Any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person Altruism The desire to help another person even if it involves some personal cost to the [...]
Google A quality or feature of something or someone that evokes interest, liking, or desire. The action or power of evoking interest, pleasure or liking for someone or something: [...]
Defining Aggression physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm Types of Aggression hostile aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself* instrumental aggression aggression that [...]
Prejudice Defining Prejudice Preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members Individual members are judged solely on their group membership Beliefs about the personal attributes of a [...]
Conformity- change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined influence of others Forms: Compliance: outwardly going with the group while inwardly disagreeing Acceptance: believing as [...]
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon- Tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request Low-ball technique- Tactic for getting people to agree to [...]
Priming- Unattended stimuli that is processed implicitly, unconsciously; activating particular associations in memory Heuristics- mental shortcuts Representativeness heuristic- Tendency to presume, sometimes despite contrary to odds, that someone or [...]
Spotlight effect- belief that others are paying more attention to one’s appearance and behavior than they really are Illusion of transparency- Illusion that our concealed emotions leak out and [...]
Social Psychology- scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. (Social thinking, Social influence, Social relations) Compare and Contrast: Personality Psychology: focuses on individual; [...]
Critical region: the most extreme portion of a distribution of statistical values for the null hypothesis, determined by the alpha level o If our calculated statistic falls in the [...]
Longitudinal Design: a developmental design where a single sample of participants is followed over time and tested at different ages o Within subjects variables Tested at age 5, age [...]
