LOF/VP
An area of the frontal lobe of the brain in the left hemisphere responsible for speech production in most people
What is Broca's area?
Studied the way rewards and punishments shape behaviour using his eponymous "box"
Who is B.F. Skinner?
A generalised (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralised) belief about a group of people.
What is a stereotype?
Conscious, reportable beliefs that can guide decisions and behaviour
What are explicit attitudes?
Studied classical conditioning of behavior in dogs
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
a 3mm thick outer layer of both hemispheres covering the inner parts of the brain
What is the cerebral cortex?
7 plus or minus 2
What is the capacity of our short term memory?
The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony and cohesion in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.
What is groupthink?
Proximity, similarity and reciprocity
What are three factors that influence attraction?
This psychologist's cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and behavior in harmony and avoid the uncomfortable feeling that results from disharmony
Who is Leon Festinger?
If object A overlaps object B we perceive object A as being closer.
What is interposition?
A brain region located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage
What is the hippocampus?
Intrapsychic and dyadic.
What are the first two stages of Duck's model of dissolution?
Intergroup contact, sustained contact, superordinate goals, mutual interdependence and equality
What are methods of reducing prejudiced attitudes?
This psychologist is well known for developing Social Learning Theory and his studies involving the Bobo doll.
Who is Bandura?
Detects colours and details
What are the cones?
is the way information is changed so that it can be stored in the memory
What is encoding?
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions
What is cognitive dissonance?
The process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from the balancing of two cultures while adapting to the prevailing culture of the society.
What is acculturation?
Found that as time went on, some of the “guard” students became increasingly harsh and domineering, while the “prisoner” students also internalized their role: some broke down and others rebelled or became passively resigned to the situation.
Who is Zimbardo?
Tendency to perceive parts of stimuli which are close together as belonging in a meaningful group
What is proximity?
Decay, ineffective coding and interference
What are the reasons people forget or fail to remember?
Jane and Kerry are involved in an altercation that is captured on tape. In the video, Jane is seen walking with her young son when Kerry attacks her. Jane falls to the ground and Kerry assaults her, ultimately punching and kicking her dozens of times. A group of individuals gathers around the two women, take out their cell phones, and record the fight. They do not help Jane or call for help.
What is bystander effect?
Justin sees his psychology teacher arguing angrily with a worker at the local post office. From this, he assumes that his teacher is an inherently hostile person
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
Found the highest levels of obedience occurred in the following circumstances: A. When commands were given by an authority figure rather than another volunteer. B. When experiments were done at a prestigious institution. C. When the authority figure was present in the room with the subject. D. When the learner was in another room. E. When the subject did not see other subjects disobeying commands.
Who is Milgram?