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This component of SSP describes the influence on an individual's self concept and behavior.
What are primary emotions?
This theory recognizes that which individuals are considered mentally ill depends on social inequalities and power.
What is labeling theory?
Carmen goes on a date with Carolina to a Haunted House. During the date, she feels her heart beating quickly and realizes that she really likes Carolina a lot. This concept describes our tendency to attribute physiological responses to the people we're with.
What is the misattribution of physiological responses?
Sherrick meets a new friend who is really funny and intelligent. He barely knows his new friend, but assumes that she has a lot of other good qualities, too. This concept refers to our tendency to think someone has a lot of positive traits once we know some good things about them.
What is the halo effect?
This theory of deviance says that we conform because of our bonds to conventional society.
What is social control theory?
Tim has an argument with his boyfriend right before they go to his sister's wedding. Tim is still furious, but he pretends to be happy since he is at a wedding.
This is the term for the kind of emotion norm that Tim is violating.
What is a feeling rule?
People in lower social classes experience more psychological distress, because limited financial resources cause them to experience more stressors. This concept explains their high levels of distress.
What is the differential exposure model?
Rob thinks that his girlfriend Laura should be more interested in literature, since it is a big part of his identity. He always tries to get her to read books that he likes. This concept describes Rob's attempt to project his own identity onto Laura.
What is altercasting?
Sophia is a soccer player, and she has lots of friends who also play soccer. Within identity theory, this concept refers to the number of relationships someone has with other people based on a particular identity.
What is commitment?
What is deceit?
Kennita is afraid. Her heart is pounding and she starts to sweat. She is doing her best to balance as she walks on a cable strung between two tall buildings.
This theory of emotion would say that Kennita's rapid heartbeat and sweating are unique to the emotion of fear.
What is the James-Lange theory of emotion?
Antonio has been feeling exhausted and down, and he is having a lot of trouble focusing on his work. He goes to his doctor, who prescribes him an antidepressant. This is the approach to mental illness that fits with Antonio and his doctor's response to his distress.
What is the medical model?
Steve belongs to a warm and welcoming church community. He and all of his friends belong to youth group, and several of the youth group members are dating one another. Everyone in the group grew up in the same area and has similar perspectives. Steve's social network exhibits a high level of this.
What is network homophily?
Izzy goes to work every day but she hates her job. She is stressed and burned out, but she really needs the job. Eventually, she decides that she is going to force herself to like it, and she tries to change the way she feels about it. Izzy is doing this.
What is deep acting?
Raquel sees herself as an artist. She thinks of artists as creative and smart, and so she tries to act that way. According to identity theory, artist is her identity, and creative and smart are her _______
What is an identity standard?
Anne feels shame because of a horrible crime she committed. She knows that if other people knew what she did, they would think that she was a horrible person and that there is something wrong with her.
This term describes Anne's evaluation of herself through the eyes of others.
What is reflexive role-taking?
Tiffany fails a test, which causes her chemistry grade to go down. At the end of the semester, her GPA drops slightly, and she is no longer eligible for her school's honor society. Because of that, she does not get accepted at the college she wants to attend. This concept describes the process by which one stressor leads to more stressors.
What is stress proliferation?
Katie normally has a fun and relaxed personality. However at her job as a restaurant manager, she has to enforce all of the rules. Her employees think she's a mean person. This concept describes our tendency to think behaviors are explained by the person rather than the situation.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
In affect control theory, these are socially shared meanings about people and behaviors.
What are fundamental sentiments?
This is the GPS theory that focuses on the exercise of power in relationships through rewards and punishments.
What is social exchange theory?
What is a deflection?
Michael knows that there is a lot of stigma towards people with mental illnesses in our society. When he receives a diagnosis, he realizes that this stigma applies to him and starts isolating himself in order to avoid negative reactions from friends. This theory describes Michael's experience.
What is modified labeling theory?
Todd and Emma are in a relationship. They find that they view relationships somewhat differently. Emma believes that it is important to regularly have deep conversations, but Todd is more interested in doing activities with all of their friends.
This face of social psych argues that these differences relate to differences in the ways Todd and Emma hung out with friends as children.
What is SI?
A company only hires sales representatives who live in the same neighborhoods as its biggest customers, because it wants to make sure the sales reps are available to these customers. Because of this policy, nearly all of the company's new hires are white.
The company's policy is an example of this.
What is institutional discrimination?