Psychological perspectives
Approach where behavior and behavior disorders are seen as the result of physical processes, especially those relating to the brain and to hormones and other chemicals
Biological Approach
Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than its individual members would have made if acting on their own
Group Polarization
people are motivated to take certain actions in order to reduce the internal tension that is caused by unmet needs. For example, you might be motivated to drink a glass of water in order to reduce the internal state of thirst.
Drive-Reduction
What is the name of the Grinch's loyal dog?
Max
What is Philadelphia’s nickname? (Not Philly)
City of Brotherly Love
Approach that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes
Evolutionary Approach
Individuals often go along with a group`s potentially bad decision because of a desire for group harmony.
Group Think
According to this theory, we are motivated to maintain an for preferred levels of excitement , although this level can vary based on the individual or the situation.
optimal arousal
In The Santa Clause, what is the name of the head elf?
Bernard
What annual celebration marks the New Year in Philadelphia with a unique parade?
Mummers Parade
Approach developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human thought, feelings, and behavior
Psychodynamic Approach
Behavioral phenomenon occurring within a group of people wherein individuals experience anonymity, which extends to a lack of accountability resulting in non-normative behavior
Deindividualization
First, people are motivated to fulfill basic biological needs for food and shelter, as well as those of safety, love, and esteem. Once the lower level needs have been met, the primary motivator becomes the need for self-actualization, or the desire to fulfill one's individual potential.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What’s Jack Skellington’s nickname in Halloween Town?
The Pumpkin King
Who founded Philadelphia in 1682?
William Penn
Approach emphasizing that human behavior is determined mainly by what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments
Behavioral Approach
a tendency to give causal explanations for someone’s behavior, often by crediting either the person’s situation or their disposition
attribution theory
The innate biological tendencies that help people survive
William James' Instinct Theory
Complete this famous line from Elf: "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is ________"
"singing loud for all to hear."
What Philadelphia building is found on the reverse side of the U.S. $100 bill?
Independence Hall
Approach that emphasizes research on how the brain takes in information, creates perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, processes information, and generates integrated patterns of action
Cognitive Approach
Whose experiment found that people conform even when they know they are wrong in order to not stand out in a group.
(Participants were shown a series of lines and asked to identify which line matched a reference line in length. Most of the group members were actually confederates of the experimenter, instructed to give obviously incorrect answers on certain trials. A significant proportion of participants conformed to the group's incorrect answer, even when it was clearly wrong)
Solomon Asch's
What are the 3 type of human motives in psychology?
Biological Stimulus and Learned
What are the names of the two men who plan to rob the McCallister house?
Wet Bandits / Harry and Marv
A bridge connected Philadelphia to Camden, NJ, across the Delaware River, is named for what American founding father who invented the bifocals, among other scientific, literary, and state accomplishments?
Benjamin Franklin Bridge