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Give an example of a stereotype.
Someone believes that a teenager is constantly on their phone because many of the teens they know are always on their phone.
This type of motivation theory focuses on things that humans do naturally because it is ingraned into their biology.
What is the instinct theory?
The psychodynamic approach says that these are the three parts of personality.
What is Id, Ego, and Superego?
This is when a person follows someone else's instructions.
What is obedience?
This is the long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways.
What is personality?
Give an example of how the James Lang theory may be used.
A dog nay growl at someone, causing their heart to beat fast and them to start sweating. Their brain then interprets this as fear.
This chart is commonly used by the humanistic approach and states which of our needs has to be satisfied first.
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
This is used to describe the process of people moving to places that match their personality and beliefs.
What is selective migration?
Thisis when a person follows an action that the rest of the group is doing, even if they don't necessarily want to do that action.
What is conformity?
This type of motivation comes from external factors, such as money or recognition.
What is extrinsic motivation?
Give an example of the displacement defense mechanism.
When a guy gets yelled at by his boss, he may go to the gym and take his anger out on a punching bag.
This theory of emotion explains that cognitive labeling and physiological responses work together so that the brain understands which emotion it is feeling.
What is the Two Factor theory of emotion?
Name the 5 traits in the big 5 theory.
What is openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?
This typically happens when a person's actions contradict their beliefs and attiitudes.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This theory of emotion states that physiological reactions happen at the same time as the brain realizing that emotion.
What is the Cannon Bard Theory?
Give an example of the fundamental attribution error.
When someone is late to a class, we may think that they are unreliable instead of believing that they simply experienced traffic or something.
This theory of motivation states that when we have a need, we have the urge to go and fulfill that need in order to bring the body back to balanced.
What is the drive-reduction theory?
Name the three factors of reciprocal determinism.
What is cognitive processes, behavior factors, and context.
This is when people choose to avoid confrontation in a group instead of trying to get the best option.
What is group think?
This is when a person takes credit for success, but blames their failures on something or someone else.
What is self serving bias?
Give an example of when the Yerkes-Dodsen Law may apply.
A girl has to take a test. If she isn't motivated or aroused for it, she may not study and subsequently fail, but if she is too aroused, she may get so anxious that she is unable to think of the right answer. She has to find the right balance.
Emotions are typically felt in these two dimensions.
What is valence and arousal?
Name three different type of tests that are used to measure personality.
What is the big 5, MMPI, Rorscarch inkblots test, TAT, etc.
Name the five of the six persuasion techniques.
What is scarcity, liking, reciprocity, constancy, authority, and consensus?
This happens when someones beliefs become more extreme after being in a group that shares those beliefs.
What is group polarization?