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Social Cognitive Theory
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What is the name of the type of culture that places value on maintaining reputation and social standing, especially in the face of a threat?
A culture of honor
100
What is the name of a brain cell?
Neuron
100
What do we call the brains ability to change as a result of experience?
Neuroplasticity
100

What is the name of the system of glands in the body that release hormones?

Endocrine system
100
Who proposed social cognitive theory?
(Albert) Bandura
200
What were two dependent variables in Cohen et al.'s experiments on the culture of honor?
Testosterone levels, cortisol levels, answers to the scenario completion task
200
What are two behaviours associated with serotonin?
Impulsive aggression, antisocial behaviour, depression, mood, sleep, violence
200
What were the results from Desbordes et al.'s study on mindfulness and the brain?
Amygdala activity was reduced when they were looking at images that evoked negative emotion.
200

What are two behaviours associated with testosterone?

Aggression/violence, social dominance, social status, attraction, competition

200
Social cognitive theory was originally called....what?
Social learning theory
300
What were the % increases of testosterone of Northerners and Southerns in Cohen et al.'s experiments?
12% and 4%
300
What is the name of the amino acid that serotonin is synthesized from?
Tryptophan
300
What two areas of the brain were positively correlated with socioeconomic status in Luby et al.'s study?
Hippocampus and amygdala
300

How did Radke et al. manipulate testosterone levels?

Injections

300
What are the three pillars of triadic reciprocal determinism?
Behaviour, Environment, Individual (Internal/cognition/physiology/personality, etc.)
400
What was the "control" condition in Cohen et al.'s experiments?
There was no bump or insult, they just walked down the hall and placed the questionnaire.
400
What were two results from Passamonti et al.'s experiment?
Tryptophan depletion reduced brain activity in the PFC when viewing angry faces. Communication between PFC and amygdala also disrupted in this condition.
400
What are two results from meditation and/or mindfulness studies?
Increased thickness in the PFC (shown in Monks); Reduction in amygdala activity when viewing negative emotional images (shown in Desbordes et al);
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How do we know from Radke et al.'s study that testosterone influences the brain in response to social threat, and not just in response to other people?

It only impacted the amygdala when viewing the angry faces, not the faces with other emotions.

400
How does the Bobo Doll experiment support social cognitive theory?
It shows that learning can occur through the observation of others (the observation groups had far more aggressive actions than the control groups).
500
What are two reasons why a culture of honor didn't develop in the Northern states in the USA?
They weren't as reliant on herding as an economy; there was more law enforcement as more people lived in cities and communities.
500
How do the results of Passamonti et al. help us to explain reactive, impulsive aggression, and not other forms of violence or aggression, like being violent towards scared and innocent people?
The brain activity was only altered during the angry faces, not the sad or neutral faces (if someone was being hurt and they were scared, they would probably have a sign of sadness or fear, not of anger).
500
What do we call the brain's newly discovered ability to grow new neurons?
Neurogenesis
500

Why can we not use Radke et al.'s study to explain the actions of a serial killer who murders innocent victims?

Radke et al.'s experiment measures testosterone's activity in the brain in response to social threat - the angry face - and when we're motivated to deal with that threat. In the serial killer scenario, if someone is innocent they're unlikely to be a threat to the killer - in other words, the murder is unprovoked.

500
Why might the results of Bandura's experiment be surprising for people in the 1960s?
Because at this time a common belief was that watching violence "purged" any desire to commit violent acts.