a broad category of actions considered by society to be beneficial
What is Prosocial behavior
100
Behavior intended to harm another person
What is aggression
100
changing the beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors of a target through the use of information of argument
What is persuasion
100
arbitrary forms used to refer to ideas, feelings, intentions, etc.
What are symbols
100
a socially acquired system of sound patterns with meanings agreed on by the members of a group
What is language
200
Prosocial behavior that has the consequence of providing some benefit to another person
What is helping
200
Media violence is correlated with aggression because watching heroes effectively use violence to solve problems does this.
What is legitimizes violence
200
the extent to which the communicator is perceived by the target as a believable source of information
What is communicator credibility
200
body language
What is kinesics
200
The distinct sounds that make up spoken language
What is the phonetic component
300
These theorists say that altruistic behavior is selectively targeted to increase the changes that our own genes will be passed on to the next generation
What are sociobiologists (or What is evolutionary theory)
300
This is the blocking of a goal-directed activity.
What is Frustration?
300
a message that advocates a position different from what the target believes
What is message discrepancy
300
interpersonal spacing
What is proxemics
300
When we refer to members of our in-group positively and members of an out-group negatively, even when both people are doing the same thing.
What is linguistic intergroup bias
400
This model proposes that adults can experience two distinct states of emotional arousal--distress and empathy
What is the empathy altruism model
400
anticipated punishment leads to the inhibition of behavior (you are less likely to hurt someone when you know they can hurt you back)
What is retaliatory capacity
400
the theory that states the impact of an influence attempt is a direct function of strength, immediacy, and number of influencing sources
What is social impact theory
400
all the vocal aspects of speech other than words
What is paralanguage
400
according to this model of understanding language and communication, utterances both state something and do something
What is speech act theory
500
A helping norm that directs us to help whoever is dependent on us.
What is the social responsibility norm.
500
The fact that aggression is NOT universal or periodic undermines this theory's explanation of aggression.
What is the evolutionary theory (or sociobiological theory)
500
the form of social power and compliance that involves accepted authority
What is legitimate power
500
small vocal and visual comments a listener makes while a speaker is talking, such as nodding.
What is back channel feedback
500
according to this, language performance must be appropriate to the social and cultural context