Lesson 30
Symmetry between the two sides of the body. Linked to attraction for more than just humans.
What is Bilateral Symmetry?
Relationship violence in which one couple member controls the other through severe physical violence as well as psychological, emotional, and sexual violence.
What is Intimate Terrorism?
The unrealistic expectations of forensic science created by watching TV.
What is the CSI Effect?
What field of psychology focuses on building resilience and promoting well-being in various contexts, including military training and therapy?
Positive psychology.
The creator of the Triangular Theory of Love.
Who is Robert Sternberg?
People tend to form relationships with others who share their attitudes, values, interests, and demographics.
What is Similarity-attraction hypothesis (assortative mating)?
•States that relationship violence occurs in three cyclic phases: (1) tension building, (2) explosion, and (3) contrition.
What is the Cycle of Violence?
The widespread belief that a particular group of people pose an urgent threat to society, based on accusations of a moral nature.
What is Moral Panic?
What term refers to the concept of learning through failure and recognizing failure as a positive experience?
Failing forward.
The most dangerous personality type in relationship violence situations.
What is Cobra?
A type of distance based on how often people see each other.
What is Functional Distance?
Relationship violence in which both couple members argue violently, but neither attempts to take general control and incidents are relatively minor, although still unhealthy
What is Situational Couple Violence?
The wording that assumes a certain condition exists ("A" vs "The")
What is Presupposition?
What common ethical concern in performance psychology involves professionals taking on incompatible roles with clients?
Dual relationships.
Father of Social Psychology.
Who is Kurt Lewin?
Procedure to test infant attachment styles.
What is Strange Situation?
Feelings of positive psychological change and resilience as a result of trauma and adversity.
What is Posttraumatic Growth?
The idea that memories are constructed as needed at any given time, making them subject to bias
What is the Construct Hypothesis?
Which psychologist inadvertently laid the groundwork for modern positive psychology through research on social facilitation in cyclists?
Norm Triplett.
The understanding and enhancing of athletes' mental processes to optimize performance and wellbeing.
What is Sports Psychology?
When highly committed people downgrade alternatives to their current partner to avoid temptation.
What is Derogation of Alternatives?
Cultural messages regarding what romance is supposed to look like that support traditional gendered ideas and can encourage seduction into violent relationships.
What is Romantic Myths?
The exposure to false information or leading questions about an event leads to errors in our recall of the original event.
What is the Misinformation Effect?
Who were some of the early psychologists whose ideas laid the groundwork for modern positive psychology?
William James, Carl Jung, Gordon Allport, and Abraham Maslow.
Murder Case that coined the term "bystander effect".
What is the murder of Kitty Genovese?