Group behavior
Name the cognitive factors of Social Learning Theory
Attention, Retention, Potential and Motivation.
Explain acculturative stress
psychological and emotional stress a person may experience when adapting to a new culture.
A decrease in this neurotransmitter may be responsible for the obsession thoughts characteristic of falling in love.
Serotonin
There is a lack of diversity in the people who are studied.
Sampling bias
Name the theory that argues that a person has not just one “personal self” but several social selves corresponding to group membership.
Social identity theory
What is acculturation? Name one model of acculturation.
The process of cultural and psychological change resulting from contact between two or more cultural groups. At the individual level, it involves changes in a person's behavior
-Berry
The part of the brain that psychologists believe oxytocin suppresses during the process of pair bonding.
Amygdala
Participants under-report negative behaviors (like aggression or infidelity) and over-report positive traits to look favorable
Social Desirability Bias
This technique involves making an attractive initial offer that a buyer will agree to, then raising the price slightly before a final purchase.
Lowballing
Explain what are cultural dimensions and give one example.
Dimensions are how the values of a society affect behavior. A dimension describes the trends of behavior in a given culture.
EX
Power distance index
Individualism vs. collectivism
Uncertainty avoidance index
Motivation towards Achievement and Success:
Long-term vs. short-term orientation
Indulgence vs. restraint
The theory that we are attracted to someone based on the desire for cognitive consistency
The Similarity Attraction Model
When discussing your relationship, you remember mostly the worst moments and don't remember that most of the time it was a good relationship.
Peak-end rule
When we conform because we don't know how we are expected to behave in a specific situation.
An approach to studying culture that focuses on the local culture and does not attempt to make universal generalizations.
An emic approach
Spending more time with someone may lead to growing attraction.
When a participant attempts to figure out the researcher's hypotheses, but only to destroy the study's credibility.
Screw you Effect- Participant bias (demand characteristics)
What are two ways that we reduce cognitive dissonance?
Change the behavior, discredit the belief, or justify the behavior
Intregration
When we assume that a person who is physically attractive also possesses other desirable traits, such as kindness, intelligence, or confidence
The Halo Effect
When participants experience changes in behavior, symptoms, or outcomes simply because they believe they are receiving a treatment, even if the treatment has no therapeutic value