Psychological perspectives
Social Psych

Motivation

Holiday Movie Trivia
Philadelphia Trivia
100

Approach where behavior and behavior disorders are seen as the result of physical processes, especially those relating to the brain and to hormones and other chemicals



Biological Approach


100

Groups tend to make more extreme decisions than its individual members would have made if acting on their own


Group Polarization


100

 people are motivated to take certain actions in order to reduce the internal tension that is caused by unmet needs. For example, you might be motivated to drink a glass of water in order to reduce the internal state of thirst.

Drive-Reduction

100

What is the name of the Grinch's loyal dog?






Max

100

What is Philadelphia’s nickname? (Not Philly)

City of Brotherly Love 

200

Approach that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive aspects of behavior and mental processes



Evolutionary Approach


200

Individuals often go along with a group`s potentially bad decision because of a desire for group harmony.


Group Think


200

According to this theory, we are motivated to maintain an for preferred levels of excitement , although this level can vary based on the individual or the situation.


optimal arousal

200

In The Santa Clause, what is the name of the head elf?

Bernard

200

What annual celebration marks the New Year in Philadelphia with a unique parade?

Mummers Parade

300

Approach developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental processes in determining human thought, feelings, and behavior



Psychodynamic Approach

300

Behavioral phenomenon occurring within a group of people wherein individuals experience anonymity, which extends to a lack of accountability resulting in non-normative behavior

Deindividualization

300


First, people are motivated to fulfill basic biological needs for food and shelter, as well as those of safety, love, and esteem. Once the lower level needs have been met, the primary motivator becomes the need for self-actualization, or the desire to fulfill one's individual potential.



Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs


300

What’s Jack Skellington’s nickname in Halloween Town?

The Pumpkin King

300

 Who founded Philadelphia in 1682?

William Penn

400

Approach emphasizing that human behavior is determined mainly by what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments



Behavioral Approach


400

a tendency to give causal explanations for someone’s behavior, often by crediting either the person’s situation or their disposition

attribution theory

400


The innate biological tendencies that help people survive

William James' Instinct Theory

400

Complete this famous line from Elf: "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is ________"

"singing loud for all to hear."




400

What Philadelphia building is found on the reverse side of the U.S. $100 bill?

Independence Hall

500

Approach that emphasizes research on how the brain takes in information, creates perceptions, forms and retrieves memories, processes information, and generates integrated patterns of action



Cognitive Approach


500

Whose experiment found that people conform even when they know they are wrong in order to not stand out in a group. 

(Participants were shown a series of lines and asked to identify which line matched a reference line in length. Most of the group members were actually confederates of the experimenter, instructed to give obviously incorrect answers on certain trials. A significant proportion of participants conformed to the group's incorrect answer, even when it was clearly wrong)

Solomon Asch's

500

What are the 3 type of human motives in psychology?


Biological Stimulus and Learned

500

What are the names of the two men who plan to rob the McCallister house? 

Wet Bandits / Harry and Marv

500

A bridge connected Philadelphia to Camden, NJ, across the Delaware River, is named for what American founding father who invented the bifocals, among other scientific, literary, and state accomplishments?

Benjamin Franklin Bridge