Learning
Learning by watching others
Observational learning
Oversimplified generalizations about members of a particular group
Stereotype
An external stimulus that enhances or serves as a motive for behavior
Incentive
General beliefs about characteristics that males and females are presumed to have; Ex. Girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks
Gender stereotypes
The conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage
Rehearsal/Practice
Geographical nearness
Proximity
Internal motivation
Intrinsic motivation
A period of intense self-examination and decision-making; part of the process of identity formation
Identity crisis
the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior
Modeling
a negative attitude toward another person or group formed in advance of any experience with that person or group
Prejudice
External motivation
Extrinsic motivation
The lack of ability of a child to see from another person's pov
Egocentrism
The sudden realization of the solution to a problem
Insight
Suggests that the more people who witness someone in distress, the less likely someone is to intervene
Bystander effect
Automatic behaviors are performed in response to specific stimuli.
Instinct
Capacity for change in response to positive and negative life experiences
Plasticity
Operant Conditioning
a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened/diminished if followed by a reward or punishment
the idea that groups tend to make decisions that are more extreme compared to the original thoughts of individual group members
Group polarization
States that high levels of arousal improve performance on simple tasks while low levels of arousal improve performance on difficult tasks
Yerkes-Dodson Law
The understanding that objects continue to exist even if one cannot see them
Object permanence