The Center Cannot Hold
Symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations are called this because they add to the individual's experiences.
What is positive?
This is the force which makes us feel less personally responsible for our actions when in a group.
What is deindividuation?
This is the phenomenon which accounts for why people tend to slack off when contributing to a single goal with a team of others.
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What is social loafing?
I comb my hair, I super-preen,
for every action is SUPER keen!
I'm riding high
don't ask me why
cause my brain is too high in ____________.
What is "dopamine"?
In order for someone's behaviors, thoughts, or emotions to be a disorder they must cause the distress. As such, they are considered this.
What is "maladaptive"?
This type of conformity requires both a change in behavior and belief.
What is acceptance?
This is the tendency to view the successes of others as resulting from environmental factors, and their failures as resulting from internal factors.
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What is fundamental attribution bias?
While it may involve our shared biology,
that tends more towards the field of phrenology.
Instead we measure the self
and unique groups (like the Celts),
for we say we study __________________.
What is social psychology?
At its core, schizophrenia is a loss of stability of this core brain function.
What is perception?
When in groups of like-minded people, we have this tendency to become more extreme in our shared opinions.
What is group polarization?
Sherif studied conformity by having his participants make judgments about how far a dot of light had moved, when in fact it hadn't. These perceptions of movement are the result of this phenomenon.
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What is autokinetic?
These lectures have made me feel sick,
I feel I'm developing a nerve tick,
but it's nothing, for I can think,
and I can't catch a disorder that largely ___________.
What is "genetic"?
Depression and bi-polar disorder have strong relationships with this moody neurotransmitter.
What is serotonin?
This variable influences the power of conformity by virtue of having all opinions be the same.
What is unanimity?
These disorders result in a loss of consciousness, but don't render the individual unresponsive or inactive.
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What are dissociative?
My hockey team is best in the rink,
and we think all of the other teams stink,
we never'll be cheatin',
unless we're being beaten,
we seem to be suffering ___________.
What is "groupthink"?
This anxiety disorder is the result of discomfort and anxiety from one's physical aspects.
What is body dysmorphia?
This is a belief that a group and its members have a particular trait, based upon their membership to that group (rather than an actual observation of that trait).
What is a stereotype?
A variant of depression, that's neither "severe" nor "mild".
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What is dysthymic disorder?
At first I sought an alliance,
but now I feel so me-oh-my-us,
I can't seem to stop,
when they sit, I too plop,
I cannot keep from _____________.
What is "compliance"?