



Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Prepare for your exams
Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points to download
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Community
Ask the community for help and clear up your study doubts
Discover the best universities in your country according to Docsity users
Free resources
Download our free guides on studying techniques, anxiety management strategies, and thesis advice from Docsity tutors
Definitions for various terms related to psychology and sociology, including culture, evolutionary psychology, natural selection, norms, personal space, aggression, empathy, gender, gender role, interaction, conformity, obedience, attractiveness, central route to persuasion, credibility, peripheral route to persuasion, persuasion, sleeper effect, attitude inoculation, cult, co-actors, evaluation apprehension, social facilitation, free riders, social loafing, deindividuation, group polarization, groupthink, social comparison, and leadership.
Typology: Quizzes
1 / 7
This page cannot be seen from the preview
Don't miss anything!
The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 The study of the evolution of behavior using principles of natural selection. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 The evolutionary process by which nature selects traits that best enable organisms to survive and reproduce in particular environmental niches. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Rules for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior. (In a different sense of the word, norms also describe what most others dowhat is normal.) TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. Its size depends on our familiarity with whoever is near us.
Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. In laboratory experiments, this might mean delivering electric shocks or saying something likely to hurt another's feelings. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 The vicarious experience of another's feelings; putting oneself in another's shoes. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 In psychology, the characteristics, whether biological or socially influenced, by which people define male and female. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 A set of behavior expectations (norms) for males and females. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 The effect of one factor (such as biology) depends on another factor (such as environment).
Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 The process by which a message induces change in beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors. TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 A delayed impact of a message that occurs when an initially discounted message becomes effective, as we remember the message but forget the reason for discounting it. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 Exposing people to weak attacks upon their attitudes so that when stronger attacks come, they will have refutations available. TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 A group typically characterized by (1) distinctive ritual and beliefs related to its devotion to a god or a person, (2) isolation from the surrounding "evil" culture, and (3) a charismatic leader. (A sect, by contrast, is a spinoff from a major religion.)
Co-participants working individually on a noncompetitive activity. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 Concern for how others are evaluating us. TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 (1) Original meaningthe tendency of people to perform simple or well-learned tasks better when others are present. (2) Current meaningthe strengthening of dominant (prevalent, likely) responses in the presence of others. TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 People who benefit from the group but give little in return. TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 The tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable.
A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom. Reactance arises when someone threatens our freedom of action. TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 Leadership that, enabled by a leader's vision and inspiration, exerts significant influence.