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The tendency to focus on the role of personal causes and underestimate situational influences |
Fundamental attribution Error (FAE)
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Tendency to attribute other's behaviors to personal causes and attribute our behavior to situational causes |
Actor observer effect
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What we feel when there is incompatibility between our belief and our actions or attitudes |
Cognitive Dissonance
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In the Milgrim's Study, how many men out of 40 went all the way to 450 volts?
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26
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In Milgram's Results what was the average maximum shock given?
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365
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what technique is it to first make a small request and follow it with a larger request?
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foot in the door technique
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what technique is it to first make a large unreasonable request and follow it with a small request?
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Door in the face technique
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What technique is it to get person to agree to attractive terms and then the terms are changed to be less favorable?
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low ball technique
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5 confederates give incorrect response, then subject responds...overall subject conformed what ratio of the time?
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1/3
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the effect that as the number of bystanders at an emergency increases, the probability that the victim will receive help from decreases
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bystander effect
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frustration occurs when?
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whenever anything blocks our goal
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when we are aggressive we become...?
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angry
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we act out our aggressive feelings on a safe target |
displacement
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what is Sternbergs triangular theory of love?
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suggests that 7 kinds of love can be derived from the varying combination of three main ingredients:
passion intimacy commitment |
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Triangular love ingredient that involces sexual desire and physiological arousal
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passion
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triangular love ingredient that involves feels of closeness
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intimacy
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triangular love ingredient that involves investments in the future of the relationship
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commitment
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occurs when members of the group are overly concerned with maintaining group cohesiveness
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Janis' groupthink
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prenatal stage that begins at conception and up to 2 weeks
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Germinal stage
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release of an ovum or egg cell from the woman's ovaries
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ovulation
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sperm penetrates the eggs outer membrane, membrance changes to become impervious to all other sperm
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conception of fertilization
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prenatal stage between 2 and 8 weeks after conception
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Embryonic stage
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what attaches to the uterine wall?
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zygote
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what develops in the embryonic stage?
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major brain regions and spinal cord
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prenatal stage 2 months after conception until birth
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fetal stage
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membrane that acts like a filter allowing oxygen and nutrients to pass through while filtering out harmful substances
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placenta
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the biological blueprints that determine and direct the transmission of all hereditary traits |
genes
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how many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
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23
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each chromosome contains how many genes?
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thousands
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what are the symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrmome (FAS)?
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physical traits as
-flattened nose -short eye openings -short height |
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what are the psychological deficits of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?
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retardation and hyperactivity
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object continue to exist even if they can no longer be heard, seen, or touched |
object permanence
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changing the form of an object or substance does not change its amount, volume, or mass |
conservation
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what is the result of the visual cliff experiment?
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7 months old babies will not crawl on the deep end.
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
if needs are met, learn trust, if neglected learn mistrust |
trust vs. mistrust
infant to 1 year |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
encouraged to explore, develop sense of independence |
autonomy vs shame
1-3 years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
if initiative is encouraged will develop the ability to plan new things |
initiative vs. guilt
3-5 years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
direct energy towards completing tasks successfully gain a sense of competence |
industry vs inferiority
5-12 years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
become more responsible, develop a positive identity |
ego identity vs. Role confusion
12-20 years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
develops friendships and lovers, gain a sense of intimacy |
intimacy vs. isolation
20-40 years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
evaluating one's life for meaning and making changes |
generativity vs. stagnation
middle years |
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Eriksons psychosocial stages
the ability to look back on one's life with appropriate closure |
ego integrity vs. despair
elderly years |
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type of play where children play next to each other but do not interact
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parallel play
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type of play which is interactive with others including games, pretend role-playing, and contruction
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cooperative play
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type of play which is when they will work using the same materials or on the same project but do not incorporate others in their ask
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associative play
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Kohlbergs theory of moral reasoning
based on fear of punishment |
level 1 preconventional
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Kohlbergs theory of moral reasoning
conforming to standards of others and to the laws of society |
level 2 conventional
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Kohlbergs theory of moral reasoning
balance between individual & society |
level 3 post conventional
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consists of admirers and critics that adolescents conjure up that exist only in their imagination |
imaginary audience
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a teenager's exaggerated sense of personal uniqueness and indestructibility |
personal fable
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abstract reasoning and mental flexibility |
fluid intelligence
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one's verbal ability and accumulated knowledge |
crystallized intelligence
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cause of Alzheimers disease
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caused by amyloid beta protein plaques
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