interpersonal attraction - ✔✔ liking or having the desire for a relationship with another person, influenced by physical characteristics,
... [Show More] similarity, self disclosure, reciprocity and proximity
self-disclosure - ✔✔ revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others without being judged
reciprocal liking - ✔✔ people like others better when they believe the other person likes them
mere exposure effect - ✔✔ the tendency for liking to increase with the frequency of exposure
Amygdala (social) - ✔✔ Response for telling us whether something or not is a threat, when activated increases aggression
higher levels of testosterone - ✔✔ increase aggressive behavior in females and males
Cognitive neoassociation model - ✔✔ we are more likely to respond to others aggressively when whenever we are feeling negative emotions (being tired, hungry, sick, frustrated, in pain)
ex. riots are more likely to happen on hot days than cold ones
- drivers with no AC are more likely to honk and display road rage
secure attachment - ✔✔ children who show some distress when their caregiver leaves but are able to compose themselves knowing that their caregiver will return, has a consistent caregiver
avoidant attachment - ✔✔ the child is unresponsive to the parent, does not use the parent as a secure base, and does not care if the parent leaves, care giver gives little to no response to a distressed child
ambivalent attachment - ✔✔ occurs when a caregiver has an inconsistent response to a child's distress, sometimes responding appropriately, sometimes neglectfully
- very distressed when caregiver leaves, but mixed response upon their return
disorganized attachment - ✔✔ children with this show no clear pattern of behaviour in response to a caregiver's absence or presence, instead show a mix of dif behaviours (avoidance, seeming dazed, frozen, confused, rocking)
- may be a red flag for abuse
types of social support - ✔✔ -Emotional Support: empathy, love, and caring ( visiting sick relative)
-material Support: tangible aid and services (financial needs, donating money or cooking a meal)
-Informational Support: advice and information ( doctors giving information to patients
-esteem support: affirming qualities and skills of person
(You will have no problem making up work bc your smart)
Network support: gives sense of belonging ( group activity, shared experiences)
Foraging behavior - ✔✔ Set of behaviors through which animals obtain food.
Hypothalamus; parts and function in sensation of hunger - ✔✔ Lateral hypothalamus: promotes hunger (damage leads to a person losing interest in eating)
Ventromedial hypothalamus; responds to cues that we are full and promoted satiety (damage leads to obesity because the person won't ever feel satiated
Mating systems and types - ✔✔ Monogamy; exclusive relationship
Polygamy (polygyny): males mating different females
Polygamy(polyandry): females mating different males
Promiscuity; having sex with different people without dating them
intersexual selection (mate choice) - ✔✔ selection of a mate based on attraction
Mate Bias: Direct Benefits - ✔✔ means your choice in mate provides DIRECT material advantage (food, protection, emotional support), provides advantages to mate
mate bias indirect benefits - ✔✔ means your choice in mate better promotes survival of your offspring, provides advantages to offspring
Five recognized mechanisms of mate choice - ✔✔ Phenotypic benefits: traits that make a mate more attractive to the opposite sex. ex: males that appear more nurturing are likely to care for offspring
sensory bias: development of trait to match preexisting preference that already exists, ex: fiddler craps naturally attracted to structured that break up level horizon
Fisherian/runaway selection: positive feed back, particular trait has no effect or a negative effect on survival becomes more exaggerated over time, ex: peacock
indicator traits: good health and well being increases attractiveness, ex: females are more attracted to male cats with clean and shiny coats as opposed to dirty
genetic compatibility: reduced frequency of recessive genetic disorders in population
altruism - ✔✔ helping others, often at a cost or risk, for reasons other than rewards
game theory - ✔✔ the study of how people behave in strategic situations, studies decision making behavior [Show Less]