AP Psych Unit 1

10196690	structuralism	even very complex experiments can be broken down into component parts of sensations and feeling
10196691	psychology	science of behavior and mental processes
10196692	biological perspective	emphasizes studying the physical bases of human and animal behavior
10196693	psychodynamic perspective	emphasizes importance of unconscious influences, early life experiences, and inter-personal relationships
10196694	behavioral perspective	perspective of psychology which says that psychology should focus on observable behaviors
10196695	humanistic perspective	focuses on the modivation of people to grow psychologically
10196696	cognitive perspective	psychology experienced a return to the study of mental processes influence behavior
10196697	cross-cultural perspective	study of diversity of human behavior in different cultural settings and countries
10196698	social loafing	people work harder alone than when with a group
10196699	social psychology	the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to each other
10196700	attribution theory	how we explain someones behavior
10196701	fundamental attribution error	the tendency of viewers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate impact of personal disposition
10196702	attitudes	feelings based on beliefs
10196703	foot-in-the-door phenomenon	a tendency for people who agree to a small action to comply later to a larger one
10196704	cognitive dissonance theory	we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent
10197921	chameleon effect	contagious behavior (ex. yawning, sneezing, looking up)
10197922	mood linkage	we are happier when around happier people
10197923	conformity	adjusting ones behavior or thinking to coincide with a groups standards
10197924	Solomon Asch	created idea of conformity (did experiment with college students sitting around a table and answering a question wrongly based on a groups ideas)
10197925	normative social influence	influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval /avoid disapproval
10197926	informational social influence	ones willingness to accept others opinions about reality
10197927	Stanley Milgrim	tested to see about commands and how people respond to it (the shock experiment)
10197928	social facilitiation	some people do better when performing in front of an audience
10197929	deindividuation	less self-conscious/self-restraint when in a group situation
10197930	group-polarization	occurs when people within a group discuss an idea that most of them either favor/oppose
10197931	groupthink	the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
10197932	prejudice	attitude toward a group-usually cultural,ethnic, or gender
10197933	stereotypes	a generalized belief about a group of people
10197934	discrimination	negative behavior toward a group
10197935	ingroup	us, our group
10197936	outgroup	excluding "them"
10197937	ingroup bias	favoring of ones own group
10197938	scapegoat theory	prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone else to blame
10197939	just-world phenomenon	tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve, and deserve what they get
10197940	social traps	a situation in which the conflicting parties by each rationally pursuing their self-interest became caught in destructive behavior
10197941	mirror-image perceptions	as we see "them", as untrustworthy and evil intentioned- so "they" see us that way (vicious circle)
10197942	altruism	unselfish regard for the welfare of others
10197943	bystander effect	any bystander less likely to give aid to someone if lots of others are present
10197944	social exchange theory	our social behavior is an exchange process, aim to max benefits and minimize costs
10197945	recriprocity norm	expectation that we should return help to not harm those who help us
10197946	social-responsibility norm	an expectation that people will help those dependent on them
10198867	Philip Zimbardo	did the Stanford Prison experiment
10198868	stanford prison experiment	people were assigned to be guards and prisoners- people had to play their role, and there was no rules, and people by the end of the first day WERE their role
10198869	evolutionary perspective	application of the principles of evolution to explain psychological processes and phenomena
10198870	Edward Titchener	created idea of structuralism
10198871	Wilhelm Wundt	opened the first psychology lab
10198872	William James	created idea of functionalism
10198873	Functionalism	behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt