PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Catatonia, Hypersomnia, Agoraphobia

• School: University of Denver
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Miller Pamela

Document Summary

Attitudes, predicting behavior, relationships and mating preferences, social organization, stereotypes prejudice and discrimination, helping and aggressive behavior, conformity compliance and obedience. Predictions of rct: more stereotyping of out-group, relations with out-group increasingly hostile, more loyalty to in group, biased evaluation of in group"s performance relative to out-group. Social exchange theory: cost/benefit analysis (pros/cons, altruism as disguised self-interest good things for better image. Batson"s model=initial reaction to another person is either: distress. Why we help: social norms others do it, reciprocity norm help people who helped us, social-responsibility norm help those in need. Why we don"t help: kitty genovese attacked, bystander effect other people will do it, latane & darley model incident noticed and interpreted as emergency. When will we assume responsibility: unambiguous we aren"t sure, leadership role, competency previous knowledge, models, being self-aware. Milgram (1969) guy looking at window (80%)