PSY BEH 104S Study Guide - Final Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Social Exchange Theory, Availability Heuristic
14 Dec 2016
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P104s: the social animal (fall 2016) final exam study guide. Natural selection: characteristics will be selected for that improve organism"s chances of survival. Sexual selection: characteristics will be selected for that improve organism"s chances of. Darwin focused on natural selection, but later research suggests that sexual. The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. Friendship patterns in mit married student apartment complex. When residents named closest friends: 2/3 came from the same building, 2/3 came from the same floor, most frequently chosen person next door neighbor. Residents in outer 2 downstairs apartments were much more likely to have close friends upstairs than residents in middle downstairs apartments. Reasons for propinquity-attraction relation: probability of interaction, opportunity for reward, social exchange low cost of close friends, adaptive mechanisms. Anticipated interaction benefit of the doubt. We like those who reward us: social exchange theory.
