PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15-16: Hans Selye, Health Psychology, Calorie Restriction
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The shock generator that the teacher operated to punish the learner. The experimenter explains the teacher what the experimental procedure entails and how to use the shock generator. Based on this, fellow group members decide to slack off a little. Dustin is demonstrating social facilitation, while his group is demonstrating social loafing. = provides motivation for an individual to reduce the cognitive dissonance either by changing a behavior changing an attitude. Traced back to story by leon festinger & colleagues. Persons gender, race, style of dress all activate schemas - > bring certain traits to mind automatically. Thin slices: basing judgments of others on very limited information - . It turns out that our initial perceptions can be quite accurate. Might actually reduce our chances for psychological distress: e. g. How fast people can respond to images or words flashed on a computer screen. One challenge: helping behavior extends well beyond genetic relatives.