Psyc 2600 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

prosocial behavior - Answer-any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person altruism - Answer-the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper, selfless kin selection - Answer-the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection norm of reciprocity - Answer-the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future empathy-altruism hypothesis - Answer-the idea that when we fee...

Personality ANS- How someone is different from other people (repeated behaviour) Laypersons view of personality ANS- o collection of traits of terms that describe a person (shy). o These terms pointing out what is different about them. o Should be consistent over time not based off just once. o You either have the trait or you do not. o These terms explain behavior Psychologists view of personality ANS- o Organized collection of adjectives (structure to personality) if y...

social perception - Answer-how we form impressions of, and make inferences about, other people nonverbal communication - Answer-the way in which people communicate without words, whether intentional or not; nonverbal cues include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch, and gaze Vrij, Edward, and Bull (2001) - Answer-tested changes in nonverbal cues when lying vs. when telling the truth - more speech hesitations when lying - longer speech ...

PSYC 2600 – Social Psychology Study Guide

Social Psychology - The scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the presence or imagined presence of other people. Social Influence - The effect that the words, actions, or presence of other people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes or behaviors. Fundamental Attribution Error - The tendency to overestimate the extent to which people's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors and to underestimate the role of situati...

2024 PSYC 2600 – Social Psychology Study Guide

Notes from the chapter 1 reading that will be covered on the social psychology exam.