Stephen F. Davis
... when behaviors are consistent and have also been witnessed by others. • The fundamental attribution error occurs when internal factors are emphasized to the exclusion of external or situational factors. ...
... when behaviors are consistent and have also been witnessed by others. • The fundamental attribution error occurs when internal factors are emphasized to the exclusion of external or situational factors. ...
article - University of British Columbia
... analyses as our starting point, and develop further a set of hypotheses bearing specifically on nonverbal prejudicial reactions against people with physical disabilities. Evolved psychological mechanisms tend to be domain-specific in their application (Kenrick, Sadalla, & Keefe, 1998). This has some ...
... analyses as our starting point, and develop further a set of hypotheses bearing specifically on nonverbal prejudicial reactions against people with physical disabilities. Evolved psychological mechanisms tend to be domain-specific in their application (Kenrick, Sadalla, & Keefe, 1998). This has some ...
Beyond the DSM-IV - e-Publications@Marquette
... As DSM-IV categories currently exist, they describe only the negative aspects of the person’s life and do not elucidate human strength or the process of human change (Barone et al., 1997). This is a concern, but it could be remedied by limiting preemptive guesswork and at the same time augmenting th ...
... As DSM-IV categories currently exist, they describe only the negative aspects of the person’s life and do not elucidate human strength or the process of human change (Barone et al., 1997). This is a concern, but it could be remedied by limiting preemptive guesswork and at the same time augmenting th ...
Chapter_14 Edited
... Attribution theory – Seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual’s behavior, what the specific causes of that person’s behavior are ...
... Attribution theory – Seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual’s behavior, what the specific causes of that person’s behavior are ...
Information on Co-occurring Conditions Often Related to Autism
... There may be a genetic link, it can run in families. It can occur after a traumatic event such as the death of someone close. Sometimes it just begins, it often starts in childhood or adolescence but it can affect anyone at anytime Signs and Symptoms Obsessions are worrying thoughts or images that k ...
... There may be a genetic link, it can run in families. It can occur after a traumatic event such as the death of someone close. Sometimes it just begins, it often starts in childhood or adolescence but it can affect anyone at anytime Signs and Symptoms Obsessions are worrying thoughts or images that k ...
Behavior Therapy
... anxiety and agoraphobia (see Psychological Treatments, Empirically Supported). Another type of counterconditioning, aversive conditioning, also played an important historical role in the development of behavior therapy. In aversive conditioning, a stimulus attractive to the patient is paired with an ...
... anxiety and agoraphobia (see Psychological Treatments, Empirically Supported). Another type of counterconditioning, aversive conditioning, also played an important historical role in the development of behavior therapy. In aversive conditioning, a stimulus attractive to the patient is paired with an ...
Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds
... Recategorization “Jigsaw classroom” Discovering Psychology 16:53 – 20:00 ...
... Recategorization “Jigsaw classroom” Discovering Psychology 16:53 – 20:00 ...
Personality
... • This is one of the most powerful dimensions of personality and is seen in infants, adults, and all over the world. • Extravert – A kind of person who seeks stimulation and is sociable and impulsive ...
... • This is one of the most powerful dimensions of personality and is seen in infants, adults, and all over the world. • Extravert – A kind of person who seeks stimulation and is sociable and impulsive ...
An effective introduction
... idea (thematic topic) asserted in the first sentence. These sentences elaborate on the topic, and foreshadow some of what will be specifically discussed in the rest of the paper, to help the reader’s brain forecast the paper’s content for better clarity. Example: John Donne once wrote “No man is an ...
... idea (thematic topic) asserted in the first sentence. These sentences elaborate on the topic, and foreshadow some of what will be specifically discussed in the rest of the paper, to help the reader’s brain forecast the paper’s content for better clarity. Example: John Donne once wrote “No man is an ...
Chapter 04 Individual Behavior and Differences
... 92. (p. 100) Stereotypes tend to be self-perpetuating. Why? Stereotypes are self-perpetuating because people tend to notice things that fit their stereotype and not notice things that don't. ...
... 92. (p. 100) Stereotypes tend to be self-perpetuating. Why? Stereotypes are self-perpetuating because people tend to notice things that fit their stereotype and not notice things that don't. ...
Suicide Suicide or suicidal tendencies involve thinking about taking
... Feeling excessive guilt, shame, or self-blame ...
... Feeling excessive guilt, shame, or self-blame ...
Integrating experimental and observational personality research
... analysis of variability and covariance using the correlation coefficient and multivariate procedures. However, because ANOVA and the correlation coefficient are both special cases of the general linear model, it is better to consider the distinction to be between experimental and observational metho ...
... analysis of variability and covariance using the correlation coefficient and multivariate procedures. However, because ANOVA and the correlation coefficient are both special cases of the general linear model, it is better to consider the distinction to be between experimental and observational metho ...
Huffman PowerPoint Slides
... – Children tend to stand closer (until they are socialized to maintain a greater personal distance) – Women tend to stand closer than men – Violent prisoners require a personal space that is three times larger than that of non-violent prisoners © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN A ...
... – Children tend to stand closer (until they are socialized to maintain a greater personal distance) – Women tend to stand closer than men – Violent prisoners require a personal space that is three times larger than that of non-violent prisoners © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN A ...
The Emergency of Climate Change
... attack? The question may only be clarified after a period of many hours. Other people’s reactions can also affect how we interpret the event. Given ambiguity, if others act as if it is not an emergency situation, we may rely on the information they provide and similarly come to perceive the event as ...
... attack? The question may only be clarified after a period of many hours. Other people’s reactions can also affect how we interpret the event. Given ambiguity, if others act as if it is not an emergency situation, we may rely on the information they provide and similarly come to perceive the event as ...
Higgins - Achieving Shared Reality in the Communication Game
... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Half of the communicators believed that their audience had received basically the same information about the target person, and the other half of the communicators believed that their audience had received different information about the target person. In fact, all subjects ...
... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Half of the communicators believed that their audience had received basically the same information about the target person, and the other half of the communicators believed that their audience had received different information about the target person. In fact, all subjects ...
The Unconscious Consumer: Effects of Environment on Consumer
... pros and cons of a certain product. There is no doubt that people sometimes do this, especially when such products are important and expensive, but very often they do not. Recent insights on influence tactics and persuasion have emphasized that we often react rather “mindlessly” to stimuli that trig ...
... pros and cons of a certain product. There is no doubt that people sometimes do this, especially when such products are important and expensive, but very often they do not. Recent insights on influence tactics and persuasion have emphasized that we often react rather “mindlessly” to stimuli that trig ...
Chapter 11 for PSYC 2301 - FacultyWeb Support Center
... personality assessment in which an individual is presented with a standardized set of ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or abstract drawings, that allow the test taker to project his or her unconscious unto the test material; the individual’s responses are assumed to reveal inner feelings, motives ...
... personality assessment in which an individual is presented with a standardized set of ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or abstract drawings, that allow the test taker to project his or her unconscious unto the test material; the individual’s responses are assumed to reveal inner feelings, motives ...
Running head: MECHANISMS OF LINGUISTIC BIAS Mechanisms of
... individuals who do not fit the general expectations of their social category. Individuals showing behavior that violates the general stereotype are referred to with labels that create a subcategory or subtype for the unexpected group. For example, with labels like “a nice Moroccan”, “a tough woman” ...
... individuals who do not fit the general expectations of their social category. Individuals showing behavior that violates the general stereotype are referred to with labels that create a subcategory or subtype for the unexpected group. For example, with labels like “a nice Moroccan”, “a tough woman” ...
presentation name - biggerstaffintropsych
... Understanding Others • Attribution Process: Understanding the Causes of Behavior – Attribution Theory • Seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual’s behavior, what the specific causes of that person’s behavior are ...
... Understanding Others • Attribution Process: Understanding the Causes of Behavior – Attribution Theory • Seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual’s behavior, what the specific causes of that person’s behavior are ...
Chapter 9 summary
... High levels of conflict and poor parenting practices are common in families of children with CPs; conflict especially high between siblings Peer Problems ...
... High levels of conflict and poor parenting practices are common in families of children with CPs; conflict especially high between siblings Peer Problems ...
Understanding behavior to understand behavior change: a literature
... stimulus until the desired conditioned response is elicited. At that point, the second stimulus becomes paired with the first stimulus. The unconditioned response weakens or disappears over time if there is no continual reinforcement of the conditioned response. The lesson for environmental educatio ...
... stimulus until the desired conditioned response is elicited. At that point, the second stimulus becomes paired with the first stimulus. The unconditioned response weakens or disappears over time if there is no continual reinforcement of the conditioned response. The lesson for environmental educatio ...
“I read Playboy for the articles”: Justifying and rationalizing
... was empty; in the other, a person in a wheelchair was also waiting to watch the film. The experimenters varied whether the film was the same in both rooms (offering no excuse to avoid the disabled person) or different (offering a plausible justification for choosing to avoid the disabled person). Sn ...
... was empty; in the other, a person in a wheelchair was also waiting to watch the film. The experimenters varied whether the film was the same in both rooms (offering no excuse to avoid the disabled person) or different (offering a plausible justification for choosing to avoid the disabled person). Sn ...
Psychology Course Overview
... 5. Discuss theories of stress and the effects of stress on psychological and physical well-being. 6. Compare and contrast major theories of emotion (e.g., James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter two-factor theory). 7. Describe how cultural influences shape emotional expression, including variations in b ...
... 5. Discuss theories of stress and the effects of stress on psychological and physical well-being. 6. Compare and contrast major theories of emotion (e.g., James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter two-factor theory). 7. Describe how cultural influences shape emotional expression, including variations in b ...
Impersonal methods of decision making under uncertainty I.
... • Under uncertainty, people try to evade personal decision making at all costs, with the use of a variety of exopsychic/impersonal methods. • We have introduced and analysed a simple model for social conformity. Our conclusions suggest that the behaviour of a crowd without a leader is irrational and ...
... • Under uncertainty, people try to evade personal decision making at all costs, with the use of a variety of exopsychic/impersonal methods. • We have introduced and analysed a simple model for social conformity. Our conclusions suggest that the behaviour of a crowd without a leader is irrational and ...