PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Emotion Classification, False Memory, Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ryan Curtis

Document Summary

We tend to prefer people that we perceive as similar to us. Because of this, we as a culture typically conform to each other, which is normative influence. We find people attractive using biosocial theory, as through the idea of natural selection takes place. Sociocultural theory would be perceiving beauty based off of cultural norms. Effect is the idea that an experimenter"s bias can affect the results. He thought that the horse could do arithmetic therefore he interpreted the results to agree with this. The need to feel safe by your mom is biological so therefore you become attached. However the learned theory of attachment is that if your mom is really present as you grow up, you are likely to become attached to her because you learn that she will keep you safe. But if she is not a present figure, you will have attachment issues later in life.