PSY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Amygdala, Cerebellum, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

Document Summary

Socialization: the process by which children acquire beliefs and behaviors considered desirable or appropriate by the family to which they belong: attitude specificity: the more specific an attitude, the more likely it is to predict behaviour, attitude strength: stronger attitudes predict behaviour more accurately than weak/vague attitudes, a reason why attitudes fail to consistently predict behaviour is that people often misrepresent their attitudes, attitudes are socially desirable rather than accurate, bogus pipeline technique: non functioning lie detector. Social loafing: exert less effort in a group task than one would in an individual task; free riding: more so in a large group, less in highly cohesive groups, groupthink: faulty group decision making that occurs when group members strive for unanimity and this goal overrides their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action, strong similarities in group members" backgrounds and ideologies, high group cohesiveness, high perceived threat, elevated stress, insulation from outside influence, directive leader.