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Mating systems describe ____ .
____ describes exclusive mating relationships.
Monogamy describes ____.
____ is when one member of a sex has multiple exclusive relationships with members of the opposite sex.
Polygamy is when ____.
____ is the mating system that describes one male with multiple females .
Polygyny is the mating system that describes ____.
____ is the mating system that describes one female with multiple males .
Polyandry is the mating system that describes .
____ is the mating system that is characterized by no exclusivity .
Promiscuity is the mating system that is characterized by ____.
____ is the selection of a mate based on attraction and traits .
Mate choice is the selection of a mate based on a____ .
____ is the belief that the well-being of others is equally, if not more, important than the well-being or survival of the self .
Altruism is the belief that ____ .
____ attempts to explain decision making between individuals as if they are participating in a game.
Game theory attempts to explain ____.
____ is a measure of an organism’s success in the population based on how well it propagates its own genes .
Inclusive fitness is a measure of ____ .
____ is the way by which we generate impressions about people in our social environment: components are receiver, target, and situation.
Social perception is the way by which ____: components are receiver, target, and situation.
Social perception is the way by which we generate impressions about people in our social environment: components are ____.
____ is the practice of developing and maintaining relationships that form social networks willing to help each other .
Social capital is the practice of ____ .
____ states that when we look at somebody for the first time, we pick up on one of their characteristics. We then take that characteristic…
Implicit personality theory states that ____.
____ are mistakes in reasoning , evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive process, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's pre…
Cognitive biases are mistakes in ____, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary inf…
Cognitive biases are mistakes in reasoning , evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive process, often occurring as a result of ____.
____ focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer the causes of other people’s behavior.
Attribution theory focuses on the tendency for individuals to infer ____.
____ is the assumption that a person's behavior reflects his or her internal dispositions like personality, beliefs, attitude, etc.
Dispositional attribution is the assumption that a person's behavior reflects ____.
____ is the assumption that a person's behavior is due to situational factors .
Situational attribution is the assumption that a person's behavior is due to ____ .
____ is the bias toward making dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions in regard to the actions of others.
____ refers to when an observer assumes that a person’s behavior matches or corresponds with the person's personality traits.
Correspondent inference theory refers to when ____.
____ is when individuals must make judgments that are complex but instead substitute a simpler solution or heuristic.
Attribution substitution is when ____.
____ is the tendency to attribute your own actions to external causes and other people's actions to dispositional causes .
Actor-observer bias is the tendency to ____ .
____ are attitudes and impressions that are made based on limited and superficial information.
Stereotypes are a____ that are made based on limited and superficial information.
A/an ____ is when stereotypes lead to expectations and those expectations create conditions that lead to confirmation of the stereotype.
____ is when people feel at risk of conforming to stereotypes that exist about their social group.
Stereotype threat is when people feel ____.
____ is an irrational positive or negative attitude toward a person, group, or thing prior to an actual experience.
Prejudice is ____ toward a person, group, or thing prior to an actual experience.
____ is when prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be treated differently from others.
Discrimination is when prejudicial attitudes cause individuals of a particular group to be ____.
____ refers to the practice of making judgments about other cultures based on the values and beliefs of one’s own culture .
Ethno centrism refers to the practice of ____ .
____ is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture , rather than be ju…
Cultural relativ ism is the idea that ____.
GABA inhibits a neuron by allowing ____s the cell.
____ inhibits a neuron by allowing Cl - to enter the neuron and this hyperpolarizes the cell.
GABA ____ a neuron by allowing Cl - to enter the neuron and this hyperpolarizes the cell.
Glutamate allows ____s the cell which creates an action potential.
____ allows Na + to enter the neuron and this depolarizes the cell which creates an action potential.