Psychology & Sociology

MilesDown: Behavioral Sciences

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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.

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