1510 cards
The paradox of choice states that the more choices there are, the ____ satisfied we become
____, an aspect of inhibitory control , is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and im…
____ refers to the idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up. When the energy f…
The ____ self is the most basic part of our self-concept. It is the sense of being separate and distinct from others
The ____ self is the ability to put the self into categories , such as age, gender, skill or size
____ looks at the important contributions that society makes to individual development. This theory stresses the interaction between develo…
The theory of s____tates that people develop self-images through interactions with other people. Our self-image is a product of social expe…
The looking-glass self theory suggests that our self-concept is influenced by ____
The ____ states that there are three types of causal information which influence our judgements: consensus , distinctiveness , and consiste…
____ cultures prioritize the individual over the entire group . These cultures are oriented around the self, being independent instead of i…
____ cultures emphasize the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs and desires of each individual
____ is belief bad things happen to others, but not to us
The ____ states that aggression is the result of blocking, or frustrating, a person's efforts to attain a goal
____ is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment
The ____ phenomenon is the tendency to believe that the world is just and that people get what they deserve
The ____ is a type of cognitive bias in which our overall impression of a person influences how we feel and think about his or her character
____ is the systematic study of people and cultures
____ is the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own
____ is the deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture
The ____ is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them
The ____ occurs when we overestimate the number of other people (or extent to which other people) share our opinions , beliefs, and behavio…
A/an ____ is when we assume other share the same beliefs we do
A/an ____ is a series of behaviors, actions, and consequences that are expected in a particular situation or environment
____ is the evolutionary strategy that favors the reproductive success of an animal's relatives , even at a cost to that animal's own survi…
Altruism among non-relatives is called ____ altruism
The ____ says that although costly, altruistic acts may benefit the altruist indirectly, by establishing a ' reputation '
____ is the type of support that gives someone a sense of social belonging
____ refers to the unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals by society and its institutions as a who…
____ is a rule or practice unintentionally singles out particular people and results in unfair treatment
____ is discrimination from the past that is still affecting people today
A ____, also known as a remunerative organization, is a group of individuals who join in order to receive a monetary reward or some other b…
____ have voluntary membership based on shared goals and interests
A prison is an example of a ____, which maintains control through force
____ of society is a phenomenon that occurs when society, its institutions, and its organizations are adapted to have the same characterist…
____ is communication to oneself
____ is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities
____ describes an ideal situation in which all individuals on one sex are equally potential partners of all members of the opposite sex
____ is when individuals with similar phenotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under a random mating pattern
____ is the application of game theory to evolving populations in biology. It defines a framework of contests , strategies , and analytics…
____ refers to the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons , values, and perspectives that students learn in school
____ is the weakening of social and political power of religious organizations as religious involvement declines
____ is a reaction to secularization in which members of a religion develop strict religious beliefs
A/an ____ is a form of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a…
A/an ____ is an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders with either no party or a weak party…
____ is a form of government which advocates class warfare and leads to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person's…
A/an ____ is the rule of a king, queen, or an emperor
____ is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit
____ is an economic and political system where the ways of making a living (factories, offices, etc.) are owned by the workers who run them…
____ is the process by which conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions , and thus become the subject of…
____ is the activity undertaken, for the purpose of getting well , by those who consider themselves ill
____ is a branch of epidemiology that focuses particularly on the effects of social-structural factors on states of health
The ____ is defined as the middle class , typically used with reference to feelings of materialism when describing the middle class
The ____ is defined as working-class people , or people who perform labor for money
In social philosophy, ____ is the act of treating a person, or sometimes an animal, as an object or a thing
____ is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege…
____ are those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964 , the time frame most commonly used to define them
The ____ is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the mental, physical and social health of individuals, which incorporates both li…
____ refers to the hierarchical ranking of people into age groups within a society. It could also be defined as a system of inequalities li…
A ____ accepts many different sorts of people, from different races, sexual orientations, cultures, and religions
____ refers to people who don't identify themselves with any particular gender