Social Psych Test 3

Physical or verbal behaviors intended to cause harm

Hurting someone's feelings or relationships (not physical)
(Is to protect ego)

Example: Making up a rumor or making jokes about someone to build up your own self esteem

Hurting someone else's body (physical)
(Normally for self defense)

Example: War, pepper spray, tazer

Agression that springs from anger-physical and verbal
(goal is to injure)

1) biological influences (chemical reactions)

2)response to frustration

3)learned behavior

The blocking of goal directed behavior

The theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress

Redirection of aggression to a new target

The perception that one is less well off than others observed
(We perceive ourselves as having less than we deserve)

We learn aggression by observing others

Pain hightens aggressiveness

Extreem external conditions highten aggression

Example: heat/smoke/air quality

Things around us that drive us into more of an aggressive state

Example: A gun just sitting on a table. No one has it, but it gets a reaction simply by being there

Release of emotions (venting)

1)Belonging
2)Competence
3)Autonomy

Acts of excluding or ignoring someone

Anticipating interaction increases liking
(expectation that you will interact again)

People are more likely to form relationships with others that match their own attractiveness and other qualities

The concept that indiciduals with different traits or qualities can form balanced and effective relationships by fulfilling complimentary roles or needs

Example: a man is extroverted, a woman is introverted - they make eachother better/fill in the gaps by being different

Use of strategies to gain another's favor

Example: flattery

People are drawn to others who provide rewarding experiences or benefits in relationships

1)Intimacy
2)Passion
3)Commitment

"Liking" friendship

Empty love - still together, but lacking any sort of friendship or passion

Infatuation - shallow intense love

Compasionate love - lacks intensity of passion, but has deep friendship

Fatuatious love - quick commitment and passion, but founded only in infatuation

Romantic love

Consummate love

Non-love

Physical attractionodily emotion (often-times = sex drive)

Emotional closeness/connection

Decision to stay with someone longterm

1)Sexual drive
2)Love of fondness
3)Love of desire
4)Love of benevolence

Deep compasionate relationships enable us to be who we are/show our true self

Disclosure and intimacy on both sides of relationships

Providing emotional comfort/support to those in emotional distress

Example: Partner listens to spouse vent about work, and emotionally support them instead of trying to solve problems

Requesting emotional comfort/help

Example: Asking for someone to listen to you

Providing physical/tangible help (problem solving)

Example: Husband cleans kitchen because wife is stressed

Requesting physical help (problem solving)

Example: "Can you please cook dinner for the kids? I am stressed!"

Comfortable with closeness/independence - able to easily form healthy relationships

Formed by caregivers constantly responsive/supportive

Prefer independency and avoids emotional intimacy and closeness

Formed when caregivers are emotionally distant and dismissive

Worries about being abandoned so they seek constant reassurance/closeness

Formed when caregiver overly cares, but is inconsitant about it (inconsistant "helicopter parent")

Desire for closeness, but fear of rejection - often unpredictable, and clingy, then apathetic
(pushes away to avoid rejection)

Formed by the caregiver being abusive or chaotic

Where you develope security by becoming aware of self and experience new relationships that correct bad experiences

1) Denile
2)Anger
3)Sadness
4)Bargaining

May get sad, but allow themselves to feel things

Tends to verbalize/talk about it more

Prolongs the process - struggles to let go (because the fear abandonment)

Find someone else (rebound dating)

Seemingly dettach early (feel free) - sees benefits of the breakup quickly, then the feelings resurface later

Don't date for a while (also tend to hook up a lot)

Face significant internal conflict (feel a lot of pain) - significant delay in dettachment

Will come back after a while - texts that they want you back etc

A motive to increase another's wellfare without conscious regard for one's own self interest

Social interactions are transactional

Example: Working in a soup kitchen to feel good about yourself

When we do good things, we feel good about ourselves

1) Reciprocity norm
2) Social responsibility norm

Expectation that people will help, not hurt people who help them

Expectation from society that people will help those needing help

1)Kin selection
2)Group selection

Altruism towards relatives enhances the survival of genes

We make sacrifices for "us" so we can defend ourselves against "them"

Example: on a basketball team. You hate your team, but you hate the other team more, so you sacrifice being able to play to let a better player on you team beat the team you hate more

Certain groups that are seen as outside the boundaries of our moral concern (allows others to justify lack of helping)

It is learned by doing it