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Natural selection - correct answer✔✔Evolutionary process where the traits that allow an
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individual to survive are the ones that ended up being passed on. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Evolutionary psychology - correct answer✔✔Study of the evolution of cognition and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
behavior using principles of natural selection. We fear what used to cause humans harm.
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Culture - correct answer✔✔The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared
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by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Norms - correct answer✔✔Standards for accepted and expected behaviors, they describe
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proper behavior. They vary in their expressiveness, punctuality, rule-breaking, and personal
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space.
Personal space - correct answer✔✔The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies.
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Its size depends on how well we know the person around us. Cultures near the equator
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prefer less space and those further prefer more.
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Universal norms - correct answer✔✔Respect the friend's privacy, make eye contact while ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
talking, don't divulge things said in confidence. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Universal trait dimension - correct answer✔✔When describing themselves, people all over ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
include stable, outgoing, open, agreeable, and conscientious.
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Universal social beliefs - correct answer✔✔Cynicism, social complexity, reward for ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
application, spirituality, and fate control. Adherence to these beliefs controls people's lives. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, Universal status norms - correct answer✔✔Talking to higher-status people in a formal ways ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
and lower status in a more familiar first-name basis. Only the person of higher status can
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suggest they both use the familiar form. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Gender - correct answer✔✔The characteristics and traits that people associate with male
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and female.||\\//||
Gender aggression - correct answer✔✔Males are more aggressive. Male-to-female arrest
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ratio is 8-1 for murder. 92% of prisoners are male.
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Conformity - correct answer✔✔Chang in behavior as the result of real or imagined group ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
pressure.
Compliance - correct answer✔✔Conformity that involved publicly acting in accord with an ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Obediance - correct answer✔✔Acting in accord with a direct order or command ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Acceptance - correct answer✔✔Conformity that involves both acting and believing in ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
accord with social pressure. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Autokenetic phenomenon - correct answer✔✔Sherif, The black room with one light. The ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
study participants came back three times, each time being able to hear how much the
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others thought the light moved. Each day their responses got more similar.
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The Chameleon effect - correct answer✔✔You are more likely to rub your face or shake
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your foot when someone else does. Same with speaking, we mirror what we see or hear. We
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like people who are more like us. Bad things also come in waves, after a public suicide, the
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rates go up (Werther effect).||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Natural selection - correct answer✔✔Evolutionary process where the traits that allow an
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individual to survive are the ones that ended up being passed on. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Evolutionary psychology - correct answer✔✔Study of the evolution of cognition and ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
behavior using principles of natural selection. We fear what used to cause humans harm.
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Culture - correct answer✔✔The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared
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by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Norms - correct answer✔✔Standards for accepted and expected behaviors, they describe
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proper behavior. They vary in their expressiveness, punctuality, rule-breaking, and personal
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space.
Personal space - correct answer✔✔The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies.
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Its size depends on how well we know the person around us. Cultures near the equator
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prefer less space and those further prefer more.
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Universal norms - correct answer✔✔Respect the friend's privacy, make eye contact while ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
talking, don't divulge things said in confidence. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Universal trait dimension - correct answer✔✔When describing themselves, people all over ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
include stable, outgoing, open, agreeable, and conscientious.
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Universal social beliefs - correct answer✔✔Cynicism, social complexity, reward for ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
application, spirituality, and fate control. Adherence to these beliefs controls people's lives. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, Universal status norms - correct answer✔✔Talking to higher-status people in a formal ways ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
and lower status in a more familiar first-name basis. Only the person of higher status can
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suggest they both use the familiar form. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Gender - correct answer✔✔The characteristics and traits that people associate with male
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and female.||\\//||
Gender aggression - correct answer✔✔Males are more aggressive. Male-to-female arrest
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ratio is 8-1 for murder. 92% of prisoners are male.
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Conformity - correct answer✔✔Chang in behavior as the result of real or imagined group ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
pressure.
Compliance - correct answer✔✔Conformity that involved publicly acting in accord with an ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Obediance - correct answer✔✔Acting in accord with a direct order or command ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Acceptance - correct answer✔✔Conformity that involves both acting and believing in ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
accord with social pressure. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Autokenetic phenomenon - correct answer✔✔Sherif, The black room with one light. The ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
study participants came back three times, each time being able to hear how much the
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others thought the light moved. Each day their responses got more similar.
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The Chameleon effect - correct answer✔✔You are more likely to rub your face or shake
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your foot when someone else does. Same with speaking, we mirror what we see or hear. We
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like people who are more like us. Bad things also come in waves, after a public suicide, the
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rates go up (Werther effect).||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
