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Natural selection *
Evolutionary psychology |
The study of evolution of cognition and behavior using principles of natural selection
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Norms
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Standards for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior. ( what others do- what is normal)
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Personal space
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The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies - size depends on our familiarity with whoever is near us
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Gender
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Characteristics, whether biological or socially influenced by which people define male and female
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Empathy
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Vicarious experience of anothers feelings; putting oneself in another's shoes
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Aggression
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Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone - in lab experiments it may mean delivering a shock or saying something likely to hurt other person
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Androgynous
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From andro(man) + gyn(woman) - thus mixing both masculine and feminine characteristics
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Gender role
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Set of behavior expectations (norms) for males and females
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Interaction
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A relationship in which the effect of one factor (such as biology) depends on another factor (such as environment)
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Conformity
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Change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagines group pressure Asch's research - line test - people faced with strong group consensus sometimes go along even though they think the others may be wrong
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Compliance
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Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing (direct request) "please do it because its my birthday"
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Obedience
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Acting in accord with a direct order or command
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Acceptance
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Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure
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Autokinetic phenomenon
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Self (auto) motion (kinetic) - the apparent movement of stationary point of light in the dark (optical illusion)
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Cohesiveness
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"we feeling" ; the extent to which members of a group are bound together, such as by attraction for one another
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