Introduction Social 1 Biology and Social Cognition - Attraction Chapter 14‚ Passer Dr Jason Bohan Are we social animals? Who’s attractive? Can evolutionary theory explain dating behaviour? The need to affiliate Defining attraction Affiliation – the need to form social relationships Fear of interaction and evaluation can lead to social anxiety Failure to form friendships can lead to loneliness Extreme social isolation can be harmful: Admiral Byrd and “wintering
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Consciousness Awareness of the environment‚ ones own existence‚ sensations‚ thoughts States of Consciousness Distinctive or discrete patterns in the function of consciousness Biological Rhythms Endogenous cycles Bio Rhythms: endogenous rhythms are systematic changes in the brain’s function that are vastly internal brain mechanisms. One of the things that does alter conscious states are actually these bio rhythms. 1. Circadian 24hr. cycle. Sleep‚ temperature 2. Infradian
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Study |Change |Effect to results | | |Loftus & Palmer |Get p’s to observe staged but “real” accident. 2. Higher ecological validity – accounts for variables|More accurate estimates of speed | | |such as emotional response to situation. 3. Harder to replicate so lower reliability. 4. Not all may |Less Ps reporting broken glass | |
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Psychological ideas are seen in national headlines every day. In particular‚ in the state of Arizona‚ the Governor vetoed a bill against gay people. Why was this bill proposed in the first place? The business leaders who supported the bill were against the gay and lesbian community. The Governor of Arizona‚ who supports the gay and lesbian community‚ believes that the bill is unjust because it discriminates against the gay and lesbian community. If this bill had been passed‚ it would be a clear discriminatory
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Colored Girls Opening: Four women who were prominent in our Black History stood up in opposition to the odds placed against them. Listen as they tell us about their lives‚ pain‚ and struggles on how it was to be colored (as they were labeled) during the years of segregation and the civil rights movement. I hope you get a message from this presentation and please enjoy. Teresa Hi – I’m Rosa Parks and I’m a colored girl--on Dec. 1‚ 1955 in Montgomery Alabama-- I refused to give up my
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The Golden Girls I am going to be writing about the lifetime television show‚ " The Golden Girls". There are many different episodes and I have probably seen them all‚ at least twice. I first started watching the show with my mom. My curfew when I was in high school was 11:00 or 11:30. While I was going into detail about the many things that had happened that night‚ "The Golden Girls" would be on. At first I did not enjoy them‚ but as I got to know the characters I was addicted. First
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Sarah Holtkamp Reading and Writing Workshop Mrs. Lair November 19‚ 2012 Victoria Beckham Many of us are familiar with the Spice Girls‚ who held many hit singles throughout the nineties. They were a rock sensation and had millions of fans supporting them through their music‚ their movies‚ and their performances. Out of the five Spice Girls‚ only one is still famous today‚ Victoria Adams Beckham. She is still known of course for her success with her Spice sisters‚ for owning her own fashion
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Why? When a girl child is born‚ Her family and parents mourn. Why? When a girl comes to earth‚ She is killed even before birth. Why? A girl is always ignored‚ Why not she is always adored? Why? The government doesn’t deal it with an iron hand And see to it that in latter and spirit it is banned Why? People are passive towards girls‚ I feel they are precious as pearls. Girl is an emerging soul of faith and light In her life she must have day and never night A girl’s life becomes difficult
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The Unknown Girl By Moniza Alvi The title ‘unknown girl’ may suggest that the poetess is in search of her roots‚ culture‚ traditions and heritage. She is unknown to her country‚ the place from where she belongs. She is trying to find out more about her home-country. This poem is a first-person narration from the poetess’ point of view. It us a free verse‚ autobiographical poem which is written in a single stanza containing many local dialects‚ for instance‚ ‘bazaar’‚ ‘hennaing’‚ ‘kameez’ and
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Main Theories Both Freud and Erikson had their own theories on personality development‚ with Erikson ’s theory being an offshoot of Freud ’s. The theories are separated into stages of a person ’s life according to age and how well a person will adapt and thrive as an adult if a certain quality or characteristic is acquired during each stage. Both of these theories are very similar‚ as they both have many of the same dividing age groups for development. However‚ there are several differences
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