Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

Interpersonal Attraction: Who Likes Whom, and Why? The social dyadis a group consisting of two people. It is the basic unit of s ...

(d) When it appears under certain circumstances that opposites in personality do in fact seem to attract each other, what princi ...

ior of other human beings by attributing motives to them. We don’t know for sure that these motives exist. We infer them from be ...

The cognitive componentrefers to what an individual thinks in association with a particular attitude. Amanda has a positive atti ...

authority, in order to be effective, should be credible.What he or she says should be easy to believe. This is why the authority ...

(a) A argument sets forth only the favorable aspects of a given attitude. (b) An appeal bypasses reason and logic. (c) Food and ...

ior and opinions of one or more other people. Velma is an eighteen-year-old high-school graduate. She’s thinking of taking a ful ...

psychologist. The research psychologist, an impressive authority with a Ph.D. and a white coat, explains that a subject will be ...

the siblings really want to take on the responsibility of raising Luke, each of them will expect one of the others to do it. Per ...

Let us say that Louise is embroiled in a tumultuous love affair with Harry. Idea A is, “I can’t live without Harry.” Louise genu ...

SELF-TEST What exists between two people when they make, or wish to make, more approach responses than avoidance responses to e ...

Which of the following is at odds with conformity? a. The need for achievement b. The need for autonomy c. The need for order d ...

KEY TERMS Social Psychology: Interacting with Other People 261 affective component ambiguity antisocial behavior appeal to autho ...

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263 INDEX Aaronson, Elliot, 248 A-B-C-D system, rational-emotive behavior therapy, 239 abnormal behavior defined, 214–215 viewpo ...

Aristotle, 2, 109, 166, 193, 248 art of persuasion, social psychology, 252–254 Asimov, Isaac, 198 association neurons, function ...

chromosomes, reproductive biology, 155–157 chronic anxiety, extent of, 213 chronic hypoglycemia, described, 41 chronic worry, an ...

266 Index defensiveness, marriage instability, 187 deficiency motivation, hierarchy of needs, 101 delusion perception, 63 psycho ...

Erikson, Erik, 95, 154, 160–163, 248 erogenous zones, psychosexual devel- opment, 158 esteem needs, hierarchy of needs, 100 estr ...

guilt, Freudian personality theory, 197 guilt versus initiative, psychosocial development, 161 habits, behavior therapy, 237 hal ...