Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Psychology Media Portfolio: By christopher Pulling

Attribution Theory
Definition: a theory that
supposes that one attempts
to understand behavior of
others by attributing

feelings,
beliefs, and intentions to
them.
Internal: people infer that an event or a person's behavior
is due to personal factors such as traits, abilities, or feelings.
External: attribution, people infer that a person's behavior
is due to situational factors.


Cognitive Dissonance 


Definition: the state of having
inconsistent thoughts, beliefs,
or attitudes, especially as
relating to behavioral
decisions and attitude
change.
Example: You are pro
environment, but you
just dropped a piece of trash and didn't pick it up.
Your behavior is now inconsistent with your attitude, so know
you feel guilty.



Definition: drive is an
"excitatory state produced by
a homeostatic disturbance", an
instinctual need that has the
power of driving the behavior
of an individual.
Achieve and acquire
Bond and Belong
Challenge and
comprehend




Definition: posits that people
determine their attitudes and
preferences by interpreting the
meaning of their own behavior

Example: A student is zoned
out in class with its ear phones
in playing with his thumbs because he is board. He see people
pulling out there text books, so he also pulls out his textbook to fit
in with everyone else even though he is not paying any attention
in class.



Definition: a generalized description or
a conceptual system for understanding
knowledge-how knowledge is
represented and how it is used.
Cognitive structure that provides the
frame for organizing the world and or
intel that we take in.
Places
Events
People



Definition: a social
psychological theory that
asserts people want to
be known and understood by
others according to their firmly
held beliefs and feelings about
themselves, that is self-views
(including self-concepts and self-esteem).

Example if I saw and think I am a good husband chances are my
wife will think I am a good husband. If I think I am a bad husband
chances are my spouse will think I am a bad husband.



Definition: a social
psychological and sociological
perspective that explains
social change and stability as
a process of negotiated
exchanges between parties.
Explains how we feel about a
relationship
The balance between what we put into a relationship
What we deserve in a relationship



Definition: The social

penetration theory (SPT)

proposes that, as relationships

develop, interpersonal

communication moves from

relatively shallow, non-

intimate levels to deeper,

more intimate ones.
Process of increasing disclosure and intimacy in a relationship
Starts as small talk nothing personal , then to very intimate and revealing conversations
Depth and Breadth
Depth: Personal Information and intimacy
Breadth: Range of disclosure to another




Definition: is a person's sense
of who they are based on their
group membership

Process that changes
interpersonal to inter group
behavior


Privileges the role of a large group identities in forming individuals/ concepts of self.

http://amr.aom.org/content/14/1/20.short



Definition: initially proposed by
social psychologist Leon
Festinger in 1954, centers on
the belief that there is a drive
within individuals to gain
accurate self-evaluations.

Example people evaluate their
own opinions and abilities, by
comparing to others opinions'
and abilities.

Upward and Downward comparison
Three feature of high SCO

High Activation of Self; mention more first person nouns

Strong interest in what others feel; interdependent

Uncertainty of self; low self of steam and or neuroticism









Thursday, April 27, 2017

The right to die?

The right to die? A very debatable topic here in the United States it is illegal to have an assisted suicide and or a (PAD) which is a physician aid in dying. But here are the few states that are legal  Washington DC, California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington; its status is disputed in Montana.  And in the religion of hindu they are allowed to commit suicide, by starvation to the point of death. Also before they commit suicide they must have a terminal diseases or those who have no desire, ambition or no responsibilities remaining. In my opinion the people who practice Hinduism are being denied the first Amendment which is part of the right to practice any religion.
Jainism has a similar practice named Santhara. Other religious views on suicide vary in their tolerance, and include denial of the right as well as condemnation of the act. In the Catholic faith, suicide is considered a grave sin. What is your stand?

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