Human behaviour - An invitation to Social Psychology

8 important questions on Human behaviour - An invitation to Social Psychology

What is controlled processing?

  • Systematic
  • Conscious
  • Likely to be controlled by careful thoughts
  • Gives rise to explicit attitudes and beliefs of which we are aware (can become implicit over time)

What is post-hoc reasoning?

It means that one later thinks of a reason to justify a choice or behaviour, while they did not use this reason in the moment.

What is ideomotor mimicry?

It is the phenomenon in which a person mimics the body posture of someone they are having a conversation with, happens unconsciously.
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What is Charles Darwin's theory and what is the key idea of this theory?

He came up with the evolutionary theory.
The key idea is that the process of natural selection operates in animals and plants so that adaptive traits are passed on to subsequent generations, and other traits disappear. -> natural selection influences physical traits and behaviour.

What are some characteristics we share with other animals?

  • Facial expressions
  • Dominance and submission
  • Food sharing
  • Greater aggressiveness on the part of males
  • Preference for own kind
  • Wariness around snakes

What is the naturalistic fallacy?

It is the claim that the way things are is the way they should be -> what we are biologically predisposed to is what we inevitably will do and perhaps even should do.

What allows functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) us to do?

It allows us to detect the blood flow in the brain and to see which brain regions mediate various feelings and behaviours.

What is the most important legacy of evolution for human beings?

It is the great flexibility it allows for adaptation to different circumstances.

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