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?
What is ideomotor mimicry?
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What is Charles Darwin's theory and what is the key idea of this 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?
What allows functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) us to do?
What is the most important legacy of evolution for human beings?
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