AP Psych Unit 14 (4)

Although the effect dissipates within an hour or so, one violent TV program is most likely to prime aggressive thoughts in its viewer.

- In contrast to watching violence on television, participating in violent video games involves role-playing aggression. - Kids who play a lot of violent video games have been found to get into more arguments and fights.

- The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them. - Contributes to the positive relationship between proximity and liking.

- Our first impression of people we meet are most likely to be determined by their physical appearance. - Attractive people are perceived as more socially skilled and more likely to make a favourable impression on potential employers.

- We like those who share and validate our attitudes. - "Birds of a feather flock together."

- An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. - The two-factor theory of emotion specifically suggests that passionate love can be facilitated by physical arousal.

- One group of men were asked by an attractive woman to complete a short questionnaire immediately after they had crossed a swaying footbridge suspended 230 feet above the Capilano River. - This experiment was designed to study passionate love.

- The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined. - The affectionate attachment that keeps a relationship going after passionate feelings cool.

A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it.

- Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. - A gradual escalation of intimacy is most positively related to a gradual escalation of self-disclosure.

Unselfish regard for the welfare of others.

Her tragic murder outside her New York apartment stimulated social psychological research on altruism.

- The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present. - Any individual bystander will fail to interpret the incident as an emergency.

- Plays an important role in the bystander effect - individuals fail to act because of feelings of limited responsibility.

The theory that our social behaviour is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs.