Psychology Questions

Activity Outcomes

6 questions must examine the impact of social factors on behavior from a social psychology.

Legal, ethical, and cultural considerations must be included when applicable to all six questions.

Requirements: 6pages plus title and references page

Psychology Questions

1.     Briefly describe the different ways in which emotions can improve or hinder judgments, decision-making, and performance. When and why are they helpful, and when and why are they harmful?

2.     Much research suggests that people’s attitudes are not predictive of their behaviors. However, in some cases, people’s attitudes ARE highly predictive of their behaviors. Identify at least three factors that increase attitude-behavior consistency.

3.     Identify some of the individual and situational factors that make people more or less likely to help others. Who helps the most, and in what cases (whom) are they especially likely to help?

4.     Briefly discuss gender differences in helping behavior. Are men and women differ in terms of their overall levels of empathy, the degree to which they render help to others, or the kinds of situations in which they help?

5.     Briefly explain the differences between antisocial behavior, aggression, and violence, as defined in the textbook. Then explain the distinction between hostile aggression and instrumental aggression and give an original example [not in the text] of each.

6.     Identify five different factors (person-level factors or situation-level factors) that contribute to aggression, and briefly discuss when and how they tend to exert influence.

 

Answer preview

According to Tao, Cai, Rana, & Zhong (2020), emotions are subjective.  It can be defined as the reactions to internal stimuli like memories, thoughts, or events in our environment. Most people tend to confuse emotions with moods that are very much different. Mood can be thought of as a state of mind that pushes people to react in a certain way.  Emotions are created basically when the brain interprets what is happening in individual life through their memories, beliefs, or thoughts.

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