Chapter 16 Assignments

Chapter 16 Vocabulary

All vocabulary - including key terms and key people - must be handwritten and in a notebook or binder. No loose leaf paper is accepted nor is typed work of any kind.

Chapter 16 Guided Reading/Notes:

If you select the book notes option, make sure that your notes cover the ENTIRE chapter. Guided readings are located at the following site:http://jonrehm.com/appsyassign.aspx

PsychSim

The assignment for chapter 16 is "Social Decision Making" located at: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html

The worksheet for "Social Decision Making" is found at: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/exploringinmodules5e/content/cat_150/psychsimworksheets_pdf/worksheets.htm?v=category&i=99150.01&s=00150&n=99000&o=

Chapter 16 Essays

1. How could you explain the matching hypothesis in terms of operant conditioning?

2. Evidence suggests that women tend to be more self-disclosing (telling another person private information about oneself) than men. Explain how self-disclosure might help or hinder the development of interpersonal attraction. Which theorist(s) investigating love would be most likely to consider self-disclosure as an important element in love?

3. Daryl Bem's self-perception theory suggests that behavior determines attitudes. This counterintuitive notion is reminiscent of the James-Lange theory of emotion. How are the two theories similar yet different from each other?

4. It's commonly believed that most political elections are determined by the public's impressions of the candidates rather than the candidates' views on the issues. What are some possible reasons for this irrational voting behavior? If the public were more knowledgeable about factors that affect person perception and attitudes, how might that knowledge influence voting behavior?

5. Why do you think so many of the "teachers" in Milgram's "shocking" experiment on obedience administered the highest levels of shock to their "learners"? In answering this question you undoubtedly made some sort of attributions of the teachers' behavior. Analyze the attributions you made in terms of what you've learned about attribution theory from the text.