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PSYC 460 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
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Adaptive problem of the group domain - Answer✔Defending and acquiring shared resources
and territory
Info about the group domain - Answer✔pertains to social categories NOT individuals
5 features of group domain - Answer✔1. Grouping features into socially relevant categories
(tells us who's in our group and who's not)
2. Conformity cues about self and others
3. Intergroup threat cues (sensitive to another group threatening our group)
4. Exclusion cues (sensitive to cues that we or someone else is getting excluded)
5. Defection cues (someone is taking your resources and giving them to someone else)
What is the timing/development of the group domain? - Answer✔Comes online in steps.
group domain at 5 months of age - Answer✔sensitive to social categories (gender & age)
group domain at 2-4 years old - Answer✔internalize group rules, show ritualistic routine
behavior
group domain during middle childhood - Answer✔show consistent in-group preference and
out-group exclusion; increase of in-group favoritism and out-group derogation; increases in
social comparisons (compare themselves against others in the group)
Sex differences in group domain at ages 3-4 - Answer✔boys want to interact more with groups
around the same age as them but girls will separate themselves off into pairs
Neurohormonal regulators of the group domain - Answer✔Opioids and Testosterone
What role do opioids play in the group domain - Answer✔when opioid levels decrease, it
motivates social behavior/wanting to be close to them but not reciprocity and then levels rise
again as long as they are accepted by the group
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What role does Testosterone play in the group domain - Answer✔when group wins contest,
testosterone goes up. When group loses, testosterone goes down. There is an increase in
testosterone for at least 2 hours
What are the social-emotional responses in a group domain - Answer✔1. If scarce or
threatened resource, then there is some kind of intergroup conflict.
2. If group wins, then there is pleasure that other groups lost. Out-group contempt increases.
3. if group loses, then there is shame and there is some sort of protective repair to make sure it
doesnt happen again
4. if exclusion, then you feel sad, anxious, and fearful
5. if defection, then you feel anger and retribution
What problems does protection solve for coalitional groups - Answer✔Living in a group
provides you with protection from predators, variants and resources, other humans from other
groups, etc
What problems does affording benefits solve for coalitional groups? - Answer✔Living in a social
group influences your reproductive success indirectly (collective action projects/spousal
support) and directly (access to mates), buffer from resource variants
What are some potential problems coalitional groups might have to face? - Answer✔Deciding
who is most likely to benefit the group versus cause cost to the group. Not everyone is an
equally valuable group member
What do we remember about individuals - Answer✔(happens on an unconscious level) Sex,
age, social status, kin vs non-kin, race, friendship, health
What can sex tell us about a person - Answer✔potential competitors for mates and/or
resources, potential cooperator (same sex)
potential mate (opposite sex), potential threat (from females perspective of male)
Cognitive consequences of categorization - Answer✔-outgroup homogeneity effect
-ingroup differentiation bias
-extremity bias
-illusory correlations
-group attribution error
-stereotypes
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PSYC 460 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
100% Guaranteed Pass.
Adaptive problem of the group domain - Answer✔Defending and acquiring shared resources
and territory
Info about the group domain - Answer✔pertains to social categories NOT individuals
5 features of group domain - Answer✔1. Grouping features into socially relevant categories
(tells us who's in our group and who's not)
2. Conformity cues about self and others
3. Intergroup threat cues (sensitive to another group threatening our group)
4. Exclusion cues (sensitive to cues that we or someone else is getting excluded)
5. Defection cues (someone is taking your resources and giving them to someone else)
What is the timing/development of the group domain? - Answer✔Comes online in steps.
group domain at 5 months of age - Answer✔sensitive to social categories (gender & age)
group domain at 2-4 years old - Answer✔internalize group rules, show ritualistic routine
behavior
group domain during middle childhood - Answer✔show consistent in-group preference and
out-group exclusion; increase of in-group favoritism and out-group derogation; increases in
social comparisons (compare themselves against others in the group)
Sex differences in group domain at ages 3-4 - Answer✔boys want to interact more with groups
around the same age as them but girls will separate themselves off into pairs
Neurohormonal regulators of the group domain - Answer✔Opioids and Testosterone
What role do opioids play in the group domain - Answer✔when opioid levels decrease, it
motivates social behavior/wanting to be close to them but not reciprocity and then levels rise
again as long as they are accepted by the group
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What role does Testosterone play in the group domain - Answer✔when group wins contest,
testosterone goes up. When group loses, testosterone goes down. There is an increase in
testosterone for at least 2 hours
What are the social-emotional responses in a group domain - Answer✔1. If scarce or
threatened resource, then there is some kind of intergroup conflict.
2. If group wins, then there is pleasure that other groups lost. Out-group contempt increases.
3. if group loses, then there is shame and there is some sort of protective repair to make sure it
doesnt happen again
4. if exclusion, then you feel sad, anxious, and fearful
5. if defection, then you feel anger and retribution
What problems does protection solve for coalitional groups - Answer✔Living in a group
provides you with protection from predators, variants and resources, other humans from other
groups, etc
What problems does affording benefits solve for coalitional groups? - Answer✔Living in a social
group influences your reproductive success indirectly (collective action projects/spousal
support) and directly (access to mates), buffer from resource variants
What are some potential problems coalitional groups might have to face? - Answer✔Deciding
who is most likely to benefit the group versus cause cost to the group. Not everyone is an
equally valuable group member
What do we remember about individuals - Answer✔(happens on an unconscious level) Sex,
age, social status, kin vs non-kin, race, friendship, health
What can sex tell us about a person - Answer✔potential competitors for mates and/or
resources, potential cooperator (same sex)
potential mate (opposite sex), potential threat (from females perspective of male)
Cognitive consequences of categorization - Answer✔-outgroup homogeneity effect
-ingroup differentiation bias
-extremity bias
-illusory correlations
-group attribution error
-stereotypes
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