Final Exam Study Guide for Psychology
This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Recent Mass Shootings in the United States.
This part of the Study Guide includes topics from Recent Mass Shootings in the United States.
Anderson Study
- Draw cartoon scripts of particular activities (ex: taking a trip over spring break, blood donation)
- Independent Variable1: Self vs. Best Friend vs. Disliked Person (who's the main characterin the cartoon?)
- Independent Variable 2: Positive (character did do the activity in the end) vs. Negative (didn't do activity in the end)
- Independent Variable 3: 3 vs. 2 vs. 1
- Dependent Variable: Change in behavioral intention (would you perform in these activities?)
- Picture: Focus on the "Self" line. r=.123. Most likely to engage in these activities.
Social Approach to Recent Mass Shootings
Bullying
- Bullying undermines a fundemental human motive.
- To fit in. Ex: Solomon Ash confederates study)
- Study: Ostracism (being excluded) by Williams (2000)
- Cyberball Task
- Independent Variable: Ostracism vs. Inclusion
- Dependent Variable: Belongingness vs. Self-Esteem
- 1st Picture: Each square represents a person. They pass a ball to eachother. Inclusion: the ball is passed to everyone. Ostracism: not passed to the bottom person.
- 2nd Picture: Is there any evidence that school shooters were bullied?
- 1st circle: Were they a loner? (not really the case). Ex: Eric & Dylan felt like loners even though they had eachother.
- 2nd circle: Were they bullied? (most showed signs of being bullied).
Interview with Marilyn Manson
- About the Columbine Shooters
- Society was blaming Marilyn Manson
- There was evidence that Eric Harris was the leader, more nacissistic.
Terror Management Theory and Fame
- Greenberg (2010)
- Symbolic Immortality: will leave a mark on society after death
- Independent Variable: Mortality Salience (thinking about death) vs. Control Condition (not thinking about death)
- Dependent Variable: "How much would you like to become a famous person?"
- Fame is indeed a motive for a number of the shooters.
- Eric & Dylan: "Directors will be fighting over this story". They thought they were going to leave a mark in society.
- Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech Shooter-most deadliest: 32 people killed): Mailed "multimedia manifesto" to NBC News. "Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people."
Alex Teves & Conclusion
- Was a friend of Professor Weise
- Was killed by James Holmes in a Colorado movie theatre shooting. 12 people killed.
- His parents said to not show the shooter's name or pictures in the media.
- Conclusion: It takes a lot of things to make school shooters. Shooters are rare.
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Flashcards
Anderson Study
- Draw cartoon scripts of particular activities (ex: taking a trip over spring break, blood donation)
- Independent Variable1: Self vs. Best Friend vs. Disliked Person (who's the main characterin the cartoon?)
- Independent Variable 2: Positive (character did do the activity in the end) vs. Negative (didn't do activity in the end)
- Independent Variable 3: 3 vs. 2 vs. 1
- Dependent Variable: Change in behavioral intention (would you perform in these activities?)
- Picture: Focus on the "Self" line. r=.123. Most likely to engage in these activities.
Social Approach to Recent Mass Shootings
Bullying
- Bullying undermines a fundemental human motive.
- To fit in. Ex: Solomon Ash confederates study)
- Study: Ostracism (being excluded) by Williams (2000)
- Cyberball Task
- Independent Variable: Ostracism vs. Inclusion
- Dependent Variable: Belongingness vs. Self-Esteem
- 1st Picture: Each square represents a person. They pass a ball to eachother. Inclusion: the ball is passed to everyone. Ostracism: not passed to the bottom person.
- 2nd Picture: Is there any evidence that school shooters were bullied?
- 1st circle: Were they a loner? (not really the case). Ex: Eric & Dylan felt like loners even though they had eachother.
- 2nd circle: Were they bullied? (most showed signs of being bullied).
Interview with Marilyn Manson
- About the Columbine Shooters
- Society was blaming Marilyn Manson
- There was evidence that Eric Harris was the leader, more nacissistic.
Terror Management Theory and Fame
- Greenberg (2010)
- Symbolic Immortality: will leave a mark on society after death
- Independent Variable: Mortality Salience (thinking about death) vs. Control Condition (not thinking about death)
- Dependent Variable: "How much would you like to become a famous person?"
- Fame is indeed a motive for a number of the shooters.
- Eric & Dylan: "Directors will be fighting over this story". They thought they were going to leave a mark in society.
- Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech Shooter-most deadliest: 32 people killed): Mailed "multimedia manifesto" to NBC News. "Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people."
Alex Teves & Conclusion
- Was a friend of Professor Weise
- Was killed by James Holmes in a Colorado movie theatre shooting. 12 people killed.
- His parents said to not show the shooter's name or pictures in the media.
- Conclusion: It takes a lot of things to make school shooters. Shooters are rare.
