applied social psychology: personality Flashcards

1
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what are the 2 main pathways that personality affects health?

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direct and indirect

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2
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health = \_\_\_\_\_\_ route,
stress = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ route
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indirect, direct

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3
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direct physiological effect on immune system through stress which has beneficial or harmful effects depending on personality traits =

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direct route

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4
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health behaviours that are fewer in protective and more unhealthy behaviours that combine to increase risk of illness =

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indirect route

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5
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what is the difference in time for the direct route and indirect route?

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direct = quicker impact, indirect = effects take longer to manifest

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6
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give an example of how both routes can work together

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when stressed people don’t engage in health protective behaviours during a stressful period (exams) they may engage in more unhealthy behaviours e.g. eating, smoking, bad sleep patterns

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7
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what are the big five OCEAN traits?

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openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism

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why is openness associated with heathy behaviours?

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component of intellect > suggests they are more informed about health and ways to protect themselves from health risks

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why is conscientiousness most consistently linked to health promoting behaviours?

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characteristics like goal orientated, organised, self discipline > helps them stick to well practiced healthy behaviours

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why can extroversion go either way with practicing risky or healthy behaviours?

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more sociable so if stressed you have social support, but sociable comes with peer pressure to binge drink and smoke and extraverts like exciting risky behaviours

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11
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why might people with the agreeableness trait have health promoting behaviours?

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associated with trusting other people

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12
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why does neuroticism create risks for unhealthy behaviours?

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anxious and emotionally unstable traits, worry about health increases stress

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13
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what model describes personality traits that are associated with higher levels of positive affect and lower levels of negative affect will be associated with health promoting behaviours (and vice versa)?

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Self-regulation resource model

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14
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_____ + emotions and ______ - emotions will promote health behaviours and reduce risky behaviours

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higher, lower

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15
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which 2 of the big traits are both high on + emotions and low on - emotions which have an overall increase in positive affect?

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conscientiousness, agreeableness

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16
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which trait is high on - emotions and low on + emotions which have an overall increase in negative affect?

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neuroticism

17
Q

tendency to experience frequent cognitions about the attainment of ideal standards =

A

perfectionism

18
Q

what are the 2 dimensions of perfectionism?

A

perfectionistic concerns, perfectionistic strivings

19
Q

perfectionists that are hard on themselves and have more concerns than strivings produce a ______ affect of emotions which made lead to ______ health promoting behaviours

A

negative, reduced

20
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perfectionistic concerns = ______ health behaviours

A

reduced

21
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perfectionistic strivings = _____ health behaviours

A

increased

22
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are the 2 perfectionist dimensions discrete?

A

no, they can both overlap and correlate (like a venn-diagram)

23
Q

what are the different measures of multidimensional perfectionism?

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revised almost perfect scale, MPS, wellness behaviours inventory (WBI)

24
Q

why is it important to study personality and health?

A

small, but when small effects aggregate at population level they are considered large with routinely consequential effects

25
Q

personality traits can create _____ or ______ for health outcomes

A

risk, resilience