Behavioral Science Flashcards
Define emotion
▪︎ Complex sequence of reactions to a stimulus
▪︎ accompanied by physiological arousal and characteristic behaviour
What is aggression?
▪︎ feeling of anger resulting in hostile or violent behaviour
3 components in the physiology of emotion?
- Physiological (how body reacts)
- Behavioural (action in response)
- Cognitive (how you react mentally)
James- Lange Theory is about?
Give example
▪︎ experience emotions only after physiological arousal has occurred
( stimulus > physiological arousal > emotion)
▪︎eg: someone taps your back > you turn > your surprised
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Canon-Bard Theory says?
Give example
▪︎ Physiological arousal and emotion occurs simultaneously, yet independently
(Stimulus > Physiological arousal + emotion)
Eg: You see dinosaur > you start sweating + you fear
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What do you know about Cognitive Theory ?
Give example
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▪︎Interpretation of stimuli from environment
▪︎Interpretation of stimuli from body resulting from autonomic arousal and actions of body
( stimulus > cognition > Physiological arousal + emotion)
▪︎ eg: you see Maths teacher > brain interprets > heartbeat increase + excitement
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Inability to manage emotion leads to?
Stressssss -affect mental & physical health
Define emotional intelligence
▪︎ Ability to recognise meanings of emotion & their relationships & to use emotion effectively in reasoning and problem solving
Emotional Intelligence depends on 3 Components what are they?
Reduces conflicts and frustration
- Perceiving information
- Understanding and reasoning about emotion
- Managing emotion
What do you know about Freud’s Instinct theory ?
Clue: aggression
▪︎ release of inborn agressive instinct
Frustration-agression theory states?
Agression is a natural reaction to the frustration of important motives
What does the Social Learning Theory say abt aggression
It says aggression is not inborn but a learnt behavior
What leads to aggression?
Anger
How to reduce violence?
▪︎Freud says Catharsis (process of releasing instinctual energy)
▪︎ Frustration Aggression Theory says avoid/ reduce Frustration and adverse affects
What is nervous system divided into?
CNS and PNS
Define Cognition.
The intellectual processes (such as perception, memory, thinking & language) through which info is obtained, transformed, store, retrieved & used
What is the basic unit of of thinking?
Concepts
What is the function of Afferent neurons?
To transmit messages from sense organs to CNS
What is the function of Somatic nervous system?
The part of PNS that carries messages from the sense organs to the CNS and from CNS to the skeletal muscles.
What is ganglia?
Clusters of cell bodies of neurons outside the CNS
What is the three major part of the brain?
Hindbrain, forebrain, midbrain
What is the function of Parietal lobe?
Has a role in sense of touch and other body senses
Which part of Forebrain does cingulate cortex work with to process cognitive information about emotion?
Hippocampus
What are the 2 types of concept? Briefly define and give an example for each.
Simple concepts: study of elemtary cognitive processes based on a single common feature.
-Eg: Evaluation of colour perception
Complex concepts: Deals with all mental processes.
-Eg: Problem solving, critical thinking
Define Concept formation.
The process of classifying info into meaningful categories.
Give the 4 steps of learning a new concept (concept formation).
- Observation
- Generalisation
- Discrimination/ differences
- Abstraction
What are the 3 basic processes of Cognition?
- Perception
- Attention
- Memory
What are the 3 steps in solving a problem?
Step 1: Formulating the problem
Step 2: Understanding and organising the elements of the problem
Step 3: Generating & evaluating alternative solutions
State the 2 types of cognitive strategies to solve problems.
Algorithm & Heuristic method
State the meaning of
- Nature
- Nurture
Nature is biological causes for behaviour
Nurture is environmental causes for behaviour
What is the gender and appearance of dizygotic twins?
May or may not have same gender and unidentical appearance
State what is “Patterns of behaviour, beliefs, and values shared by a group of people.
Culture
Does nature and nurture work together?
yes
Explain the algorithm method.
Algorithm: systematic patterns of reasoning that guarantee finding a correct solution.
(key words: systematic, step by step problem solving, guaranteed)
Explain the Heuristic method.
Heuristic: Ways of thinking based on strategies that increase the probability of finding a correct answer but doesn’t guarantee it.
(keywords: general strategies, quick shortcut solutions & errors, unguaranteed)
Define convergent thinking.
Thinking that is logical, conventional, & focuses on problems.
(keywords: logical, factual, conventional, accuracy, & speed)
Define divergent thinking.
Thinking that is loosely organised, only partially directed, & unconventional.
(keywords: Fluency, loosely organised, originality, elaboratitive)
Define divergent thinking.
Thinking that is loosely organised, only partially directed, & unconventional.
(keywords: Fluency, loosely organised, originality, elaboratitive)
What is Broca’s area?
Area of frontal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere that plays a role in speaking language.
Which lobe is involved in hearing and understanding language?
Temporal lobe
What is the largest part of the forebrain and what is its function?
Cerebral cortex and it functions to control conscious experience and intelligence and involved in somatic nervous system
State two conditions that occur in Parasympathetic nervous sytem
Constrict Pupil
Slow heartbeart
(Stimulate digestion, Contracts bladder, Stimulate saliva)
List the 4 steps in the creative thinking process.
- Preparation
- Incubation
- Illumination
- Verification
Give an example of creative thinking in the healthcare profession.
Examples:
Chemotherapy, defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker, laparascopic surgery, & many more.
Basic trust vs mistrust
Identity vs role confusion
Integrity vs despair
Who’s theory has mentioned these stages and well explained?
Erik erikson’s
Jean Piaget’s theory is about what development?
Has 4 stages in under this theory; what are the stages?
Coginitive
(Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational )stage
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development states that…………………………..?
What are the levels involve in and with its stages?
We progress through three levels of moral thinking that build on our cognitive development.
Preconventional, conventional , postconventional
-obedience and - good boy, good girl orientation - social contract orie
Punishment orientation. -law and order orientation - universal ethical
- instrumental orientation. Principle orient
Define human psychological development?
The development of human beings’ cognitive , emotional , intellectual,social capabilities, and functioning over the course of life span , from infancy to old age.