Exam 2

Question 1

what were Harlow’s research methods?

Answer 1

Raised children monkeys with fake mothers.

Question 2

What were Harlow’s results?

Answer 2

monkey’s raised by the cloth mother ignored their children. Monkey’s raised by just the wire mother had no connection with their children.

Question 3

Secure attachment style

Answer 3

Parents leaves, child cries, consoled by stranger, parent returns, child connects with parent

Question 4

Aviodant attachment style

Answer 4

Parent leaves, child plays with stranger, parent return, no great reunion

Question 5

Anxious-Ambivalent attachment style

Answer 5

Parent leaves, child cries, can’t be consoled by stranger, parent returns, child is both happy and rejects parent.

Question 6

name 3 attachment styles

Answer 6

Secure, Aviodant, Anxious-Ambivalent

Question 7

name 3 parental styles

Answer 7

Authoritarian, Permissive, Authoritative.

Question 8

Authoritarian

Answer 8

clear rules that aren’t discussed, punishment and reward, very strict. drawback: learn how to get around the rules/ rebellion.

Question 9

Permissive

Answer 9

very few to no rules, child learn on their own, no constraints on leaning process. Drawback: not having the experience or judgment to make wise decisions.

Question 10

Authoritative

Answer 10

rules but are discussed, child learns how to be independent and make good decisions.

Question 11

purposes of cliques

Answer 11

to help adolescents to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance and give resources for social support and identity acceptance.

Question 12

which neurotransmitter is reduced when we are rejected or lonely?

Answer 12

Serotonin

Question 13

Imaginary audience

Answer 13

others are watching and judging us. i.e. paranoia

Question 14

Personal Fable

Answer 14

you are the hero or protagonist of your own life story. i.e. indestructible.

Question 15

Women suicide attempts and successes

Answer 15

3 times more likely to try than men, passive methods: pills, cutting, and carbon monoxide.

Question 16

Men suicide attempts and successes

Answer 16

twice more likely to succeed than women, active methods: guns, hanging, jumping, driving into traffic.

Question 17

name the 2 eating disorders

Answer 17

Bulimia, Anorexia

Question 18

Bulimia

Answer 18

eat high quantities of foods and pukes or laxative. they worry cannot control their eating, tries to keep it a secret, causes dental and esophagus problems.

Question 19

Anorexia

Answer 19

minimal intake of food. low in fat, excessive fear of becoming fat. brain shrinks and heart attacks are common due to the fat loss causing a dysregulation.

Question 20

Oxytocin

Answer 20

a hormone that causes lactation and an attachment feeling, arousal.

Question 21

PEA/ natural amphetamine

Answer 21

Adrenaline, up all night about a crush

Question 22

Vasopressin

Answer 22

hormone sexual behavior.

Question 23

5 languages of love

Answer 23

gift, verbal/words, doing things for others/tasks, physical affection, quality time.

Question 24

Stress

Answer 24

any kind of change that alters our balance.

Question 25

stressor

Answer 25

causes stress.

Question 26

major life stressors

Answer 26

stressors that happen all at once. i.e. moving, getting married.

Question 27

daily stressors/ chronic stress

Answer 27

stressors that are never ending and are experienced everyday. i.e. bills, annoying people.

Question 28

chemicals released when stressed

Answer 28

cortisol and dopamine

Question 29

cortisol

Answer 29

suppresses immune system

Question 30

dopamine

Answer 30

attention/ focus

Question 31

Sympathetic nervous system during stress

Answer 31

causes fight, flight, freeze. constriction of blood flow flow everywhere except the core of the body, heart rate and respiration increases.

Question 32

dangers of chronic inescapable stress

Answer 32

constant dripping, dont return to natural balance of chemicals, constricts blood vessels, causes cholesterol, cortisol leads to suppressed immune system

Question 33

why people crave comfort foods

Answer 33

comfort foods are sugar, broken down makes glucose which fuels the brain and sertonin which gives a sense of well-being and satisfied.

Question 34

relationship between dopamine and serotonin

Answer 34

dopamine gives that sense of want and serotonin gives relief.

Question 35

stressors as a threat

Answer 35

causes chronic stress response

Question 36

stressor as a challenge

Answer 36

causes aerobic exercise, heart rate and respiration increase, blood vessels are dilated everywhere and immune system is working. we are calmer and excited.

Question 37

name the 3 direct coping styles

Answer 37

Confrontation, Compromise, Withdrawal

Question 38

Confrontation

Answer 38

clearly stating the problem

Question 39

Compromise

Answer 39

give a little, get a little

Question 40

Withdrawal

Answer 40

leave situation

Question 41

why engage in indirect coping styles

Answer 41

defense mechanisms, dealing with stress while protecting ego.

Question 42

is indirect coping conscious

Answer 42

not conscious, it conscious its manipulative.

Question 43

name the 6 defense mechanisms

Answer 43

denial, rationalization, projection, displacement, passive-aggression, reaction formation

Question 44

Denial

Answer 44

Deny the existence of a problem

Question 45

Rationalization

Answer 45

coming up with a reason for your beliefs, and behaviors

Question 46

Displacement

Answer 46

If cannot confront the stressor directly, will unconsciously take it out on a safer person or object.

Question 47

Passive-Aggression

Answer 47

Person is unconsciously angry and they make the other person experience the anger.

Question 48

Reaction formation

Answer 48

basically when you have a crush on someone so you pick on him or her.

Question 49

Post- traumatic stress disorder

Answer 49

traumatized by something and a trigger will represent the original trauma and make the persons body react as though original trauma is happening again.