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Exam 3 Flashcards

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Health Psychology

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integrates psychology with medicine

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Stress

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tension, discomfort and physical symptoms when a situation strains

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Stress Response

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fight or flight (physical and psychological) mobilizes to fight or leave

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Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale

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score for each life event added together to equal a stress score of life

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Hassles

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minor annoyance/nuisance that strains our ability to cope

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Hans Selye
stress response system
Alarm, Resistance and Exhaustion

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Alarm Phase

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excites the autonomic nervous system and releases adrenaline and produces physical symptoms of anxiety

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Resistance Phase

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adapt to stressor and find ways to cope

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Exhaustion Phase

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damage to organs, depression and anxiety, immune system breakdown

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Sleep

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7-10 hours for an adult, 60% get less

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REM Sleep

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brain most active, vivid dreaming

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Interpreting Dreams (Sigmund Freud)

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1900 book, manifest and latent content

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Manifest Content

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details of the dream

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Latent Content

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the true meaning of the dream

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Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

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Hobson, McCarley. dreams reflect brain activation in the pons during sleep while the cortex weaves it into a story

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Sleep Disorders

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30-50% of people have one

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Narcolepsy

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rapid and unexpected onset of sleep

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Insomnia

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difficulty falling or staying asleep

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Sleep Apnea

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blockage of the airways during sleep

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Need-To-Belong Theory

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biological need for interpersonal interactions

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Attribution

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process of assigning causes to behavior

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Internal Attributions (Dispositional)

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enduring characteristics, personality, attitude, intelligence, ext.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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tendency to over estimate the impact of internal forces on other’s behavior

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Conformity

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tendency to alter beliefs as a result of group pressure

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Asch’s Studies

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wrong sized line in a group setting, everyone said the wrong line, and tested to see it the “subject” would conform to the groups view

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Obedience

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following the instruction of someone with more authority

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Milgram’s Studies

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fake shock to a person delivered by a subject under pressure

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Deindividuation

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tendency to engage in uncharacteristic behavior when stripped of their usual identities

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Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo)

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2 weeks of guards and prisoners, ended 8 days early

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Prosocial Behavior

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behavior intended to help others

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Altruism

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helping others for unselfish reasons

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Bystander Effect

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less likely to offer aide when others are around

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Diffusion of Responsibility

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not responsible if other people are around

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Why we help or not…?

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do you know they bystander effect? people who are extraverted or a medical worker are more likely to help

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Attitude

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behavior plus an emotional component

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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unpleasant mental tension resulting from 2 conflicting beliefs

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Groupthink

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emphasis on group unanimity at the expense of critical thinking and good decision making

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Prejudice

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drawing conclusions prior to evaluating any evidence

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Ingroup Prejudice

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favor those in our group over those out of it

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Outgroup Prejudice

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all those in the outgroup are similar

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Discrimination

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negative behavior towards those in the outgroup

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Sterotypes

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belief that a characteristic is present in all members of a group

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Personality

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stable tendency’s that influence how we respond to our environment

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Twin Studies

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identical twins are much closer to each other than fraternal twins, same if they were raised together or apart

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Personality Traits

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relatively enduring predisposition that influences our behavior

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The Big Five

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5 most common traits of personality

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OCEAN

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openness to experiences
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism
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Psychic Determinism

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the assumption that all psychological events have cause

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Id

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most primitive impulses, sex/aggression

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Ego

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executive/principal decision maker

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Superego

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sense of morality

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Conscious

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contact with the outside world

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Unconscious

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difficult to retrieve, below the surface of consciousness

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Defense Mechanism

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unconscious maneuver intended to minimize anxiety

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Repression

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motivated forgetting of emotionally threatening memories and impulses

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Denial

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motivated forgetting of experiences

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Projection

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unconscious attribution of our negative qualities to others

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Rationalization

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reasonably sounding explanation for unreasonable behavior

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Social Learning View of Personality

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thinking is the cause of our personality

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Locus of Control

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reinforcers and punishers that lay inside and outside our control

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Internal Locus of Control

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life events happen due to our action

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External Locus of Control

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life events happen due to chance or fate

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Humanistic Psychology

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believes in free will

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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bottom needs need to be fulfilled before any higher needs can be

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Self Actualization

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drive to achieve ones fullest potential

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Carl Rogers

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humanistic theorist 1902-1987

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Conditions of Worth

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expectations of ourselves for appropriate and inappropriate behavior

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Statistical Rarity of Mental Illness

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schizophrenia is uncommon while things like depression are common, so it is hard to tell

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Subjective Distress

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some but not all mental illnesses show distress

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Impairment

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most interfere with some day to day activities to some degree

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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continual worry, anxiety, physical tension and irritability

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Panic Disorder

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repeated and unexpected attacks marked by constant concerns about the future

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Agoraphobia

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fear of a situation where escape would be difficult or embarrassing

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Phobia

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intense fear that’s greatly out of proportion to the actual threat

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Social Phobia

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fear of public appearances where embarrassment is possible

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Claustrophobia

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fear of no escape or small spaces

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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at least one hour per day repeated and lengthy obsessions of compulsions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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emotional disturbances after severely stressful event

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Major Depressive Disorder

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weight loss, sleep loss, depressed mood and diminished interest in pleasurable activities

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Bipolar Disorder

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at least one manic episode and 90% have another

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Schizophrenia

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disorder of thoughts and emotions because of loss of reality

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Delusions

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strong fixed beliefs with no basis in reality

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Hallucinations

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sensory perception with no external stimuli

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Disorganized Speech

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skips topics disjointly, word salad

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