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Exam 3 Psych Flashcards

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Stress

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process we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or
challenging

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Eustress

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good stress

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Distress

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bad stress

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What did Hans Selye believe?

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the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

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What is Phase 1?

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Alarm-sympathetic nervous system activated

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What is Phase 2?

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Resistance-the body copes with the stressor

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What is Phase 3?

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Exhaustion-body’s reserves get depleted.

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What is Hans Seyles basic point?

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although human body copes well with temporary stress, prolonged stress can damage it.

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Health Psychology

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subfield of psychology that provides psychology contributions to behavioral medicine

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Psychoneuroimmunologists

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study mind-body interactions, including stress’related physical illnesses, such as hypertension and stress-induced headaches

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What are the 4 types of cells that are active in the search and destroy mission of the immune system?

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B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, Macrophages, and Natural Killer Cells

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B lymphocytes

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mature in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections

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T lymphocytes

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mature in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances

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macrophages

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identify, pursue, and ingest harmful invaders and worn-out cells

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Natural killer cells

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pursue diseased cells such as those infected by viruses or cancer

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What do stress and AIDS do?

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reduce immune functioning and stress speed up disease progression

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Stress and Cancer

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studies are mixed with some indicated links between stress and increases risk

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Cortisol

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hormone that plays a key role in stress response

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Personality Type A

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competitive, hard driving, impatient, can be verbally aggressive, and anger prone

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Personality Type B

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easy going, relaxed people

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Personality Type C

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consistent, controlled, avoid conflict

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Personality Type D

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suppress negative emotions to avoid social disapproval

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Catharsis

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the idea that releasing aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

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Problem focused coping

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attempting to reduce stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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emotion focused coping

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attempting to reduce stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction

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Learned Helplessness

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the hopelessness and passive resignation when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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Learned helplessness

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uncontrollable bad events>perceived lack of control>helpless behavior

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External locus of control

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believe that chance or outside forces control their fate

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Internal locus of control

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believe they control their own destiny

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Self Control

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the ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification for greater long term rewards

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Aerobic Exercise

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sustained activity that increases HR and lung activity, may reduce depression/anxiety

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Mindfulness meditation

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relaxing and silently attending to your inner state without judging it

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The faith factor

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religiously active people tend to live longer than those who are not religiously active

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Positive Psychology

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the scientific study of human functioning, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

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Three pillars of positive psych

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Positive well-being, positive character, positive groups communities and culture.

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Feel-god, do-good phenomenon

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peoples tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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Adaptation-level phenomenon

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the tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.

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Relative deprivation

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the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. satisfaction may come when one feels better off than others

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Social psychology

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the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

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Attribution Theory

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we can attribute behavior to a persons stable enduring traits or we can attribute it to the situation

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Fundamental attribution error

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overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate influence of situations

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Peripheral route persuasion

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occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speakers attractiveness

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Central route persuasion

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occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

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Foot in the door phenomenon

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small requests open the door for larger requests

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What experiment did Philip Zimbardo conduct?

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the standford prison experiment, wanted to understand the power of the situation

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Cognitive Dissonance

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if our actions are out of sync with our attitudes then we feel tension. either change our behavior or adjust attitude

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culture

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the behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one gen to the next

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Norms

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are rules for accepted and expected behaviors

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Conformity

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is adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard

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Normative Social influence

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we are sensitive to social norms because the price we pay for being different can be severe. we want to belong

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Informational Social Influence

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we conform because we want to be accurate. groups provide information

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what experiment falls with obedience

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the milgram experiment

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Mere presence

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means people are not competing, do not reward or punish, and in fact do nothing except be present as a passive audience.

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Social Facilitation

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the strengthening of dominant response in the presence of other

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Evaluation Apprehension

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influenced by the presence of others

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Social Loafing

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the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable

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Deindividuation

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loss of self awareness and self restraint when in a group

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Group polarization

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enhanced prevailing inclinations

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Groupthink

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harmony overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives

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Altruism

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unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Prejudice

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unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group, often a different cultural, ethnic, or gender group

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Roots of prejudice

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Social: in group bias
Emotional:
Cognitive: categorizing

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Aggression

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any behavior intended to harm someone, whether done out of hostility or calculated means to an end

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