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Exam 5 - 9,10,11 Flashcards

1
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Gratitude

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State of appreciation for life others or things

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2
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Ongoing Writing Study

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2 groups
1 writes grateful, another life details
Tracked emotions

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3
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Credit List

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Actively listing one’s accomplishments during a day

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Impact Bias

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Overestimate negative impact
Underestimate ability to adjust

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5
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Active Comparison

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Comparison present situation with “worst off” scenario

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Martin Seligman

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A founder and researcher of positive psychology

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Positive Psychology

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Focus on character strengths and relationships that promise flourishing meaning and positive change

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8
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Subjective Well Being

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Evaluation of life quality
Relatively enduring
Measured with self repot

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9
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Hunger-Food Metaphor

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All humans experience hunger, we eat differently
(Subjective well being)

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10
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Longitudinal Nun Study

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Followed cohort of nuns over time
Measured swb in 20s
Higher swb = 10 year longer life on average

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The Broad and Build Model

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Positive emotions increase willingness to act (motivate)
Flexible thinking leads to varied learning (build skills)
Positive emotions increase activity and flexibility of thinking

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12
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Clinical Psychologist

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Provide mental health services such as assessment and talk therapy

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13
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Clinical Health Psychologists

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Motivation to make health conscious choices
Some use biofeedback

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14
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Behavioral Medicine

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Behavioral components of medical problems
Treatment compliance
Physical health focused

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15
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Trans theoretical Model of Change

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Theory of change that spans multiple theories
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance

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16
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SMART goal

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Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time bound

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17
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Psychophysical Illness

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Mind-Body illness
Stress related illness

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18
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Coronary Heart Disease

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Plaque build up
Risk for cardiovascular disease and other illnesses
Stress increases risk

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The 40 Accountant Study

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Key finding: stress increases bad cholesterol which leads to CHD

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20
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Multi-disciplinary field studying how psychological factors such as stress affect the immune system

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21
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Lymphocytes

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White blood cells that make up the immune system

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22
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Sheldon Cohen

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20 years of research links stress to risk for common cold

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23
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Viral Challenge Studies

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Expose people to virus and see who gets ill

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Aerobic Exercise

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Heart and lung activation
Moderate = 2 extra years of life in average

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25
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BYU Meta Analysis

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Social support promotes health

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26
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Stress

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Physical state
Perception/Experience of threat of challenge
Can be positive or negative

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27
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Eustress

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Health promoting forms of stress

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28
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Also static Overload

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Wear and tear on the body and brain causes by excessive or chronic stress hormone release

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29
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General Adaptation Syndrome

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ANS- Sympathetic
Endocrine (hormonal) response resource depletion and exhaustion

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30
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Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal Axis

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ANS- sympathetic
Endocrine response

31
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The Superior Temporal Sulcus

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Part of brain that “reads” others emotions

32
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Somatic Marker Hypothesis

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Antonio Damasio
Emotional response promote implicit learning to shape decisions
Trolley problem

33
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Iowa Gambling Task

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Used to study emotional learning
People tended to pick from the best deck

34
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Differential Emotions Theory

A

Carol Izard
10 basic emotions
Inborn/hard wired
Observable I’m infancy
Blended in adults

35
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Facial Action Coding System

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Paul Ekman
Codes facial expression for “universal emotion”

36
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Facial EMG

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Measure muscle impulses to detect expressions

37
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Theory of Constructed Emotion

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Lisa Feldman Barret
Naturally social
Not purely hardwired
We use context to give things meaning

38
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Affective Primacy

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Robert Zajonc
Early implicit appraisal (low road)
Influences later appraisal

39
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Ideograph study

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Showed people Chinese characters, flashed emotion before, asked people to rate whether they like the character

40
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Appraisal Theory

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Richard Lazarus
Memory used to label experiences which changes biological response

41
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Dimensional Approach

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Arousal and valence

42
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Waiting room study

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Injected people, upped adrenaline
Reacted differently depending on how confederate reacted

43
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Spillover Effect

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Arousal impacts intensity of emotions
The same arousal can be experienced differently
Interpretation of situation impacts “emotional” valence

44
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Emotions

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Integration of arousal cognitive interpretations and expressive behaviors
Expressive behaviors, cognitive interpretations, arousal

45
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Intrapersonal communication

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Processing information within a person to make sense of the world and react

46
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Interpersonal Communication

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Exhibiting information that other people use to draw conclusions about us

47
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James-Lange Theory

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Brain interprets ANS Arousal (body then mind)

48
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Cannon-Bard Theory

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Added simultaneous subjective experience (body and mind at the same time)

49
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Two Factor Model

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Schacter and Singer
Two factors, arousal and valence

50
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Needs Theory

A

Henry Murray
Needs = readiness to respond to cues in a certain way
Psychological drives act as if they are needs

51
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David C McClelland

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Studied motivation
Implicit measures
Self reinforcing

52
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Types of motivation

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Achievement
Power
Affiliation

53
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Picture Story Exercise

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Shown pictures
Respond any makes up stores

54
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The ring toss study

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Achievement motivation

55
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Ghrelin

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Secreted by an empty stomach activated lateral hypothalamus to increase hunger

56
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Orexin

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Neuropeptide released by the hypothalamus into the bloodstream. Increases hunger and sensitivity to cues

57
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Leptin

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Hormone secreted by fat cells that influences hunger and metabolism in way that impact long term weight

58
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Unit Bias

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People think in units, not degrees (ex calories)

59
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WWII Deprivation Study

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Ancel Keys
Semistarvayion
Near constant mental focus on food
Deprivation = tension/desire

60
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Basal Metabolic Raye

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How much energy your body burns at rest

61
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Lateral Hypothalamus

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Activates Orexin
Stimulate = full will eat more
Lesion = starving won’t eat

62
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Ventromedial Hypothalamus

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Stimulate = stop eating
Lesion = full will continue eating

63
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Intrinsic Motivation

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Internal
Self reinforcing
Expression = positive reinforcement

64
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Extrinsic Motivation

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Reflects learning
Expression = obtaining a reward or avoiding a negative consequence

65
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Drive Reduction Theory

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Physical imbalance creates uncomfortable tension states that push us to restore balance by addressing a need

66
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Set (settling) Point

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A “value” around which motives are regulated

67
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Optimal Arousal Theory

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Suggests we are motivated to seek a level of arousal that is experienced as ideal. However that varies by situation and person

68
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Sensation Seeking

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A personality trait focused on how much external stimulation is sought to generate arousal

69
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Revised Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Dominant tasks do better with high arousal while difficult tasks do better with low arousal

70
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Prepotency

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Lower motives are stronger. As they are satisfied, other motives emerge

71
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Harry Harlow

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Studied attachment systems, why children love their parents
Money with fake moms study

72
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Joseph E LeDoux

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Low and high roads
Memory and emotion

73
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Emotional Response Categorization Theory

A

Paula Niedenthal
We mentally group things (and memories) by emotion

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