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Midterm #2 Flashcards

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1
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_____ foucuses on the psychological factors related to wellness & illness.

A

health psychology

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_____ the response to events (stressors) that threaten or challenge.

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stress

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_____ interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties.

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psychophysiological disorders

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Eustress

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  • positive
  • happy
  • wedding planning
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Distress

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  • negative
  • car accident
  • family member is sick
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6
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How is stress related to the immune system functioning?

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it keeps us healthy

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7
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Fight or Flight ( meaning, what is involved physiologically)

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[sympathetic nervous system] when your body is ready to attack due to suspense. ( how a body reacts to suspense )

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Be able to categorize stressors:

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  1. Castrophes (earthquakes, floods, hurrricanes)
  2. Daily Hassles (waking up, standing in line)
  3. Major Life Events (having a baby, getting married, acceptance letters)
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Type “A”

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  • competitive
  • urgent about time
  • agressive
  • driven regarding their work
  • hostile both verbally & nonverbally
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Type “B”

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  • more cooperative
  • far less competitive
  • not especially time oriented
  • not usually aggressive, driven, hostile.
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______ efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate stressors.

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copying with stress

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______ method of managing emotion in the face of stress by seeking to change the way one feels or precieves a problem.

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emotion focused copying

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_____ attempts to modify the stressful problem or source of the stress.

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problem focused copying

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14
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significance of social support?

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release emotions, make you feel comfortable

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what is invisible support?

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when a person knows your not okay and will help you out without you asking.

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16
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How does imagery affect memory?

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it improves memory; it does this because it is highly detailed & distinctive

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17
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What subfield of psychology is memory studied under?

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under cognitive psychology

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18
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what’s the difference between Intrinsic & Extrinsic motivation?

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INTRINSIC MOTIVATION (what you do for you)
- motivation based on internal factors such as organismic needs as well as curiosity challenge & fun.
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION (what you do for others)
- motivation that involves external incentives such as rewards & punishments.
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________ basic needs that need to be met like eating & drinking & going to the restroom.

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drive reduction theory

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20
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real life application of classical conditioning …

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protecting livestock & predators with tainted carcasses phoblas.

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21
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______ rewarding approximations of a desired behavior.

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shaping

22
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_____ the process by which a rewarding stimulus or event ( reinforcer ) following a particular behavior increases the probability that the behavior will happen again.

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reinforcement

23
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________ an increase in the frequency of a behavior in response to the subsequent removal of something that is unpleasant.

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negative reinforcement

24
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________ an increase in the frequency of a behavior in response to the subsequent presentation of something that is good.

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positive reinforcement

25
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What Skinner wanted operant conditioning to be used for?

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important of human kind to help the military during WWII by using pigeons tracking behavior.

26
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Who is Sniffy?

A

the rat

27
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS); & know the significance of each stage.

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  1. Alarm & mobilization stage
    - become aware of the presence of a stress-or
  2. Resistance stage
    - adjust to the situation, adapt & cope
  3. Exhaustion stage
    - negative consequences of prolonged stress can appear.
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_____ a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable behaviors, discounting the importance of such mental activity as thinking, wishing, & hoping.

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behaviorism

29
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________ learning that occurs when we make a certain connection or an association, between two events.

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associate learning

30
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__________ a systematic, relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience.

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Psych definition of learning

31
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__________

  • theory is that behaviorism is the scientific study of human behavior.
  • what people do
  • conditioning is the process of learning to react to the environment.
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John Watson

32
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__________
- theory – believed that the best way to understand behavior to look at the causes of an action and its consequences. (operant conditioning)

A

Skinner

33
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________

  • responses associated with satisfaction MORE likely to recur
  • responses associated with discomfort LESS likely to recur
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Edward Thorndike ( law of effect)

34
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_________
- he was able to pair a neutral stimulus with an excitatory one and have the neutral stimulus elicit the response that was associated with the original unlearned reflex.

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Ivan Pavlov (Russian Physiologist)

35
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__________

[modeling & imitation]

  1. attention
  2. retention
  3. reproduction
  4. motivation
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Albert Bandura

36
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Little Albert was conditioned to fear, _______

A

white, soft things.

37
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_______ a(n) stimulus that produces a response without prior learning.

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Unconditional Stimulus (UCS) [ thunder]

38
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________ a(n) unlearned reaction that is automatically elicited by the unconditioned stimulus .

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Unconditional Response (UCR) [ jump ]

39
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________ a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits a conditioned response after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS) [ lighting ]

40
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_______ the learned response to the conditioned stimulus that occurs after conditioned stimulus — unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Response (CR) [ jump ]

41
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______ a behavior that is instrumental in producing a reinforcement, or avoiding a punishment.

A

Operant Conditioning

42
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_________ organisms that adapt to their environment.

A

evolutionary psychology

43
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______

  • a need, a desire, an interest.
  • energizes that maintains behavior
  • diverse behavior towards a goal
A

motivation

44
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what is homeostasis?

A

physiological balance; satiation

45
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________ physiological needs create psychological states that drive us to reduce those needs; doesn’t explain why we have those needs for necessities.

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drive reduction theory

46
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs — motivators at each level; order of hierarchy.

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top:

self-actualization
self-esteem
love & belongingness
safety & security
air, water, food, shelter, sleep, sex

bottom:

47
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_________ stresses a positive view of human nature and the strong belief in psychological homeostasis.

A

humanistic psychology

48
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_______ needs that take percendence over others

A

the hierarchy

49
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3 components of emotion:

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  1. physiological arousal ( often indistinguishable [ internal ] )
  2. expressive behavior [ when you act upon it ]
  3. conscious experience [ when you think about it ]
50
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why is a computer used as the analogy of human information processing?

A

retrieves, gives, stores, encodes

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