Modules

Question 1

What is mental set?

Answer 1

our tendency to approach a problem with the mindset of what has worked for us previously

Question 2

What is overconfidence?

Answer 2

tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgments

Question 3

What is framing?

Answer 3

the way we present an issue

Question 4

What is a nudge?

Answer 4

push in a direction

Question 5

What is fixation?

Answer 5

an inability to come to a fresh perspective

Question 6

What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?

Answer 6

moderate arousal leads to optimal performance

Question 7

What is a physiological need?

Answer 7

food or water

Question 8

What is an incentive?

Answer 8

positive of negative environmental stimuli

Question 9

What is a set point?

Answer 9

the point at which your “weight thermostat” may be set.

Question 10

What is basal metabolic rate?

Answer 10

he resting rate of energy expenditure for maintaining basic body functions

Question 11

What is obesity?

Answer 11

being extremely overweight

Question 12

What is AIDS?

Answer 12

sexually transmitted disease that depletes the immune system

Question 13

What is testosterone?

Answer 13

male hormone

Question 14

What are estrogens?

Answer 14

female hormones

Question 15

What is the sexual response cycle?

Answer 15

he four stages of sexual responding excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.

Question 16

What is sexual orientation?

Answer 16

who you are attracted to

Question 17

What is asexuality?

Answer 17

none/low attraction to anyone

Question 18

What is affiliation need?

Answer 18

the need to build and maintain relationships and to feel part of a group

Question 19

What is self-determination theory?

Answer 19

feel motivated to satisfy our needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness

Question 20

What is narcissism?

Answer 20

excessive self-love and self-absorption.

Question 21

What is achievement motivation?

Answer 21

desire for significant accomplishment, for mastering skills or ideas, for control, and for attaining a high standard.

Question 22

What three factors are emotions a mix of?

Answer 22

Bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience

Question 23

What is embodied emotion?

Answer 23

emotions involving the body

Question 24

What is a polygraph?

Answer 24

Detects physiological changes associated with emotion to determine if someone if lying ro not

Question 25

What is the facial feedback effect?

Answer 25

facial expressions causing feelings

Question 26

What is the emotion feedback effect?

Answer 26

causes other who see your face to feel the emotion you are feeling

Question 27

What is positive psychology?

Answer 27

the scientific study of human flourishing

Question 28

What is subjective well-being?

Answer 28

our feelings of happiness

Question 29

What is coronary heart disease?

Answer 29

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle

Question 30

What are the risk factors for coronary heart disease?

Answer 30

High blood pressure, family, history, smoking, obesity, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and high cholesterol levels.

Question 31

How does personality relate to cardiovascular health?

Answer 31

type A's negative emotions create aggressive reactions. This pulls blood flow from internal organs causing excess cholesterol and fat build up

Question 32

What is the tend-and-befriend response?

Answer 32

under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others

Question 33

What is Health Psychology?

Answer 33

provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine

Question 34

What is self-control?

Answer 34

the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for longer-term rewards

Question 35

What is optimism?

Answer 35

glass half full thinking

Question 36

What is pessimism?

Answer 36

expecting things to go badly (glass half empty)

Question 37

How does social support impact health?

Answer 37

impacts health positively and these people tend to live longer

Question 38

What is aerobic exercise? How does it relate to stress?

Answer 38

sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness and it help people gather their inner strength which lowers stress