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Modules Flashcards

1
Q

What is mental set?

A

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

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2
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What is overconfidence?

A

tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgments

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3
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What is framing?

A

the way we present an issue

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4
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What is a nudge?

A

push in a direction

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5
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What is fixation?

A

an inability to come to a fresh perspective

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6
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What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?

A

moderate arousal leads to optimal performance

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7
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What is a physiological need?

A

food or water

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8
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What is an incentive?

A

positive of negative environmental stimuli

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What is a set point?

A

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

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What is basal metabolic rate?

A

he resting rate of energy expenditure for maintaining basic body functions

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11
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What is obesity?

A

being extremely overweight

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12
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What is AIDS?

A

sexually transmitted disease that depletes the immune system

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13
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What is testosterone?

A

male hormone

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14
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What are estrogens?

A

female hormones

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15
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What is the sexual response cycle?

A

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

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16
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What is sexual orientation?

A

who you are attracted to

17
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What is asexuality?

A

none/low attraction to anyone

18
Q

What is affiliation need?

A

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

19
Q

What is self-determination theory?

A

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

20
Q

What is narcissism?

A

excessive self-love and self-absorption.

21
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What is achievement motivation?

A

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

22
Q

What three factors are emotions a mix of?

A

Bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience

23
Q

What is embodied emotion?

A

emotions involving the body

24
Q

What is a polygraph?

A

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

25
Q

What is the facial feedback effect?

A

facial expressions causing feelings

26
Q

What is the emotion feedback effect?

A

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

27
Q

What is positive psychology?

A

the scientific study of human flourishing

28
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What is subjective well-being?

A

our feelings of happiness

29
Q

What is coronary heart disease?

A

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle

30
Q

What are the risk factors for coronary heart disease?

A

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

31
Q

How does personality relate to cardiovascular health?

A

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

32
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What is the tend-and-befriend response?

A

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

33
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What is Health Psychology?

A

provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine

34
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What is self-control?

A

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

35
Q

What is optimism?

A

glass half full thinking

36
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What is pessimism?

A

expecting things to go badly (glass half empty)

37
Q

How does social support impact health?

A

impacts health positively and these people tend to live longer

38
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What is aerobic exercise? How does it relate to stress?

A

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

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