PSY 1A Quiz 1 Flashcards
module 1-3
“I think therefore I am” — Rene Descartes
self == rational thinking person && being self conscious
- mental process of being conscious
- involves our thoughts, your wish, your aspirations
- anything that passes though your mind
thinking
Daniel Kahneman’s Two Thinking System
- an Israleli American pyschologist
his fields of expertise are cognitive psychology, judgement and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology.
Daniel Kahneman’s
System One (preparedness to perceived)
1 - fast
2 - will not take a lot of time in trying to figure out what to do
3 - due to practice
4 - automatic
5 - requires minimum attention
System Two (When we make difficult choice)
1 - slow
2- reflective
3 - Analytical
4 - Requires more attention
5 - intense focusing
T/F:
The brain is not divided into two
True
T/F:
System one and system two don’t work in tandem, as separate entities.
False
they work in tandem
T/F:
Both systems can be biased and can make mistakes – neither one is categorically ‘good’ or ‘bad’
True
tendencies to perceive events in a negative manner
cognitive bias
COGNITIVE BIAS TYPES
- selective abstraction
- dichotomous thinking
- over generalization
- magnification
- minimization
- arbitrary inference
here the person focuses only on certain details and ignores the other details
selective abstraction
here the thinking is either or type. That is, the things are completely good or completely bad
dichotomous thinking
this refers to arriving at a conclusion on the basis of very little information
over generalization
this refers to the overstimation of a single event than the actual
magnification
minimizing vale of some event that what it actually is
minimization
drawing conclusions that have no evidence
arbitrary inference
a conscious mental rection (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling
emotion
the way in which a person uses emotional experiences to provide for adaptive functioning (Thompson, 1994)
emotion regulation
SKILLS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE EMOTION REGULATION
- awareness of one’s emotional state
- the capacity to detect emotions in other people
- the ability to empathize with other’s emotional state
INDICATORS FOR ADAPTIVE EMOTION REGULATION
- a high self-esteem
- social competence
- school engagement
- feelings of attachment to parents and friends
an organism’s activities in resonse to external or internal stimuli, including objectively observable activities, retrospectively observable activities (see covert behavior)
behavior
INTERCONNECTEDNESS AMONG THE COMPONENTS OF THE SELF
1- activating events — something happens
2 - beliefs — the situation is interpreted
3 - emotion — a feeling occurs as a result of the thought
4 - behavior — an action in response of the emotion
CBT
negative thoughts –> upset feelings –> unhelpful behavior
the ability to choose your response — Stephen Covey
Response-ability (Responsibility)
- american and developmental psychologist
- formulated the ecological systems theory
Urie Bronfrenbrenner
- his theory focuses on the quality and context of child’s development
Urie Bronfrenbrenner
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory
- Chronosystem
- Macrosystem
- Exosystem
- Mesosystem
- Microsystem
- child
immediate environment/ surroundings and connection
microsystem
microsystem for CHILDREN
- teachers
- parents
- friends
- classmates
microsystem for ADULTS
- job
- class
- place where they live
HEALTHY ECOLOGY
PARENTS
- bonded with caregivers
- positive discipline
PEERS
- peer acceptance
- pro-social values
SCHOOL
- supportive teachers
- academic sources
HIGH-RISH ECOLOGY
FAMILY
- insecure bond
- inconsistent discipline
PEERS
- peer conflict
- antisocial values
SCHOOL
- conflict teachers
- academic failure
interconnections of your microsystem
mesosystem
indirect environment
(parent’s job – di ka part ng environment pero affected ka)
exosystem