Psy Exam 2 Flashcards

Question

Amygdala:

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Small almond shape structure in the limbic system Critical appraisal mechanism in emotion Quickly computes the emotional significance of events Stores emotional events/memory/conditioning

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Input directly from visual and auditory systems via thalumus and cortex

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for fast action from stimulus straight to amygdala

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where we can think about stimulus and we can relfect on it in the sensory complex We can think abou the meaning/significance of an event

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Secondary conscious analysis of the meaning of an event Gives rise to positive and negative emotion Think about event and why it matters to me Related to goal and relationship to event

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Different conceptions but main idea is that we process events and relate them to ourselves when we think about emotions

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sharing/expressing/communicating our emotions by talking, writing,teaching Externalysing emotion

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Writing in an uncensored way for 15 minutes Expressive writing increases immune function, relieves depression, boosts grades, all by externalizing emotions

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Healthy and sick Young and poor, old an rich, eurpopeeans, americans, asians

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Subjective but very real rate pain using a number from 1 to 10 It’s not great but it does give an idea of how one feels

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Discrepancies lead to dissonance

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An uncomfortable mental state resulting from a contradiction resulting between two attitudes between an attitude and behavior

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Smoking: Smoking can kill me How to reduce dissonance Quit smoking Question the evidence Call on alternative reasoning

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Dissonance arises when a person holds positive attitudes about different options but has to choose between two choices. An ex is choosing a college and then thinking positively about the one you choose and negative thoughts about the other school. This happens automatically with minimal cognitive processing and happens with no warning

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When someone is put through pain or torture to join a group and the group turns out to be boring, they will experience dissonance They’ll deal with dissonance by making it feel more important than it really is Example: joining a frat

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Looking at behavior then analyising the attitude If you eat six burgers you can infer that you were hungry

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We want to see ourselve in a positive light We want to feel about what we do or went through

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Feeling or how we feel about something or self

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How i feel right now immediate/momentary Will shift according to situationbs

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How do i typically feel about myself throughout situation A kind of avareging

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Between 1979 and 2006 there was a rise in narcissism among college students

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Programs aimed at improving self esteem Such as songs about how great you are Grading practices where everyone gets an A Making ppl feel extraordinarily capable even when not deserved Social media This is controversial bc not everyone agrees

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Leary and colleagues' findings Self Esteem: is a mechanism for monitoring the likelihood of social exclusion

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An internal monitor of social acceptance or rejection When a person has on low probability of rejection, they will have higher self-esteem When a person is high on probability of rejection they will experience low self esteem

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Feeling unaccepteed leeads to higher chances of crime association/deliquent behavior Joing a gang can raise self-esteem

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ostracism/abandonment/rejection can cause emotional and behavior problems A sociometer aspect

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Human cognittive capacities to know we will die Our fear of death drive social behavior Creates a sense of fear and terror People's beliefs need to be strengthened or protected when reminded of death

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Christians have normal attitude towards jews until reminded of death and then they become more hostile

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Led to more positive evaluations of the ingroup member Led to more negative evaluations of outsid regroup member

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Through identification with social groups the person can feel like they will live on forever The group becomes an immortal entity

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Donating to a school Bearing children Achirevment

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In a study a person mimics everything a test subject does and by end of study the subject likes the other person

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Influence of other ppl results form taking their comments/actions as source of info about what is correct/propper/effective

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Using others for information The sense that a stationary point of light in a darkened room is moving In a test, one person said light was moving and they estimated how much it was moving, and as ppl gave estimates, they all eventually agreed on one speed creating a group norm

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Doing what others think/do so we won’t be rejected/ostracized The need to belong/be approved will make ppl conform

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A test of two ppl giving wrong answer and the subject eventually ends up conforming with them ¾ of participants conform to the wrong answers

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When a person follows the orders of a person of authority

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An experiment that proved that ppl would do horrible things when instructed to do so by an authority figure Individuals who are concerned about what others think of them are more prone to be obedient Obedience deceereases with greater distance from authority Ordered by authority to shock ppl doing test eventually leading to lethal charge

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The students transformed into the sosocial roles they were playing Students were put into roles of prisoner and officer and studets started acting like their role This shows that situations can be powerful Humans seem to innate tendecncie to comply with social influence