PSYCH Exam 3

Question 1

The four D’s that help us distinguish distress from disorder are…

Answer 1

Duration- How long
Disturbance-Interference with life
Distress- How much you are stressed
Deviance- If it caused you to behave in unacceptable ways

Question 2

Environmental Stressors?

Answer 2

Catastrophes- Large-scale events that are threatening (war, natural disaster)
Major life changes- Moving or going to college
Hassles- Daily annoyances of everyday life

Question 3

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for responding to stress?

Answer 3

The sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight)

Question 4

What happens when stress activates the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 4

Alarm- Blood pressure/heart rate elevates (causes nausea, headaches and fever)
Resistance- Stress hormones are released to fight off the reaction. Reaction reduces and we feel less pain.
Exhaustion- The stress hormones have run out and the body shuts down.

Question 5

What are the 5 different types of personality?

Answer 5

Type A- Successful but unsatisfied (wants to do more) Gets upset with small things and is prone to heart disease.
Type B: Not competitive or driven. They are easygoing and slow to anger. They are relaxed and at peace.
Type C- Internalize anger, be more lonely, and have a sense of despair. They are pleasant and try to keep peace.
Type D- Proned to chronic stress, anxiety, and depression. They have a fear of rejection.
Type H- Workaholics, ambitious, competitive, and hates to waste time.

Question 6

Learned helplessness is…

Answer 6

They tend to stop trying a goal that has been blocked.

Question 7

What are the 4 different social/cultural influences of stress?

Answer 7

1. Dealing with other people and with the rules of social interaction.
2. Poverty and its lack of resources, access, and illness.
3. People’s jobs, workloads, long hours, and meaningfulness.
4. Changing Cultures

Question 8

Coping Strategies for dealing with stress

Answer 8

-Exercise
-Relaxation
-Sleep
-Eating Healthy
-Avoiding Alcohol
-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
-Social Support

Question 9

RMU Resources that Help with Stress

Answer 9

1. The Counseling Center
2. The Center for Student Success
3. The Family Chapel

Question 10

Social Psychology

Answer 10

How a person’s behavior and mental processes influence and are influenced by social groups.

Question 11

What are the 4 primary social behaviors?

Answer 11

1. Conformity
2. Groupthink
3. Compliance
4. Oberdiance

Question 12

What is the ASCH Experiment?

Answer 12

The conformity experiment and how people change their behavior to match others.

Question 13

Conformity

Answer 13

Changing one’s behavior to match others

Question 14

Groupthink

Answer 14

Maintaining group cohesiveness rather than assessing the real problem (drinking)

Question 15

Compliance

Answer 15

Changing one’s behavior as a result of other people directing/asking for a change. (dress code)

Question 16

Obedience

Answer 16

Changing one’s behavior at the command of an authority figure. (parent insistence)

Question 17

Central-Route Processing

Answer 17

Information processing involves attending to the content of the message itself.

Question 18

Peripheral-Route Processing

Answer 18

Information processing involves attendance to factors not involved in the message. (length appearance)

Question 19

Cognitive Dissononace

Answer 19

Our attempt to reduce conflict between beliefs and behavior. (I eat a donut while starting a new diet)

Question 20

Things that lead to Cognitive Dissonance

Answer 20

-Peer pressure
-Learning new information
-Decisions

Question 21

Psychologists who study personality examine…

Answer 21

Unique and relatively stable patterns of behavior and mental processes.

Question 22

Traits

Answer 22

Relatively stable personal characteristics that can be used to describe someone.