Psychology Flashcards

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Soft skills

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Personal attributes that allows someone to interact harmoniously with others

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Net working

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The process of making connections and building relationships

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3
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Facts about emotional intelligence (EQ)

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-more important that IQ
-reduces anxiety and stress
-communicate better
-defuse conflicts
-improve relationship
-emphasize with other
-effectively overcome life challenges

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4
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Amygdala

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Fear

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5
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What is psychology?

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Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

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Nature

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Born with it, we can’t change it

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Nurture

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What you learn, who you become

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Critical thinking

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Ability to analyze,evaluate, and synthesize information

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9
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Consuelors

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-don’t treat mental disorder
-use talk therapy
-deal with daily problems

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10
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Psychologists

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-Have a PhD
-they do counseling too

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Clinical psychologists

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Treat people with mental,emotional, and behavioral disorders

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12
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School psychologists and clinical psychologists have…

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Have the same PhD

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Forensic psychologists

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-PhD
-testify in court
-they study criminal behavior

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14
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Sanity is…

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A legal term, NOT a psychological one

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15
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Experimental psychologists

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They experiment on people and they have a PhD

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Psychiatrist

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Dr.simi but instead of paracetamol they give drugs to control your mental illness, and have a Phd

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17
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Wilhelm wundt

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First experimental psychologists

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18
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Biopsychology, neurobiology, and neuroscience are….

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The same

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Biopsychologist perpective

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Studies brain, emotions, memories, sensory experiences and how hormones and genetics affect our behavior

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Neurotransmitters

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Neuropinephrine,GABA,Dopamine,Serotonin

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Norepinephrine

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Fight or flight, too much stress, too little gives you depression

22
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GABA

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Relaxes you

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Dopamine

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Makes you happy

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Serotonin

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Feels good

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Psychoanalytic perspective
Unconscious
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Cognitive perspective
Focus on what we think, attempt to change the way we think
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Behavioral perspectives
Observable behaviors, rewards and punishments
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Sociocultural perspective
How culture affects our behavior
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Humanistic perspective
Self-actualization
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Evolutionary perspective
How the natural selection of traits had promoted the survival of genes
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Stress
Response to stressors or things we see as challenging
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Symptoms of stress
-ruins sleep -makes you skin look bad -bad for your heart -likely to get sick -messes up digestión
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Appraisal model of stress
Stress depends on our cognitive appraisal of the event and our resources to solve it
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4 main stressors
Catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles, and socio cultural hassles
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Three stage physiological adaptation to stress
Alarm, resistance, exhaust
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Cortysol
Stress
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Type A of personality
Competitive, hard drive, inpatient, angry and hostile
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Type B of personality
Easy going, relaxed
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Anger management
-Catharsis -wait distraction/support -overthinking -forgive
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Catharsis
Releasing aggressive energy
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Social support
Resources provided by others
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Emotional support
Direct assistance
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Suggestions
Advice
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Coping
Resolver
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Problem-focused coping
Attempt to change the stressor or the way we interact
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Emotional focused coping
Attempting to relieve or regulate the emotional impact of a stressful situation
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If you have too much cortisol for a lot of time it can...
Shrinks your brain, decreases neuron making,can cause alzhimer
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Can the effects of cortisol be reversed
Yes with meditation and exercise
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Feel good, do-good
People tendecy to be helpful when they feel good
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Event + response =
Outcome