Study Guide (Keywords) Flashcards
What is an attribution
Causal explanation of behaviour
What is etiology
Cause or causes of disease
What is a diagnosis
Identification of the nature of an illness by examination of symptoms
What is prognosis
Predicting the course of a disease as well as treatment and results
What is neurosis
Obsessive thoughts and anxiety
What is psychosis
Loss of contact with reality
What is co-morbidity
Simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions
What is equifinality
Idea that different children can start from different points and wind up at the same outcomes
What is multifinality
Children can start from the same point and wind up at any number of out comes
What is multipotentiality
Ability and preference of a person to excel in more than one field
What in conformity
Tendency to yield to social pressure
What is obedience
Compliance with an order request or law to another’s authority
What is social psychology
How peoples behaviour and thoughts are influenced by implied/actual presence of others
What is stress
Response to a situation that threatens or appears to threaten ones sense of well being
What is bystander apathy
The more people present the less likely any person will attempt to help
What is cognitive dissonance
Emotional discomfort as result of holding contractictory beliefs or a belief that contradicts their behaviour
What is social cognition
How people perceive, interpret, and categorize their own and others social behaviour
What is the self serving bias
Tendency to attribute successes as dispositional causes and failures as situational causes. We take credit for our successes but blame external factors for our failures
What is the actor observer effect
Tend to make situational attributions about our own behaviour and personal attributions about the others
What is social role theory
Set of norms ascribed to a persons social position
What is self perception theory
When uncertain we infer what our attitudes are by observing or own behaviour
What is social perception theory
How people use social cues to understand others and make judgements about social situations
What is the central route of persuasion
Focus on content, factual info and logic to change attitudes
What is the peripheral route of persuasion
Focus on superficial info to change attitudes
What is group think
Faulty group decision making as a result of trying too hard to agree
What is group polarization
Initial attitudes become more intense with more group interaction
What is social facilitation
Improvement in performance because others are present
What is chronic stress
Long term stress with no definitive end
What is the social readjustment scale
Srrs is a list of 43 items containing life events used to rate stress and wellbeing
What are hallucinations
False sensory experience
What are delusions
False belief someone holds onto even when presented with evidence that it is fake
What are obsessions
Persistent unwanted thoughts
What are compulsions
Repetitive rigid behaviours or mental acts
What is a stigma
perceptions of stigma play a role in peoples decisions about whether to acknowledge their mental issues and seek treatment
