Summaries Parts IV, V and VI Flashcards
prefronal cortex activity
associated with fluid reasonign
P-FIT
individual differences are due to parieto-frontal brain regions
neural efficency
intelligent people have less glucose expenditure in the brain
emotional content
substantive perceptions and understadnings of a person
emotional styles
characteristic ways in which people experience emotions
characteristics of hostility
frequent resentment rude critical antagonistic related to coronary heart disease
direct model
extraversion and neuroticism influence affect
indirect model
extraversion and neuroticism influence lifestyle
social comparison
5 year olds
comparing oneself to a refrence group
private self-concept
hidden side of self
objective self-awareness
seeing yourself as an object of others attention
fragmented self-control
no consistent story for your narrative self
higher risk for borderline
defensive pessimism
facing a challenge
expecting to do poorly
self-handicapping
deliberately increasing probability of failing
self-complexity
the more the better
but only in stressful situations
two theories of matching
- complementary needs theory
- attraction similarity theory
1 is correct
expectation about extraverts
positive affect
expectation about agreeableness
social support
expectation about aggressiveness
hostility form strangers
expectations about neuroticism and openness
fewer feelings of rejection
more confidence
minimalist position
sex differences are small
have no consequences
maximalist position
sex differences are as large as other differences
should no tbe trivialized, are meaningful
temperemental sex differences in children
girls have better inhibitory control
better peceptual sensitivity
higher surgency
Big Five sex differences
women higher in agreeableness (small to medium)
higher neuroticism (medium)
lower on aggression (medium to large)
three further sex differences
men have higher self-esteem
more thing- than people-oriented
difference in jealousy
two approaches to test Big Five across cultures
- transport and test
2. lexical replication
not culturally replicable
openness / intellect
general adaption syndrome
- alarm - fight or flight
- resistance - resouces used
- exhaustion stage - susceptability to illness
